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The Making and Shaping of the Victorian Teacher

A Comparative New Cultural History

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  • © 2011

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  1. Marianne A. Larsen

    1. University of Western Ontario, Canada

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Contemporary, Comparative and Historical Contexts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Making and Shaping Good Teachers: Contemporary and Historical Contexts

      • Marianne A. Larsen
      Pages 3-11

    3. Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives: New Cultural History

      • Marianne A. Larsen
      Pages 12-28

    4. Victorian Education Reform: Comparative and International Contexts

      • Marianne A. Larsen
      Pages 29-49

  3. Discourses of the Victorian Teacher

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. Discourses of Crisis and Derision: Targeting the Poor and the Teacher

      • Marianne A. Larsen
      Pages 53-73

    3. The Discourse of the Good Victorian Teacher: The Modern and Moral Teacher

      • Marianne A. Larsen
      Pages 74-104

  4. Making and Shaping the Victorian Teacher

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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    2. Schools as Sites of Disciplinary Control

      • Marianne A. Larsen
      Pages 107-131

    3. Training Institutions as Sites of Disciplinary Control

      • Marianne A. Larsen
      Pages 132-156

    4. Examining and Documenting the Teacher

      • Marianne A. Larsen
      Pages 157-186

    5. Conclusion: Paradoxes and the Present

      • Marianne A. Larsen
      Pages 187-197

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 198-232
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About this book

Providing comparative and international contexts to understand the history of the making of the teacher in Victorian England, this is a compelling account of the development during this time of teacher training, inspections and certification - reforms which shaped the good teacher as a modern and moral individual.

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'Clearly-argued and meticulously-researched, linking the story of the Victorian teacher to contemporary educational policy, this book makes a significant contribution to advancing the history of education.' - Professor Kate Rousmaniere, Miami University, Ohio, USA

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Western Ontario, Canada

    Marianne A. Larsen

About the author

MARIANNE A. LARSEN completed her Ph.D. at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK. She is an Associate Professor in Education at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Her research is in the areas of teacher policy, history of education, comparative and international education, and global education.

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