Respectability as a Prerequisite of Moral Character: The Social and Occupational Mobility of Pupil Teachers in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries.

Coppock, David A.

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Publication Date: 1997

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Respectability as a Prerequisite of Moral Character: The Social and Occupational Mobility of Pupil Teachers in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries.

Coppock, David A.

History of Education: The Journal of the History of Education Society, v26 n2 p165-86 Jun 1997

Shows that despite moves during the 1840s in England to use teacher training to raise working-class members into the lower levels of white-collar society, elementary teaching was dominated by the lower middle class. Provides evidence from a sample of pupil teachers in Birmingham during the years 1850 through 1900. (DSK)

Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Education, European History, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Lower Middle Class, Social Bias, Social Class, Social Discrimination, Social Integration, Social Problems, Student Teachers, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Education, Working Class

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)

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