Education
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- Created on: 20-05-14 11:56
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- Education
- Mines Act 1842
- Women not allowed to work in the mines
- Lord Shaftesbury wanted to limit working hours to protect children
- Has economic effect for families, and the children would have spare time
- Girls and boys under 10 not to work underground
- No one under 15 to work winding gears
- Inspectors appointed to inspect the mines
- Dame Schools
- Early form of private school
- Retired widows ran it-without pension
- Most common school in Britain
- Parents had to pay
- Taught basic skills
- Ragged Schools
- Run by volunteers
- 1856-Mary Carpenter opened one to help orphans as childhood should be cherished
- Moral and survival skills
- 1844- Ragged School Union set up by Shaftesbury
- Monitorial Schools
- Encouraged by Dr Kay Shuttleworth
- 1 master could teach hundreds by training the able children to be future trainers
- Government Reaction
- MPs not keen on education because who would do the work?
- Laissez-faire outlook
- Fear an educated working class could be dangerous as they'd breed discontent
- 1833- grant of £20,000
- 1847- grant of £100,000
- Mines Act 1842
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