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Publication Date: 2020
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'Wading through Children's Tears': The Emotional Experiences of Elementary School Inspections, 1839-1911
Grigg, Russell
History of Education, v49 n5 p597-616 2020
This paper explores the emotional experiences of elementary school inspections, from the appointment of the first State school inspectors in 1839 to 1911 when Edward Holmes, the retiring chief inspector, signposted the prospects of a new era in elementary education. The paper is arranged in two parts: the first provides an outline of the origins and development of elementary school inspection, while the second discusses the potential contribution of emotions scholarship to inform our understanding of elementary schooling seen through the lens of inspection. Whereas previous studies have concentrated on the inspectorate's administrative history in relation to school development, this paper's contribution is to highlight what inspection sources reveal about elementary schools as sites of emotional expression and experience. While acknowledging the challenges a history of emotions framework presents, the paper concludes that such an approach offers a fresh perspective on inspection and school regimes in the past.
Descriptors: Inspection, Educational History, Educational Change, Emotional Experience, Guidelines, Evaluators, Criticism, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, School Administration, Emotional Response, Teacher Attitudes, Social Distance, Institutional Evaluation, Discipline, Educational Quality, Moral Values, Social Values, Teacher Behavior, Social Class, Social Differences, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Dismissal
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England); United Kingdom (Wales)
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