Monitorial System — The Monitorial System was an education method that became popular on a global scale during the early 19th century. This method was also known as mutual instruction or the Bell Lancaster method after the British educators Dr Andrew Bell and Joseph … Wikipedia
monitorial system — ▪ education also called Lancasterian system teaching method in which the older or better scholars teach the younger or weaker pupils. In the system, as formulated by the English educator Joseph Lancaster (Lancaster, Joseph), the superior… … Universalium
monitorial system — noun : an educational system formerly in use by many charity schools that consisted in employing older pupils to teach the younger ones see lancasterian … Useful english dictionary
Monitorial schools — are schools where classrooms are organized with sub groups of students based on ability. The teacher would teach the higher group of students and then let them help teach the children who were of a lower ability. First developed in the 19th… … Wikipedia
education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… … Universalium
teacher education — Introduction any of the formal programs that have been established for the preparation of teachers (higher education) at the elementary and secondary school levels. While arrangements of one kind or another for the education of the… … Universalium
Davenant Foundation School — Established 1680 Religion Christian Headteacher Mr Chris Seward S … Wikipedia
Joseph Lancaster — For the Florida Supreme Court Justice, see Joseph B. Lancaster Joseph Lancaster (25 November 1778 ndash; 23 October 1838) was an English Quaker, and public education innovator.Lancaster was born the son of a shopkeeper in Southwark, south… … Wikipedia
Lancaster, Joseph — ▪ British educator born Nov. 25, 1778, London, Eng. died Oct. 24, 1838, New York, N.Y., U.S. British born educator who developed the system of mass education known as the Lancasterian method, a monitorial (monitorial system), or “mutual,”… … Universalium
Bell, Andrew — ▪ Scottish educator born March 27, 1753, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland died January 27, 1832, Cheltenham, England Scottish clergyman who developed popular education by the method of supervised mutual teaching among students. Bell… … Universalium
Andrew Bell (educationalist) — For other people with similar names, see Andrew Bell Andrew Bell (1753–1832) was a Scottish Anglican priest and educationalist who pioneered the Madras System of Education (also known as mutual instruction or the monitorial system ) in schools… … Wikipedia