UID:
edoccha_9961612422202883
Format:
1 online resource (256 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783031647994
Series Statement:
Global Histories of Education Series
Note:
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Global Contexts and Transnational Dimensions of Irish Education -- 1.1.1 Education and the Nation-State -- 1.1.2 Standardization of Vernacular Languages -- 1.1.3 Transnational Middle-Class Elites -- 1.2 Local Contexts for an Informal Education System in Late Eighteenth-Century Dublin -- 1.3 Focus and Scope of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: Those Who Can't Teach, Write Dictionaries: Approaches to Reform, 1755-1758 -- 2.1 Johnson's Dictionary and Education Reform -- 2.2 Sheridan's Plan for the Hibernian Academy -- 2.2.1 Top-Down Reform Through Traditional Patronage Models -- 2.2.2 The Hibernian Academy After Sheridan -- 2.3 Samuel Whyte's Approach to School Reform -- 2.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Competition in Print, 1759-1800 -- 3.1 The Context of Competition -- 3.1.1 Reputation -- 3.1.2 Price -- 3.1.3 Amenities -- 3.1.4 Location -- 3.2 Risks of Visibility -- 3.3 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Exploiting Print Resources: Samuel Whyte's English Grammar School, 1759-1811 -- 4.1 Books "For the Use of Schools": Establishing Expertise -- 4.2 Newspaper Advertisements: Managing Public Perceptions -- 4.3 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Prospectuses, Poems, and Playbills: Establishing Patronage Networks -- 5.1 Whyte's Poems and Educational Coteries -- 5.2 Other Extracurricular Activities -- 5.3 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Reading and Speaking with Distinction: English at the Core of the Curriculum -- 6.1 English Across the Curriculum -- 6.1.1 In the Classical Grammar Schools -- 6.1.2 In the Mathematical Schools -- 6.1.3 In the English Schools -- 6.2 English as the Classical Language at the Core -- 6.3 Specialists and the English Curriculum -- 6.3.1 Reading, Writing, Geography.
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6.3.2 French -- 6.3.3 (Male) Accomplishments: Dancing, Music, Fencing, Riding -- 6.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: "Teaching English Grammatically" in Catholic Schools and Female Boarding Schools, 1782-1800 -- 7.1 Visibility of Catholic Education -- 7.2 Female Boarding Schools -- 7.3 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: The Professionalization of "Literary Teachers," 1788-1800 -- 8.1 Professionalism and the Literary Teachers Society -- 8.2 The Teaching Profession and Print Culture -- 8.3 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Conclusion: An Informal System of Education -- 9.1 Theory and Practice of Elocution -- 9.2 Transnational Patterns of Reform -- References -- Appendix: Directory of Schools -- Dublin Independent Schools for Boys, 1750-1800 -- Female Boarding Schools in Dublin and Vicinity -- Other Dublin Area Schools and Schoolmasters -- References -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783031647987
Language:
English
