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Education 1648-1948
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“Der Gelehrte mit seinem Schüler”- “A Scholar with his pupil”
This is an oil painting by Flemish painter Gerard Thomas. He completed this painting in 1700. It portrays the importance the Enlightenment brought to education. -
The Education of Women
"The Education of Women" is a 1719 essay written by Daniel Defoe. In this essay, Daniel Defoe discusses the lack of opportunities in education for women. He was a huge advocate of equal educational rights between men and women. -
Extract written by Manchester merchant
This is an extract written by George Goulding, a Manchester merchant, in 1816. It explains why many children during the Industrial Revolution were used in factories rather than having an education. -
Elementary Education Act of 1880
This is the Elementary Education act which was passed by the Parliament as an extension to the Elementary Education act of 1870. It stated that all children had to attend school until the age of 10. -
Photograph of protests in 1897 London
This photograph was taken in the market square in 1897 and published in the Cambridge Daily News. The picture shows a protest by men against the appeal to the Senate to grant women full degrees at Cambridge University. -
Lecture by Rudolf Steiner
Rudolf Steiner was the creator of Waldorf Education. This is a lecture given by him in 1924. In this lecture, he portrays his main revolutionary educational ideas; how he divides a child's educational development into different phases.
