The Edinburgh History of Education in Scotland

Robert Anderson; Mark Freeman; Lindsay Paterson

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2015

The Edinburgh History of Education in Scotland

Robert Anderson , Mark Freeman and Lindsay Paterson

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748679164

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About this book

Leading historians discuss the distinctive and internationally significant history of Scottish education

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 the particularities and varieties of the Scottish system through the ages: from monastic to secular; from rural to urban; from Latin to Gaelic; from Reformation to Enlightenment and beyond.

This is a hugely 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.

Key Features

The first multi-authored history of education in Scotland that covers the whole of its medieval and modern history
An unrivalled group of historians and social scientists with extensive expertise in Scottish history
Sets new agendas for the future of historical research in Scotland

Contributors

David Allan is a Reader in Scottish History at the University of St Andrews.
Robert Anderson is Professor Emeritus of Modern History, University of Edinburgh.
Christopher R. Bischof is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Richmond.
Ewen A. Cameron is Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography at the University of Edinburgh.
Kimm Curran is an Affiliate Researcher at the University of Glasgow in Theology and Religious Studies.
Ian J. Deary is Professor of Differential Psychology at the University of Edinburgh.
Elizabeth Ewan is University Research Chair and Professor, Department of History, University of Guelph.
John Finlay is Professor of Scots Law at the University of Glasgow.
Mark Freeman is a Senior Lecturer at the UCL Institute of Education, University College London.
Matthew Hammond is a Research Associate in History in the School of Humanities, University of Glasgow.
Stephen Mark Holmes is an Honorary Fellow in the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh and Associate Rector of St John’s Episcopal Church, Edinburgh.
Walter Humes is a Visiting Professor in the School of Education at the University of Stirling.
Martin Lawn is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.
Catriona M. M. Macdonald is a Reader in Late-Modern Scottish History at the University of Glasgow.
Jane McDermid is a Reader in History at the University of Southampton.
Lindy Moore is an independent researcher and former librarian.
David Northcroft is a Research Associate of the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen.
Fiona O’Hanlon is a Chancellor’s Fellow in the School of Education at the University of Edinburgh.
Lindsay Paterson is Professor of Educational Policy, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh.
John Stevenson is a retired Church of Scotland minister who served in the parish ministry before being appointed as General Secretary of the church’s Department of Education.
Douglas Sutherland is a Tutor in the University of Glasgow’s Centre for Open Studies.
Stuart Wallace was a Lecturer in History at Newbattle Abbey College (1985–9) and at the Centre for Continuing Education at the University of Edinburgh (1991–2001).

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Figures and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Editors’ Introduction Robert Anderson, Mark Freeman and Lindsay Paterson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Education in Scotland from 1000 to 1300 Matthew Hammond Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
2 ‘Through the Keyhole of the Monastic Library Door’: Learning and Education in Scottish Medieval Monasteries Kimm Curran Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3 Schooling in the Towns, c. 1400–c. 1560 Elizabeth Ewan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
4 Education in the Century of Reformation Stephen Mark Holmes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
5 Urban Schooling in Seventeenth-and Eighteenth-century Scotland Lindy Moore Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
6 The Universities and the Scottish Enlightenment David Allan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
7 Legal Education, 1650–1850 John Finlay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
8 Scottish Schooling in the Denominational Era John Stevenson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
9 Education in Rural Scotland, 1696–1872 Ewen A. Cameron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
10 A’ Yon Skweelin: The North-East, a Regional Study David Northcroft Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
11 Education and Society in the Era of the School Boards, 1872–1918 Jane McDermid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
12 Schoolteachers and Professionalism, 1696–1906 Christopher R. Bischof Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
13 Democracy or Intellect: The Scottish Educational Dilemma of the Lindsay Paterson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
14 Adult Education, c. 1750–1950: A Distinctive Mission? Douglas Sutherland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	246
15 The Universities and National Identity in the Long Nineteenth Century, c. 1830–1914 Robert Anderson and Stuart Wallace Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
Robert Anderson and Stuart Wallace Catriona M. M. Macdonald Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	286
17 Gaelic Education since 1872 Fiona O’Hanlon and Lindsay Paterson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	304
18 Inventing a Scottish School of Educational Research, 1920–1950 Martin Lawn and Ian J. Deary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	326
19 Scottish Education in the Twenty-first Century: Continuities, Aspirations and Challenges Walter Humes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	346
Notes on the Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	366
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	369

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 384
Illustrations
- Other: 14 B/W illustrations 2 B/W tables
Keywords: Scottish Studies

eBook

Published: May 19, 2015
ISBN: 9780748679164