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Hadow (1926)

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Preliminary pages Membership, Analysis, Preface, Introduction
Chapter 1 Development of post-primary education in England and Wales 1800-1918
Chapter 2 The facts of the present situation
Chapter 3 The lines of advance
Chapter 4 Curricula for Modern Schools and Senior Classes
Chapter 5 The place of 'bias' in the curriculum of Modern Schools and Senior Classes
Chapter 6 The staffing and equipment of Modern Schools and Senior Classes
Chapter 7 The admission of children to Modern Schools and Senior Schools
Chapter 8 The lengthening of school life
Chapter 9 The question of a leaving examination
Chapter 10 Administrative problems
Chapter 11 Conclusions and recommendations; Notes of reservation
Chapter 12 Suggestions on the curriculum in Modern Schools and Senior Classes
Appendix I List of witnesses
Appendix II Notes on nomenclature
Appendix III Statistics relating to Chapter 2(ii)
Appendix IV Post-primary education abroad
Appendix V List of publications
Index

The Hadow Report (1926)
The Education of the Adolescent

London: HM Stationery Office

Index
[pages 323 - 339]

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Academic bias 3

Accommodation, provision of 2, 3
see also Buildings

Accuracy 4

Acts
Peel's Factory Act 1802 1
Grammar Schools Act 1840 App II
Elementary Education Act 1870 1, 2, 8, App II
Education (Scotland) Act 1872 2
Elementary Education Act 1876 1
Elementary Education Act 1880 1, 8
Intermediate Education Act (Wales) 1889 1, App II
Technical instruction Act 1889 1, 10
Elementary Education Act 1891 1
Technical Instruction Act 1891 10
Board of Education Act 1899 1, 10, App II
Elementary Education Act 1900 8
Education Act 1902 1, 10, App II
Education (administrative provisions) Act 1907 8, 10
Education Act 1918 1, 2, 3, 8, 10
Education (Scotland) Act 1918 2
Education Act 1921 2, 3, 8, 10, App II

Administrative
action 3
problems 9
recommendations 10

Adolescence
distribution of adolescent population 2
early efforts to provide for suitable education during 1
needs of children entering on and passing through 2, 3
protection during 8
supervision by headteachers during 3
transition from childhood into 3
views of witnesses on education during 3

Advanced Divisions (Scotland) 2

Advanced instruction, courses of
accommodation for 2
development of 2
provision for in education act 1918 1, 2, App III
organisation and provision of 2
statistical data regarding 1, 2
see also Courses of advanced instruction

Age
mental and chronological 3
of entry to junior technical schools 2

Agricultural colleges 6, 9

Agriculturalists, views of 5

Agriculture 4, 5, 6

Algebra 12

Apparatus and equipment
encouragement to pupils in devising 12
general 6
geographical 12
historical 12
see also Equipment and apparatus

Applied art - see Drawing

Arithmetic 12
see also Mathematics

Arnold, Matthew 1

Art
clubs, school 12
courses in appreciation of 5, 12
schools 6

Artistic industries 2

Association of Assistant Mistresses 3

Association of Directors and Secretaries of Education 3

Association of Headmistresses 3

Association of Municipal Corporations 3, 10

Association of Teachers in Technical Institutions 2

Association of Teachers of Physical Training 12

Association of Technical Institutions 2

Astronomy 12

Atlases 12

Attainment
advance in 4
consolidation of 6
differences marked at age of 11 or 12 3
leaving certificate as 'hall-mark' of 9

Attendance - see School life

Austria 2, App IV

Backward children - see Slow and backward children

Belgium
courses in rural studies in 6
post-primary education in App IV

Bellairs, Rev HW 1

Bent 4

Bias
definition of practical 5
double 5
existing practice in matter of 5
introduction of 3, 5,
witnesses views upon 5
see also Commercial bias, Industrial bias and Rural bias

Biology 12

Birth rate 2, 8

Blair, Sir Robert 10

Board of Education
administrative divisions of 10
enquiries in connection with courses of advanced instruction 2, App III
establishment of 1
initiation of examining boards by 9
inspectorate 10
Ministry of Agriculture and 6
statistics of 2

Bookkeeping 5

Books 12
see also Libraries

Boroughs and urban districts 2, 10

Botany 12

Bradford 2

British and Foreign School Society 1, App II

British Bee Keepers' Association 6

British history - see History

Broadcasting 12

Building trades 2, 5

Buildings
availability out of school hours 12
cost and simplification of 3
extension of school life and 8
necessity of additional 3
the art room 12
the geography room 12
the modern foreign language room 12
the practical instruction rooms 4, 6, 12
the science laboratory 6

