Educational World of Edward Thring - A Centenary Study

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. Specia

List of contents

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

About the author

Donald Leinster-Mackay

Summary

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. Specia

Product details

• Authors: LEINSTER MACKAY, Donald Leinster-Mackay, Leinster-Mackay Donald
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781138215436
• ISBN: 978-1-138-21543-6
• No. of pages: 186
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education 1800-1926; Routledge Library Editions: Education 1800-1926
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; England, EDUCATION / General, Social & cultural history, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Education, Secondary Schools, Social and cultural history, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education