Educational Resources in the British Empire: Examining Nineteenth Century Ireland and Literacy

ISBN-13: 9783030112769 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 320 str.

Tony Lyons; Noel Moloney

Recenzje

"This book is to be recommended for anyone wishing to expand their knowledge of school education in Ireland." (Äine Dillon, Intouch, Issue 190, October, 2019)

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Pathways to Literacy: Its Nature and the Extant of its Provision in Nineteenth Century Ireland.- Chapter 3. 'What Book are you on?' Spirituality and Rote Learning.- Chapter 4. Rationality, Utility and Imperialism.- Chapter 5. Great Expectations: Science and Technology.- Chapter 6. Reading Book for Girls: Minerva or Madonna.- Chapter 7. Teaching Methodology.- Chapter 8. The Irish Lesson Books elsewhere in the British Empire.

O autorze

Tony Lyons is Lecturer at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland. His research interests specialize in the history of education, particularly Irish education, and he has written widely on these topics.

 

Noel Moloney was Senior Lecturer in the pedagogy of English at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland, from 1973-1999. A long-time member of the Reading Association of Ireland, he wrote and published two series of English workbooks.