Full Description
The distinctiveness and influence of Scotland's educational institutions have played a significant role in the construction of national identity. This book investigates the origins and evolution of the main institutions of Scottish education, bringing together a range of scholars, each an expert on his or her own period, and with interests including - but also ranging beyond - the history of education. From the medieval period to the modern, this book provides a broad picture of Scottish educational history, while also highlighting some areas of particular interest. It is an important reference work for historians and students of education within and beyond Scotland, and essential background reading for teachers and policy-makers. It is also a significant book for anyone interested in the development of modern Scotland, its culture and institutions.
Contents
List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Editors' introduction, Robert Anderson, Mark Freeman and Lindsay Paterson; Chapter 1. Education in Scotland from 1000 to 1300, Matthew Hammond; Chapter 2. 'Through the Keyhole of the Monastic Library Door': Learning and Education in Scottish Medieval Monasteries, Kimm Curran; Chapter 3. Schooling in the Towns c.1400-c.1560, Elizabeth Ewan; Chapter 4. Education in the Century of Reformation, Stephen Mark Holmes; Chapter 5. Urban Schooling in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Scotland, Lindy Moore; Chapter 6. The Universities and the Scottish Enlightenment, David Allan; Chapter 7. Legal Education 1650-1850, John Finlay; Chapter 8. Scottish Schooling in the Denominational Era, John Stevenson; Chapter 9. Education in Rural Scotland 1696 to 1872, Ewen A. Cameron; Chapter 10. A' Yon Skweelin: The North-East, a Regional Study, David Northcroft; Chapter 11. Education and Society in the Era of the School Boards 1872-1918, Jane McDermid; Chapter 12. Schoolteachers and Professionalism 1696-1906, Christopher R. Bischof; Chapter 13. Democracy or Intellect: the Scottish Educational Dilemma of the Twentieth Century, Lindsay Paterson; Chapter 14. Adult Education c.1750-1950: A Distinctive Mission?, Douglas Sutherland; Chapter 15. The Universities and National Identity in the Long Nineteenth Century c.1830-1914, Robert Anderson and Stuart Wallace; Chapter 16. Alba Mater: Scottish University Students 1889-1945, Catriona M. M. Macdonald; Chapter 17. Gaelic Education since 1872, Fiona O'Hanlon and Lindsay Paterson; Chapter 18. Inventing a Scottish School of Educational Research 1920-1950, Martin Lawn and Ian J. Deary; Chapter 19. Scottish Education in the Twenty-First Century: Continuities, Aspirations and Challenges, Walter Humes; Notes on Contributors; Index.
