A historical volume that captures the origins of a regional effort to improve education in the early American republic.
It presents the introductory discourse and lectures from a 1830 Boston convention that helped form the American Institute of Instruction, along with the incorporation act and the constitution it adopted.
The collection frames why education matters, outlines the goals of a national association for teaching, and offers a snapshot of early 19th‑century ideas about how to teach physical and intellectual faculties. It includes specific talks on physical education, intellectual development, and the value of classical learning, as well as the procedural documents that created and governed the Institute.
What you’ll experience
- An overview of the aims and methods proposed for popular education
- Excerpts and summaries of lectures on physical and intellectual development
- Discussion of the role of classical study in shaping character and national life
- The actual act of incorporation and the Constitution of the American Institute of Instruction
Ideal for readers of history of education, educational reform, and 19th‑century American institutions.