Monitorial schools
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Monitorial Schools are schools where classrooms are organized with sub-groups of students based on ability. The teacher would teach the higher group of students and then let them help teach the children who were of a lower ability. First developed in the 19th Century by noted Educational pioneers, Andrew Bell
and Joseph Lancaster
, both from England
.
Andrew Bell (1753-1832) received support from the National Society for the Education of the Poor, which was backed by the Church of England
. He developed the idea of having brighter students help teach the students of lower level. While superintendent of the Madras Male Orphan Asylum in India
he taught a clever boy his letters and then had the boy teach others in the asylum. Bell returned to England in 1796 and authored a pamphlet on this teaching style. Later it was adopted by several schools.
Joseph Lancaster (1778-1838) was an English Quaker and received support from the British and Foreign Schools Society. He lectured and promoted education all over England. Lancaster refused to use painful punishments but created a system of monitoring students and keeping them in check with shame. His first school in Southwark, England has over 1000 pupils. However the school eventually went bankrupt since it only survived on donations. Lancaster went to America and started another school in Baltimore
, which also failed.
The Lancastrian System, was essentially where the more advanced students taught the less advanced students. This first evolved as a way to depend on less teachers due to the lack of money in his free schools.
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
was reported to have studied in a Monitorial School and it is reasoned that this effected his later writings and philosophy .
Andrew Bell (educationalist)
Andrew Bell was a Scottish Anglican priest and educationalist who pioneered the Madras System of Education in schools and was the founder of Madras College, a secondary school in St. Andrews.-His life and work:Andrew Bell was born at St. Andrews, in Scotland on 27 March 1753 and attended St...
and Joseph Lancaster
Joseph Lancaster
Joseph Lancaster was an English Quaker and public education innovator.-Life:Lancaster was born the son of a shopkeeper in Southwark, south London....
, both from England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
Andrew Bell (1753-1832) received support from the National Society for the Education of the Poor, which was backed by the Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
. He developed the idea of having brighter students help teach the students of lower level. While superintendent of the Madras Male Orphan Asylum in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
he taught a clever boy his letters and then had the boy teach others in the asylum. Bell returned to England in 1796 and authored a pamphlet on this teaching style. Later it was adopted by several schools.
Joseph Lancaster (1778-1838) was an English Quaker and received support from the British and Foreign Schools Society. He lectured and promoted education all over England. Lancaster refused to use painful punishments but created a system of monitoring students and keeping them in check with shame. His first school in Southwark, England has over 1000 pupils. However the school eventually went bankrupt since it only survived on donations. Lancaster went to America and started another school in Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
, which also failed.
The Lancastrian System, was essentially where the more advanced students taught the less advanced students. This first evolved as a way to depend on less teachers due to the lack of money in his free schools.
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon was a French politician, mutualist philosopher and socialist. He was a member of the French Parliament, and he was the first person to call himself an "anarchist". He is considered among the most influential theorists and organisers of anarchism...
was reported to have studied in a Monitorial School and it is reasoned that this effected his later writings and philosophy .