Philip Magnus: Victorian Educational Pioneer - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Philip Magnus: Victorian Educational Pioneer write by Francis Edward Foden. This book was released on 1970. Philip Magnus: Victorian Educational Pioneer available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Philip Magnus
Philip Magnus - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Philip Magnus write by Frank Foden. This book was released on 1970. Philip Magnus available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Dictionary of British Educationists
Dictionary of British Educationists - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dictionary of British Educationists write by Richard Aldrich. This book was released on 2016-04-01. Dictionary of British Educationists available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This dictionary provides the reader with an easily accessible guide to the biographies of approximately 450 educationists. It covers the period from 1800 to the present day and includes a wide range of people who were active in promoting education at different levels.
The 'Creed of Science' in Victorian England
The 'Creed of Science' in Victorian England - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The 'Creed of Science' in Victorian England write by Roy M. MacLeod. This book was released on 2024-10-28. The 'Creed of Science' in Victorian England available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The nineteenth century, which saw the triumph of the idea of progress and improvement, saw also the triumph of science as a political and cultural force. In England, as science and its methods claimed privilege and space, its language acquired the vocabulary of religion. The new ’creed’ of science embraced what John Tyndall called the ’scientific movement’; it was, in the language of T.H. Huxley, a militant creed. The ’march’ of invention, the discoveries of chemistry, and the wonders of steam and electricity culminated in a crusade against ignorance and unbelief. It was a creed that looked to its own apostolic succession from Copernicus, Galileo and the martyrs of the ’scientific revolution’. Yet, it was a creed whose doctrines were divisive, and whose convictions resisted. Alongside arguments for materialism, utility, positivism, and evolutionary naturalism, persisted reservations about the nature of man, the role of ethics, and the limits of scientific method. These essays discuss leading strategists in the scientific movement of late-Victorian England. At the same time, they show how ’science established’ served not only the scientific community, but also the interests of imperial and colonial powers.
Making a Grade
Making a Grade - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Making a Grade write by James Elwick. This book was released on 2021-03-01. Making a Grade available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Starting in the 1850s achievement tests became standardized in the British Isles, and were administered on an industrial scale. By the end of the century more than two million people had written mass exams, particularly in science, technology, and mathematics. Some candidates responded to this standardization by cramming or cheating; others embraced the hope that such tests rewarded not only knowledge but also merit. Written with humour, Making a Grade looks at how standardized testing practices quietly appeared, and then spread worldwide. This book situates mass exams, marks, and credentials in an emerging paper-based meritocracy, arguing that such exams often first appeared as "cameras" to neutrally record achievement, and then became "engines" to change education as people tailored their behaviour to fit these tests. Taking the perspectives of both examiners and examinees, Making a Grade claims that our own culture’s desire for accountability through objective testing has a long history.
