The reluctant beneficiaries
The teacher and the public examination system
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18938941 |
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| Authors | B A Gillham (Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 50-62 |
| Publication date | 1977-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Educational Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1005 • E-ISSN: 1467-8527 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00071005.1977.9973481 |
| OpenAlex | W1993730894 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
schools after the success of the 'Exeter Experiment' in 1857 and in elementary schools after the publication of the Revised Code in 1862, provided a publicly acceptable yardstick for the judgement of schools and schoolmasters. The descent of glorious and pompous academics upon a provincial town in the West Country was apparently so awe inspiring that few doubts were expressed concerning the educational effects of such completely external assessment. The doubtful intellectual and practical capacities of some schoolmasters was already a matter of public concern and the better organized secondary schools were extremely anxious to benefit from an impartial judgement of their competence. Indeed, many of them had already adopted the practice of seeking reports upon their performance from 'persons of consequence'.' The rescue of the great universities from academic torpor by the institution of a system of written examinations undoubtedly influenced subsequent events in elementary and secondary schools.2 Economic, social and political conditions conspired to generate a mood of naive enthusiasm for the external examination, a mood which was accompanied by a highly deferential regard for the universities as arbiters of excellence. For example the term 'Locals', used to describe the most important school level examinations provided by Oxford and Cambridge, indicated clearly that, for the duration of the examination, regional venues became local appendages of the Universities. The schools and their teachers played no part in the examinations which took place outside the school as a private contractual arrangement between the candidates' parents and the univer
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| Highly cited | No |
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