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- catalog abstract ""Richard Mulcaster's Positions was originally published in 1581 during a very active period in the history of education in England. Dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I, it was an ambitious bid to change the direction of English schooling." "Mulcaster, who taught Edmund Spenser and Lancelot Andrewes, sets down propositions for a uniform political reformation of English schools. In arguing for public over private education, he promotes physical education, a closer control of the students admitted into schools, and ways to improve both the training and careers of teachers. He also discusses the teaching of women, school location, the role of parents in teaching manners and morals, and the need for uniform instruction and textbooks." "This is the first authoritative edition of the text and an important primary source for the study of Elizabethan language and culture. It includes an extensive introduction with biography and background to Mulcaster's wide-ranging ideas. The notes provide further background and explain the archaic forms of Mulcaster's English style."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog alternative "Positions vvherin those primitive circvmstances be examined, which are necessarie for the training vp of children, either for skill in their booke, or health in their bodie".
- catalog contributor b4963129.
- catalog contributor b4963130.
- catalog contributor b4963131.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description ""Richard Mulcaster's Positions was originally published in 1581 during a very active period in the history of education in England. Dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I, it was an ambitious bid to change the direction of English schooling." "Mulcaster, who taught Edmund Spenser and Lancelot Andrewes, sets down propositions for a uniform political reformation of English schools. In arguing for public over private education, he promotes physical education, a closer control of the students admitted into schools, and ways to improve both the training and careers of teachers. He also discusses the teaching of women, school location, the role of parents in teaching manners and morals, and the need for uniform instruction and textbooks." "This is the first authoritative edition of the text and an important primary source for the study of Elizabethan language and culture. It includes an extensive introduction with biography and background to Mulcaster's wide-ranging ideas. The notes provide further background and explain the archaic forms of Mulcaster's English style."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [457]-491) and index.".
- catalog extent "lxxxvi, 521 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Positions concerning the training up of children.".
- catalog identifier "0802029876 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Positions concerning the training up of children.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press,".
- catalog relation "Positions concerning the training up of children.".
- catalog subject "370.1 20".
- catalog subject "Education Early works to 1800.".
- catalog subject "Education.".
- catalog subject "LB475.M8 P67 1994".
- catalog title "Positions concerning the training up of children / Richard Mulcaster ; edited by William Barker.".
- catalog title "Positions vvherin those primitive circvmstances be examined, which are necessarie for the training vp of children, either for skill in their booke, or health in their bodie".
- catalog type "Early works. fast".
- catalog type "text".