Society and Education on St. Croix: The Danish Period.

Autor/in	Bramson, Leon
Titel	Society and Education on St. Croix: The Danish Period.
Quelle	(1975), (135 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Colonialism; Comparative Education; Educational Development; Educational History; Educational Needs; Educational Philosophy; Educational Policy; Educational Practices; Educational Problems; Educational Sociology; Elementary Education; Foreign Countries; Literacy Education; Political Influences; Religious Education; School Role; Slavery; Social Change; Social Structure; Socioeconomic Influences; Denmark; Virgin Islands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kolonialismus; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Bildungsentwicklung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungspraxis; Bildungssoziologie; Erziehungssoziologie; Elementarunterricht; Ausland; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Sklaverei; Sozialer Wandel; Sozialstruktur; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Dänemark; Jungferninseln
Abstract	Review of the history of education on the West Indian island of St. Croix from the 18th century to 1917 can contribute insights into the impact of schooling on social change. During this 200 year period, St. Croix changed from a Danish colony dependent upon plantation slavery to a poverty stricken American protectorate peopled by emancipated slaves. Reports from missionaries, government officials, and travellers offer insights into educational practices. Among the characteristics of St. Croix educational history are: (1) the existence of free public education of slave children; (2) the prominence of missionary teachers in the educational effort; (3) the use of English as the language of instruction; (4) the parallel spread of literacy and insurrection; (5) the backwardness of Danish educational policy in the West Indian colonies; and (6) concentration on religious teaching and literacy. Review of St. Croix's history indicates that the Danes did permit the emergence of a Creole leadership group, in spite of the general stress within the educational system on accommodation to the social order and protection of the interests of the upper class. (Author/DB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC