School beginnings : a nineteenth century colonial story / Helen May
- Bib ID:
- 3622507
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- May, Helen, 1947-
- Description:
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- Wellington, N.Z. : NZCER Press, 2005
- 252 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1877396063
- Full contents:
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- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER ONE. MISSIONARY INFANT SCHOOLS FOR MAORI CHILDREN 1830s 1840s. Gather the children
- Paihia Infant School European founders
- The best soil for cultivation
- Tini : a lady of considerable note
- An alphabet on her coffin
- Weaned from their kaingags
- CHAPTER TWO. EARLY SCHOOLING FOR THE FIRST SETTLERS 1840s 1850s. New world possibilities
- Shipboard learning
- First school fragments
- Dame school traditions
- Church interests
- Taranaki s Happy Colony
- CHAPTER THREE. PROVINCIAL PRIORITIES 1850s 1870s. Statistical clues
- Variety of ventures
- Provincial patterns
- Inspectors interests
- Speedy assimilation
- Introducing standards
- CHAPTER FOUR. INFANCY OF A NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM 1870s-1900s. Infant space
- Examining infants
- Remote experience
- Tasks of teaching
- Kindergarten system
- Mt Cook Infant School
- Native School primers
- Determining discipline
- Century s end and new beginnings.
- Notes:
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- Cover subtitle: a 19th century colonial story.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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