Education, Technology, and Social Change in France
The Short, Unhappy Life of the Cluny School, 1866-1891
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8940719 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C R Day (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 427-427 |
| Publication date | 1974-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | French Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-1071 • E-ISSN: 1527-5493 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/286021 |
| OpenAlex | W2312211479 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The latter half of the nineteenth century in western Europe witnessed a growing interest in technical instruction. While manufacturers had earlier seen little or no connection between education and industry, believing that their workers and managers could best learn their trade on the job, they gradually began to realize that the development of such complex industries as steel, chemicals, and electricity, and growing industrial competition (dramatized by the London Exhibition of 1851 and the Paris Exposition of 1867) created a demand for science-trained labor. In response to this need many western European countries introduced the or school at either the higher primary or the secondary level, which was designed to appeal mainly to the lower middle and upper working classes. These groups required more instruction than the 3 R's taught the average man in elementary schools and more professional training than that provided the upper classes by the classical curriculum of the secondary schools. The modern schools did not teach specific skills nor give vocational instruction but concentrated instead on the scientific principles underlying techniques. This combination of theory and practice enabled able young men of modest origin to obtain instruction in theoretical and applied science and mathematics, modern languages, political economy, history, geography, and in some cases a smattering of ancient languages
Ethnology · Political science · Social change · Social life · Sociology · Historical Education and Society · Historical Education Studies Worldwide · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1975 - 1987 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |