Educational Resources in the British Empire Examining Nineteenth Century Ireland and Literacy /

• Main Authors: Lyons, Tony (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Moloney, Noel (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education-Curricula.; Educational policy.; Education and state.; Education-History.; Schools.; Literacy.; Curriculum Studies.; Educational Policy and Politics.; History of Education.; Schools and Schooling.

This book explores the impact of the Lesson Books of the National Board of Education in Ireland in the nineteenth century. The author contextualizes the books used in national schools as well as across the wider British Empire: in doing so, he highlights the influence of the religious, social, polit...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Pathways to Literacy: Its Nature and the Extant of its Provision in Nineteenth Century Ireland
• Chapter 3. 'What Book are you on?' Spirituality and Rote Learning
• Chapter 4. Rationality, Utility and Imperialism
• Chapter 5. Great Expectations: Science and Technology
• Chapter 6. Reading Book for Girls: Minerva or Madonna
• Chapter 7. Teaching Methodology
• Chapter 8. The Irish Lesson Books elsewhere in the British Empire.