Burgerschule - see Prussia

Cabinet making 2, 5

Cambridge, University of 9

Carnarvonshire 2, 10

Central classes 2, App II
see also Central school

Central departments 3

Central schools
alleged effect on secondary schools 3, 10
bias in 2, 5
development of 2
for girls 5
in London and Manchester 1, 12
in seaboard towns 5
non-selective, existing types 2
note on App II
provision of by local education authorities 2
selective, existing types 2
see also Non-selective central schools and Selective central schools

Certificated teachers 6

Certificates, intermediate (Scottish) 2
see also Leaving certificates

Charity Commission 1, 10

Chemical and soap manufacturers 5

Chemistry 5, 12

Cholmeley, Mr RF 3

Choral singing 12

Chrestomatic scheme 1

Cinematograph 12

Circulars, of Board of Education
1350 (organisation of public elementary schools) 3
1353 (infant care and management) 12
1365 (rural education) 12

Citizenship and civics 12

Classes primaires - see France

Cockerton ruling 1900 and judgements 1901 1, App II
see also Higher elementary schools

Cocoa and chocolate manufacturers 5

College of Preceptors 9

Commerce 3, 5, 6

Commercial bias 2, 5, 12

Commercial school 1, App II

Commissions and committees, etc, reports of official
Royal Commission of 1858-61 1
Schools Inquiry Commission 1864-68 1, App II
Royal Commission on Technical Instruction 1882-84 1
The Cross Commission 1886-88 1, App II
Royal Commission on Secondary Education 1894-95 1
Consultative Committee on Higher Elementary Schools 1906 1
Consultative Committee on attendance compulsory or otherwise at continuation schools 1909 2
Poor Law Commission 1905-09 2, 8
Departmental Committee on juvenile education in relation to employment after the war 1917 2, 8
Ministry of Reconstruction - employment during the war and after 1918 2, 8
Departmental Committee on scholarships and free places 1920 3
Consultative Committee's report on psychological tests of educable capacity 1924 3

Competition, between secondary and other types of post-primary school 3

Completion of course 3

Composition
English 12
French (or other modern foreign language) 12

Constructive interests 4

Continuation school App II

Continued education 4, 5, 8, 12

Cookery 5, 12

Cooperation
between Board of Education and Ministry of Agriculture 6
between local education authorities 10
between local education authorities and voluntary organisations 10
between teachers and employers 5

Cooperative activities 12

Corporate activities 6, 12

Counties 2, 8, 10

County boroughs 2, 10

Courses of advanced instruction
in new post-primary schools 3, 6
initiation by head teachers of 6
period required for satisfactory 2, 8
witnesses' views upon 4
see also Curriculum and Post-primary schools

Crafts 4, 12

Craftsmanship 2, 6, 12

Craftsmen - see Teachers

Cramming 7

Curriculum
development of a 'realistic' 3, 4, 5
effect of leaving examination on 3, 9
in junior commercial schools 2
in junior technical schools 2
in new post-primary schools 3, 4, 6, 12
in Scottish advanced divisions 2
local colouring in 4, 5
overcrowding in 4
specialisation in 4
suggestions on teaching various subjects of 12
unification of 4

Czechoslovakia App IV

Davies, Mr Salter 3, 10

Davies, Sir Walford 12

Dawson Mr AJ App II

Day schools - use of for evening schools 12

Day technical classes 1, App II

Day trade schools 1, 2, 3, App II

Debates 12

Degrees - possession of by teachers 6

Design 12

Devonport 5

Dialect 12

Distributing firms 5

Distribution of adolescent population 2

Dockyards, royal 5

Domestic courses for girls
in day technical classes App II
in urban central schools 5
teachers in 6

Domestic economy school App II

Dorsetshire 2

Dramatic work 12

Drawing and applied art 12

Dress making 5

Dual control 10

Durham county 2, App II

East Midlands Educational Union 9

Ecoles primaires superieures - see France

Economic conditions - effect on school life of 2, 3

Economic history 12

Education
of the adolescent in foreign countries 2, App IV
progress of 2, 8
regrading of 3, 8
stages in 2, 3,
see also Elementary education, Higher education, Post-primary education, Primary education, Secondary education, Secondary and elementary education

Education Department, The 1, 10

Educational
administration 2, 3, 10
law 3, 8, 10
opinion 3
organisation 3, 8
terminology 3
visits 12

Educational Handwork Association, The 12

Education other than elementary - see Higher education

Electricity 12

Elementary education 2, 3, 10, App II

Elementary education - primary grade 3

Elementary education - secondary grade 3

Elementary schools 1, 2, 3, 8, App II

Employees - requirements looked for in 5

Employers
and school records 9
evidence on vocational bias by 5

Employment 2, 8

Endorsement of leaving certificate 9

Endowed Schools Commission App II

Engineering 2, 5

Engineering firms 5

Engineers 6

English, treatment in curriculum 12

English history - see History

Entrance tests to post-primary schools 2, 7

Environment, curriculum and 4, 5, 12

Equipment and apparatus
for practical instruction 12
for science 12
general 6
see also Apparatus and equipment.

