Education 1700 - 1900
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- Created on: 10-05-10 18:54
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Education for the Poor in 1700s
- Most English children did not go to school at all
- In the 1700s education was provide d by religious groups to the poor children
- Children could go to Charity Schools, Sunday Schools or Dame Schools
Charity Schools
- Set up by a member of the Church of England
- The clergy (churchmen) would raise money and build a school
- Pupils were given free colour uniforms
Sunday Schools
- Set up by Methodist Chapels
- They taught any child who came along
- Religion and Reading where taught
- Poor children attended the school on a Sunday when they did not work
Robert Raikes School opened in 1780
· He helped to make them more popular
· He hoped children would learn better habits by reading the bible
Sunday schools failed because they showed that if poor children were to have a proper education they needed to attend ALL week not just on a Sunday.
Dame Schools
- Any child could attend a Dame school
- The schools were mainly for INFANTS
- The teacher was usually FEMALE and she usually taught them in her OWN HOME
- Pupils had to pay 1p per week (CHECK IF ITS 1p or 4P??)
- The education was not very good
Charity Schools
Strength
- Were free to attend
- Over 20,000 poor children were educated
- By 1727 they were in nearly all counties in England and Wales
- As well as the 4Rs (Reading, Writing, Arithmetic & Religion)useful skills were taught to boys and girls
Weaknesses
- There were too few and only a small proportion of children got a place
- Places were difficult to get – Parents had to be;
- Members of the Church of England
- Sober
- Well Behaved and Poor
Sunday Schools
Strengths
- First attempt to educate the whole poor population
- Free to attend
- Any child could attend
- Important religious instruction were given
- Over 250,000 pupils attended by 1795
Weaknesses
- Attendance was NOT compulsory
- Some teachers could not read or write properly themselves
- Often they just provided a child minding service – not education
- They were overcrowded with a foul atmosphere
- Children were not interested in learning after working all week
Dame Schools
Strengths
- Some infants would have had a decent education in some Dame Schools
Weaknesses
- 4p was too much to pay for some families
- They were overcrowded with a foul atmosphere
- Many of the Women teachers could not read or write properly themselves
- Only infants could attend
Dr Andrew Bell
- He was a Scotsman who lived in India
- Bell taught orphaned children in Madras
- With a lack of money
- With bad teachers (mainly ex army men)
- Tried to improve education
- He brought in the Monitorial system
Monitorial System
- Bell appointed an …
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