The Victorian Schoolroom

Description

There was a tremendous expansion of education in England and Wales during the nineteenth century. A combination of voluntary effort and government action led to the introduction of a system of elementary education for the working class. This book describes the development of Victorian schools and looks at the evolving role and status of the teacher. The emphasis, however, is on the schoolroom itself. Using contemporary sources, this book looks at what went on in the schoolrooms of Victorian England and Wales, at the way lessons were planned and taught, and at the equipment and teaching resources that were employed.

Trevor May is a professional historian, writer, and educator, having tutored at both the University of Hertfordshire and the Open University. He has written over a dozen books on social and economic history, and has also organized historical re-enactments of 'Victorian Schooldays' in a schoolroom of 1874 near St. Albans.