Eurythmics 12

Evening classes
effect on of teaching modern foreign language in post-primary schools 12
use of day schools for 12

Examinations
academic 9
desirability of compulsory entrance 7
in practical subjects 9
standardisation in marking in 7
stimulus caused by 9
used for determining admission to existing post-primary schools 7
see also First school examinations, Free place examination, Leaving examinations, Matriculation examination, Oral examinations, Preliminary examinations

Examining boards 9

Exchange of teachers 12

Farm institutes - see Agricultural colleges

First school examination 3, 6, 7, 9

Fletcher, Mr WC 3

Foreign language - see Modern foreign language

Formula, in mathematics 12

France 2, App IV

Fraser, Rev J (afterwards Bishop of Manchester) 1, App II

Free place examination 3, 7

Free places
system 2
to secondary schools from modern schools 7

French 3, 5, 12

Games 6, 12
see also Corporate activities

Gardening 12

Gardens, school 12

General education
in new post-primary schools 3
in relation to bias 5

General hygiene 12

Generalisations in history teaching 12

Geographical association, the 12

Geography
importance of 12
qualification of teachers of 12
treatment of 12

Geology 12

Geometrical and mechanical drawing 12

Geometry 12

German 12

Girls, importance of learning to use tools 12

Girls' Public Day School Company App II

Gower Walk Free (Industrial) School 1

Graduate teachers 6

Grammar 12

Grammar schools
and the proposed leaving examination 9
as part of recommended nomenclature 3
Note on App II
see also Secondary schools

Gramophones 12

Grants, state 1

Grouping of older pupils 2

Gymnasia 12

Gymnastic training for boys schools other than elementary 12

Hallam, Mr JH 3

Handicrafts 12

Handwork 12

Harmonisation 12

Head teachers
qualifications desirable 6
recommendation of pupils by 7

Hersley, Thomas App II

Heuristic, method of teaching 12

Higher education 2, 10, App II

Higher elementary schools 1, 2, 6, 10

Higher grade elementary schools 1, 2, App II

Higher grade schools - Scotland 2

Higher (or upper) tops 2, 3, App II

High schools App II

Historical Association, The 12

History 12

Holborn Trade School for Girls App II

Home management 12

Honour certificates - see Scholarships and free places

Hornsey 2

Horticulture 12

Housecraft 5, 12

House of Commons 3, 8, 12

Housewifery 12

Hygiene 5, 12

Illustrations 12

Imperial history - see History

Individual teaching 2

Individual work 3, 4

Industrial bias 2, 5, 6, 12

Industrial conditions, effect on school life 2

Industrial districts, science courses in 12

Industrial training, Rev HW Bellairs on 1

Industry
entry of children into 8
extension of school life and 8
school and 2, 5
specialist teachers from 6

Institute of Mechanical Engineers 2

Intellectual development 7

Interest
creation and development of 4, 5, 12
practical instruction and 5

Intermediate schools 2, App II

Journeys, school - see Educational visits

Junior art departments 2, 5, App II

Junior commercial schools and classes 2

Junior secondary education 96

Junior technical schools 1, 2, 3, 5, App II

Kay-Shuttleworth, Sir James 1

Laboratories - see Buildings

Lancashire 2, 10

Lancaster national school 1

Lantern slides 12
see also Cinematograph

Late development 3

Laundrywork 5, 12

League of Nations 12

Leaving age - see School life

Leaving certificates 9

Leaving examinations
effect on curricula 3, 9
recommendations in connection with 9
types of 9
witnesses' views upon 9

Leeds 2

Leicester 2, 3

Leisure 4, 5

Letter-writing 12

Libraries, school 12
see also Municipal and county libraries

Light, heat and sound 12

Ling Association, The 12

Literature 12

Local education authorities
administration by 3, 10
arrangements for conducting entrance examinations to post-primary schools 7
arrangements for transfer of children at 11 3
consultative committees of 10
cooperation between 10
duties in respect of advanced instruction 3
extension of leaving age in areas of certain 8
leaving examinations and 9
provision of courses of advanced instruction by 2, 3
provision of junior technical schools 2
regrading of schools by 3
views on lengthening of school life 8
views on 'marking time' 2

