Fr. 145.00

Abbotsholme - 1889-1899

English · Hardback

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List of contents

1: Introduction; 2: A pioneer school at work, 1890; 3: A dutch professor's visit and verdict, december, 1892; 4: F Ounding the old boys' club, easter, 1893; 5: A brief history of abbotsholme during 1893-1894; 6: Oxford and edinburgh contrasted; 7: The revised prospectus. 12; 8: Answers to the royal commission; 9: A french verdict in la science sociale, october, 1894; 10: A brief history of abbotsholme during 1894-5; 11: English verdicts, december, 1895, to october, 1896; 12: German verdicts; 13: An english exposition of the system in process of development at abbotsholme, december, 1896; 14: A french savant's verdict; 15: Some weighty criticisms upon the three books on the abbotsholme type of school; 16: Contributions to the organisation of a normal tertiary (higher secondary) school; 17: Schools and projected schools on abbotsholme lines in england, germany, france, russia, switzerland, etc; 18: The new buildings, 1899

About the author

Cecil Reddie

Summary

Originally published in 1900
As well as being a history of Abbotsholme School this volume also examines the general question of the English national education at the turn of the last century.
The material includes:


  • The foundation of Abbotsholme, 1889

  • Answers to the Royal Commission on "Secondary" education, 1894

  • British, French, and German press reports on the progress of the school

  • Planned schools on Abbotsholme lines in England, Germany, France, Russia and Switzerland.

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