Scots at School : : An Anthology / / David Northcroft.
What is the defining Scottish experience? The Kirk, Scots Law, Hampden Park? There are several contenders, but school is the universal and enduring one. Stories and myths have clustered around its chief features:Pupils as lads o' pairts.Teachers as dominies.The democratic intellect.The village...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2003 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- 1. The Tradition of Scottish Education
- 1750-1840
- 2. School and Society: A People's System?
- 3. The Lads Who Got On
- 4. And the Dominies Who Helped Them
- 5. An Educated People: Images of Scotland
- 1840-1918
- 6. Crisis in the City
- 7. Board Schools and Burgh Academies
- 8. The Country Matters
- 9. A Terrible Efficiency is Born
- 1918-2000
- 10. A General Grounding: Primary School Education, 1918±65
- 11. Seniors and Juniors: Secondary School Education, 1918±65
- 12. All Change: 1965±85
- 13. Then and Now: 1985±2000
- Conclusion
- 14. The Tradition of the Scottish Education Tradition
- Glossary and Abbreviations
- Index of People and Places