Fulfilling a Vision The Contribution of the Church of Scotland to School Education, 1772-1872

Name: Fulfilling a Vision The Contribution of the Church of Scotland to School Education, 1772-1872
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ISBN: 9781610973441

ISBN-10: 1610973445

ISBN-13: 9781610973441

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Authors: John Stevenson, William F. Storrar

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Education has contributed enormously to the Scottish national character. The emphasis has always been on making a good education available to all and on giving those with talent every opportunity of advancement. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, however, it was clear that the provision of schooling was failing to meet the needs of an expanding population and the growth and diversification of the economy. In 1824 the Church of Scotland began an ambitious program to tackle the problem. In setting up new schools and the first teacher training colleges, the Church saw itself as supplementing an existing system of national education for which it shared a statutory managerial…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date: 3/2/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 188
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.38" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English