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Autor/in | Vinovskis, Maris A. |
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Titel | Schooling and Poor Children in 19th-Century America. |
Quelle | In: American Behavioral Scientist, 35 (1992) 3, S.313-31Infoseite zur Zeitschrift |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0002-7642 |
Schlagwörter | Economic Opportunities; Economically Disadvantaged; Educational History; Educational Objectives; Elementary Secondary Education; Outcomes of Education; Poverty; Poverty Programs; Social Mobility; United States History |
Abstract | Discusses nineteenth-century U.S. efforts to educate poor children. Describes educational expansion during the period, which included monitorial charity schools, Sunday schools, and infant schools. Reviews antebellum perspectives on poverty and education. Examines school attendance in 1860 and the relationship between education and social mobility. Argues that education can still promote opportunity for the poor. (SG) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |