Author: Jane McDermidPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135783381
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
The portrayal of Scotland as a particularly patriarchal society has traditionally had the effect of marginalizing Scottish women, both teachers and students, in both Scottish and British history. The Schooling of Working-Class Girls in Victorian Scotland examines and challenges this assumption and analyzes in detail the course of events which has led to a more enlightened system. Education was, and is, seen as integral to Scottish distinctiveness, but the Victorian period saw anxious debate about the impact of outside influences at a time when Scottish society seemed to be fracturing. This book examines the gender-blindness of the educational tradition, with its notion of the 'democratic intellect', testing the claim of superiority for the Scottish system, and questioning the assumption that Scottish women were either passive victims or willing dupes of a peculiarly patriarchal ideal. Considering the influences of the related ideologies of patriarchy and domesticity, and the crucial importance of the local and regional economic context, in focusing on female education, this book provides a much wider comparative study of Scottish society during a period of tremendous upheaval and a perceived crisis in national identity, in which women, as well as men, participated.
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Author: British Library
Author: British museum. Dept. of printed books
Author: Great Britain. Royal Commission on Schools in Scotland
Author: Great Britain. Education Commission (Scotland).
Author: 
Author: Great Britain. Education Commission (Scotland)
Author: Thomas BROWN (D.D., Minister of St. John's Church, Glasgow.)
Author: Great Britain. Royal Commission on Schools in Scotland