EDUC106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Social Class

• School: Macquarie University
• Department: Teacher Education
• Course: EDUC106
• Professor: All

Document Summary

* images of teaching a right through the media, constructed from its images, reflection of how society values teachers at the time. * opal mining town, a lot of the housing is under ground. * creation of the department of public instruction, 1880. * the public instruction act 1880 repealed the public schools act of 1866, dissolving the council of educate and transferred its responsibilities to the minister for public instruction. * the new act provided for the establishment of public schools. * superior public schools (which included some high school education) * evening public schools (for adults who had not had the opportunity of school education) * high schools for boys, which prepared them for university entrance. * provisional schools and the appointment of itinerant teachers brought education to sparsely populated areas. * education was to be compulsory for children between the ages of 6 and 14 years.