‘Our Catholic school’: themes and patterns in early Catholic school buildings and architecture before 1872
The transformation in Catholic schooling after the Education (Scotland) Act, 1918, is widely recognised. But research on the building of Catholic schools, beginning with the early decades of the nineteenth century, has not yet been done to a level that can support the claim that the ‘greatest impact...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University Press
[2020]
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The Innes review
Year: 2020, Volume: 71, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-66 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles KDB Roman Catholic Church RF Christian education; catechetics |
| Further subjects: | B
Education (Scotland) Act
B Catholic Schools B School architecture B primary schools B 1918 B Secondary schools B Religious Orders |
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| Summary: | The transformation in Catholic schooling after the Education (Scotland) Act, 1918, is widely recognised. But research on the building of Catholic schools, beginning with the early decades of the nineteenth century, has not yet been done to a level that can support the claim that the ‘greatest impact’ on building was the transfer of voluntary Catholic primaries to the education authorities. By contrast with the history of Catholic education, there has been no thematic study of Scotland's historic school architecture. The aim here is to address that gap, and provide a foundation for further study, by tracing the early development of Catholic school buildings down to the Education (Scotland) Act, 1872. Educational historians have maintained the narrative that, before 1872, many school buildings were ‘little more than hovels’, and the date of 1918 has been identified as the watershed for improvement. That view is challenged. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5219 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Innes review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3366/inr.2020.0244 |