Improvements in Education, as it Respects the Industrious Classes of the Community : With a Brief Sketch of the Life of Joseph Lancaster

Omtale

First published in 1803 and reissued here in its revised 1805 third edition, this work by Joseph Lancaster (1778–1838) sets out in detail the philosophy and practice of his system of education, which relied on peer tutoring. A brief 1840 biography of Lancaster is included in this reissue.