Educating the Child in Enlightenment Britain: Beliefs, Cultures, Practices (Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present)
Shefrin, Jill. Ed(S): Hilton, Mary
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paperback. Editor(s): Hilton, Mary. Series: Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSY; GTC; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 471.
Posing a challenge to more traditional approaches to the history of education, this interdisciplinary collection examines the complex web of beliefs and methods by which culture was transmitted to young people in the long eighteenth century. Expanding the definition of education exposes the shaky ground on which some historical assumptions rest. For example, studying conventional pedagogical texts and practices used for girls' home education alongside evidence gleaned from women's diaries and letters suggests domestic settings were the loci for far more rigorous intellectual training than has previously been acknowledged. Contributors cast a wide net, engaging with debates between private and ... Read more
Posing a challenge to more traditional approaches to the history of education, this interdisciplinary collection examines the complex web of beliefs and methods by which culture was transmitted to young people in the long eighteenth century. Expanding the definition of education exposes the shaky ground on which some historical assumptions rest. For example, studying conventional pedagogical texts and practices used for girls' home education alongside evidence gleaned from women's diaries and letters suggests domestic settings were the loci for far more rigorous intellectual training than has previously been acknowledged. Contributors cast a wide net, engaging with debates between private and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138250666
SKU
V9781138250666
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About Shefrin, Jill. Ed(S): Hilton, Mary
Mary Hilton is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge and Jill Shefrin was for many years a librarian with the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books and a Research Associate in Arts at Trinity College at the University of Toronto, Canada.
Reviews for Educating the Child in Enlightenment Britain: Beliefs, Cultures, Practices (Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present)
'This book is an outstanding contribution to the silent revolution that is placing education at the heart of the cultural history of the "long eighteenth century". The editors set out to redefine education as a cultural, rather than a political, social or purely instructive practice. The editors and contributors demonstrate convincingly the innovative work that is possible outside conventional disciplinary ... Read more