The Educational Writings of Richard Mulcaster

About this eBook

Author

Mulcaster, Richard, 1530?-1611

Credits

Produced by Turgut Dincer, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

LB: Education: Theory and practice of education

Subject

Education -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 61900

Release Date

April 23, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE EDUCATIONAL WRITINGS OF RICHARD MULCASTER
2. 2.PREFACE. — CONTENTS.
3. 3.BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
4. 4.THE EDUCATIONAL WRITINGS OF RICHARD MULCASTER — The Method of Treatment. — The Purpose of Writing. — Reasons for Writing in English. — First Principles. — The Use of Authority. — The Ideal and the Possible. — When School Education should begin. — Risk of Overpressure. — Mens Sana in Corpore Sano. — Physical Exercise needs Regulation. — Physical and Mental Training should go together. — Exercise Specially Necessary for Students. — The Best Kinds of Exercise. — Football as a Form of Exercise. — Is Education to be offered to both Sexes? — All cannot receive a Learned Education. — Choice of Scholars both from Rich and Poor. — The Number of Scholars limited by Circumstances. — The Number of Scholars kept down by Law. — Talent not peculiar either to Rich or Poor. — Choice of those fit for Learning. — How the Choice of Scholars should be Determined. — Grounds for Promotion. — Co-operation of Parents. — Admission into Colleges. — Preferment to Degrees. — Natural Capacity in Children. — Encouragement better than Severity. — Moral Training falls chiefly on Parents. — Elementary Instruction—Reading. — The Vernacular First. — Material of Reading. — Writing. — Elementary Period a Time of Probation. — Drawing. — Music. — Four Elementary Subjects. — Study of Languages. — Follow Nature. — Education of Girls. — Aim of Education for Girls. — When their Education should begin. — All should have Elementary Education. — Higher Studies for Some. — What Higher Studies are Suitable. — Who should be their Teachers. — The Education of Young Gentlemen. — Private and Public Education. — What should a Gentleman learn? — What makes a Gentleman. — Learning useful to Noblemen. — Course of Study for a Gentleman. — Foreign Travel. — Gentlemen should take up the Professions. — The Training of a Prince. — Boarding Schools. — School Buildings. — Best Hours for Study. — Elementary Teacher most Important. — The Grammar School Teacher. — The Training of Teachers. — University Reform. — A College for Languages. — A College for Mathematics. — A College for Philosophy. — Professional Colleges. — General Study for Professional Men. — A Training College for Teachers. — Use of the Seven Colleges. — Uniting of Colleges. — University Readers. — Evils of Overpressure. — Limit of Elementary Course. — Difficulties in Teaching. — Uniformity of Method. — Choice of School Books. — School Regulations. — Punishments. — Condition of Teachers. — Consultation about Children. — Systematic Direction. — The Standard of English Spelling.
5. 5.THE PERORATION.
6. 6.CRITICAL ESTIMATE.

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