The Educational World of Edward Thring: A Centenary Study

ISBN-13: 9781138215382 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 182 str.

Donald Leinster-MacKay

Opis

This book, first published in 1987, attempts to take fresh stock of a man who made a great impact on nineteenth-century English Secondary Education. A quasi psycho-biographical approach is adopted from the beginning so that Thring, the man, is examined from the perspective of his paradoxes, personality and the pervasive influences on him. Special attention is given to a comparison between Dr Arnold and Mr Thring, from which examination Thring emerges as a more professional schoolmaster. This title will be of interest to students of history and education.

Spis treści

Illustration – Rev. Edward Thring;  Preface and Acknowledgements;  Foreword;  1. Thring – A Hundred Years On  2. Dr Arnold and Mr Thring  3. The Battles of Life  4. Explication, Extension, Exodus  5. Lord Lyttelton and the Dead Hand  6. The Headmasters’ Conference: Defence League or Elite Club?  7. Was Not the Pen Mightier Than the Sward? True Life and Other Educational Ideals  8. Thring’s Influence and His Theory and Practice of Teaching  9. The Reckoning: Success or Failure?;  Bibliography;  Index

O autorze

Donald Leinster-Mackay