What are the similarities between Victorian schools and modern schools?

Answer 1

one teacher in a classroom

Answer 2

registrating, handwriting,

Answer 3

Up until 1870, few girls went to school. From 1870, all children did, but only between the ages of 5 and 12. Classes varied in size a good deal depending on the situation, and could exceptionally be up to 100 strong, with children a little older than 12 acting as what we would now describe as teaching assistants. Children of a range of ages, for instance up to three years span, would often be taught as one. Discipline was strong in spite of some large class sizes, as the cane, the ruler and the slipper were all in use. Children deemed unreceptive to a lesson were made to wear a dunce's hat and stand in a corner. Lunch break could be up to two hours long.

Lunch might consist of cheese, bread, water and some meat.

"Times tables" (products of any two numbers between 1 and 12) were learned thoroughly, a technique which worked well in ensuring good basic numeracy.

The same "learning by rote" technique was applied to topics such as British monarchs, and geography. Some children would have found this uninspiring compared to modern teaching techniques.

Teachers worked hard chalking lessons up on a blackboard, as there were almost no textbooks. Written work was completed by younger children on a slate, or even using their fingers to write in a tray of fine sand.

Slightly older children would use a quill pen or a pen with a metal nib, which would be dipped into a pot of ink in the corner of the desk.

Some learning involved copying material down from the blackboard.

There was a clear Christian basis to the pedagogy, with a Christian assembly including prayers, hymns and a simple sermon, and prayers before lunch.

Until the 1980's, many school desks that were still in use had ink wells built into them. Blackboards were still very widely used up to the 1990s, and still are today (2011) in some schools. School assemblies still take place today and often have a Christian basis, but often are no longer a daily affair for any given child. This is because schools have been encouraged to expand, yet typically still have their long-standing main hall. Ink-dip type pens are no longer used anywhere. Corporal punishment was only banned in British state schools in 1986, after a series of European Court rulings against Britain - all caning in schools was deemed by that court to constitute cruel and unusual punishment. This arguably makes the job of teaching more difficult as extreme verbal bullying of teachers, bad language, direct disobedience, and occasionally physical assaults on teachers, all take place in the knowledge that teachers may have difficulty responding. Corporal punishment remained legal in British independent schools until 1998.

Answer 4

I would say for one thing, the high amount of substance abuse, people now can't seem to go without some stimulant or other, which is surprisingly similar to the Victorians who used things like Cocaine, Laudinum and Snuff, they also used Heroin, and it was fairly common as well, during the early 20th century it fell out of favour because of the high Death Rate but people valued life more then than now.

Answer 5

It depends on how far back into the history of education you want to go. For many centuries education was only for the rich and male population. The theories of learning have come and gone concerning how students learn. In some cases the same theory has been presented but in a different package and name. One of the most consistent similarities is the fact that about every 5 years the approach to education changes. The result is a recycling of approaches over and over and there is never a solution to best practice.

Answer 6

The similarities between the Victorian era:

Although there are a lot of differences between our era and the Victorian era, we still have some similarities.

Here are two examples:6

Poverty is still common

We have house (which are made out of bricks and cement.)

Although

Answer 7

What are the differences between the pre-colonial classroom and modern classroom?

Answer 8

in the schools today 2009 we have about 30 rooms for kids to learn in. in colonial times was only one little room where they can learn.

Answer 9

No. You paid to go, long division was a collage course, and almost no girls went.

Answer 10

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