Local industries and occupations 2, 5

Local organisations and clubs 6

London 1, 2, 5, 6
see also Central schools

London Central School of Arts and Crafts 2

London Chamber of Commerce 9

Lowestoft 5

Lycee - see France

Machinery, occupations involving 2

M'Kenna, the Rt Hon R 7

Maintenance allowances 8

Managers 10

Manchester 1

Manchester Church Education Society 1

Manual instruction 1

Maps 12

Marking time 2, 4, 5

Mathematical knowledge, need for 12

Mathematics 5, 12

Matriculation examination 2, 9

Mechanics 12

Medici Society 12

Memory drawing 12

Mensuration 12

Merit certificate - see Scotland

Metallurgy 12

Metalwork 5, 12

Meteorology 12

Middle schools 1, 2, App II

Millinery 5

Mining areas 4, 5

Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries 6

Misfits 7

Mistakes 12

Mittelschule - see Prussia

Mixed schools and classes 3

Models, construction of 12

Modern foreign language
in junior technical schools 2
in London central schools 5
in new post-primary schools 3, 12
teachers of 6, 12

Modern schools
and the first school examination 9
bias in 5
curriculum in 4
definition of 3
use of term in schemes of Charity Commission App II

Modern social and economic life 6

Mothercraft 12

Municipal and county libraries 12

Museums and art galleries 12

Music 5, 12

National Poultry Association 6

National Society Schools 1, App II

National Union of Teachers 3, 11

Nature study 12

Needlecraft 5, 12

Newcastle-under-Lyme High School App II

Newspapers, foreign 12

New Zealand, Dominion of App III

Nomenclature 3, 10, App II

Non-graduate teachers 6

Non-provided schools 1, 10
see also Dual control

Non-selective central schools
existing types 2
nomenclature of 3
type recommended 3

Normal schools - see Middle schools

Nottingham High School AppII

Nunn, Professor T Percy 3

Object drawing 12

Observation 12

Occupations 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8

Office routine 5

Ontario, Province of App IV

Oral examinations 7

Orchestras, school 12

Organised science school - see School of science

Oswestry National School 1

Oxford, University of 9

Parallel forms 3

Parents
and commercial training 2
and corporate activities 12
and education 2, 3, 4, 8
and extension of school life 2, 8

Part-time education - see Continued education

Percy, Lord Eustace - see President of Board of Education

Personal hygiene 12

Phonetics 12

Physical education 12

Physical training 12

Physics 12

Physiography 12

Physiology 12

Pictures - see Illustrations

Playing fields 12

Plymouth 5

Poetry 12

Portsmouth 5

Post-primary education
definition of the term 3
foreign and colonial developments in 2
historical data regarding 1
problem of 2
proportion of children capable of profiting by 2
provision of by local education authorities 2, 3
public demand for 2
recommendations in connection with 3
types of school required 3
witnesses' views upon 3
see also Advanced instruction

Post-primary schools
aim of 6
as training ground for future teachers 6
courses in 3, 6
curriculum in 3, 12
equipment in 6
establishment of 3
non-provided 10

Practical bias 3, 5, 6

Practical instruction
appeal and significance of 3, 5
as defined in the education act 1921 1, 12
coordination with courses in science 12
encouragement of 3, 12
examination in the various branches of 9
in new post-primary schools 3, 4, 12

Practical work rooms - see Buildings

Preliminary 'weeding out' examinations 7

Preparatory department App II

Preparatory school App II

President of Board of Education 8, 10,
Primary education 2, 3, App II

Primary schools
adjustment of work of with post-primary schools 2, 3
geography in 12
historical data regarding 1
history in 12
mathematics in 12
music in 12
nomenclature regarding 3
note on App II

Private commercial schools and business colleges 2

Private reading 12

Private schools App II

Prussia 1, 2, App IV

Psychological tests of intelligence 7

Public elementary schools 10, App II

Public opinion 3, 8

Qualifying examinations - see Preliminary examinations

Reading 4, 12

Realistic education and bias 3, 4

Realschulen 3
see also Prussia

Records, school 7, 9

Regulations
the Lowe Code 1862 1
for further education 2, App II
for secondary schools 1, 2, 3, 6, App II
for technical schools 2, App II
for training of teachers 6

Religious knowledge and instruction 10, 12

Retarded development 3

Royal Horticultural Society 6

Royal Society of Arts 9

Rural bias 5, 6, 12

Rural schools
courses for teachers in 6, 12
imparting 'local colour' to curriculum in 4
'marking time' in 2
organisation of 2, 3
practical instruction in 12
science courses in 12
specialist teaching in 3
teachers in 6

Rural studies, courses in Belgium in 6

Rutland 2, 3

St Gallen, canton - see Switzerland

Salaries of teachers in post-primary schools 6

Scarborough 5

School boards 1, 2, 8

School life
effect of a bias on 5
effect of a leaving examination on 9
effects of existing provision for advanced instruction on 2
historical data regarding 8
in London central schools 2
reasons for recommending compulsory extension of 8
statistical comments on 2, 8
tendency to lengthen 2, 3, 8

School of science 1, App II

Schools Inquiry Commission - see Commissions

Schools, statistical data of attendance at various types of 2

Schools of industry 1

Science 5, 12

Science and art department 1, 10, App II

Schola grammaticalis App II

Scotland 1, 2

Scottish education department 2

Second examination - see Free place examination

Secondary and elementary education 1

Secondary education
common use of term 3
expansion and effect of 2
note on App II
recommended definition and use of term 3

Secondary schools
differentiation with other post-primary schools 3
alleged effect on by central schools 3, 10
need for development of 3
nomenclature recommended 3
note on App II
proportion of children to be transferred to 3
school life in 3, 8
statistical data 2, 3

Sekundarschule - see Switzerland

Selective central schools
courses in 3
existing types 2
nomenclature recommended 3
type required 3
use of free place examination in determining entrants to 7

Senior classes
definition of 3
development of 3
type required 3

Senior schools 2, App II

Senior standard schools 1, 2

Shipbuilding 2

Shoreditch Junior Technical School 1, App II

Shorthand 5

Sick nursing 5

Sight reading 12

Size of classes 2, 3, 12

Skill, attainment of 4

Slow and backward children 3

Smith, Mr JC 2

Social activities - see Corporate activities

Social history 12

Societies, local 6

Solo playing 12

Solo singing 12

Songs 12

Spanish 12

Specialisation 3, 4, 5

Specialist teachers 4, 6

Speech training 12

Staff
appointment and selection of 3, 6, 10
assistant teachers 6
extension of school leaving age and 8
head teachers 6
in modern schools and senior classes 4, 6
note on existing arrangements 6
specialist teachers 6

Stimulus caused by leaving examination 9

Supplementary courses for teachers 6

Survey work 12

Sweden App IV

Switzerland 1, App IV

Tastes of pupils, differences in 4

Teachers
and corporate activities 12
assistant 6
certificated 6
conferences between 4
craftsmen as 6
exchange of 12
graduate 6
head 6
non-graduate 6
of domestic subjects 6
of geography 12
of history 12
of modern foreign languages 2, 6, 12
of music 12
of practical subjects 6, 12
of physical training 12
probationary period of graduate non-trained 6
salaries of in new post-primary schools 6
sources of supply 6, 12
supplementary courses for 6
visiting 6
witnesses' regarding 6

Teachers Registration Council 10

Technical colleges 6, 9

Terminology - see Nomenclature

Textile manufacturers 5

Textile trades 4

Third year courses 6, 12

Time chart 12

Trade schools - see Day trade schools

Trades Union Congress 3

Training colleges and departments 6

Transfer
between different post-primary schools 3, 7
of children at 11+ 2, 3
of children remaining beyond 15+ 3

Transport 3, 4

Transvaal, Province of App IV

Trigonometry 12

Typewriting 5

Union of Lancashire and Cheshire Institutes 9

United States of America 2

Universities, Departments of Agriculture in 6

University examining bodies 9

University training departments 6

Upper (or higher) tops 2

Urban districts - see Borough and urban districts

Urban schools 2

Vacation courses 6, 12

Vaud, canton - see Switzerland

Victoria, State of App IV

Visiting teachers 6

Vocational education, definition of 5

Vocational instruction
committee's views upon 2, 4
employers' views upon 5
historical data 1
in day technical classes 2

Voluntary bodies - see Dual control

Voluntary schools - see Non-provided schools

Warwickshire 2

Wattie, Dr JM 2

Wesleyan schools 1

Woodwork 5, 12

World history 12

Yeoman school at York 1

Yorkshire (West Riding) 2, App II

Zurich, canton - see Switzerland

Appendix V