The Young Colonials: A Social History of Education in Trinidad and Tobago, 1834-1939Argues that in content and orientation islands' educational system during colonial period was geared more to the metropole than to the local situation. Uses career and initiatives of J.O. Cutteridge, British educational official in Trinidad, to portray the occasional absurdity of the system. Highlights religious bodies' meaningful role in building schools and in other educational activities. Concludes that despite problems, education did provide a mechanism for upward social mobility and for overcoming barriers imposed by race, class, or ethnicity. Includes list of island scholars from late-19th century through 1939. |
Contents
The ward schools of Lord Harris 18491869 | 6 |
St Josephs Convent Queens Royal College and | 14 |
The evolution of the dual system 18701902 | 29 |
The financing of the dual system 18701902 | 41 |
The education of the Indians 18681902 | 47 |
The training of teachers 18361902 | 56 |
Education and social mobility 18341902 | 65 |
2 The Age of Marriott and Cutteridge | 78 |
3 The Challenge of the Teachers | 179 |
The labour protest of the black teachers 19301939 | 191 |
Education and nationalist strivings in the 1930s | 202 |
The survival of the dual system 19301939 | 211 |
4 Perspectives | 222 |
The English language and education 18341939 | 229 |
Private schools and education 18341939 | 245 |
Education the creative arts and libraries 18341939 | 254 |
The schools on the eve of reform 19021917 | 87 |
The introduction of science and progressive ideas 19161932 | 95 |
The control of the dual system 19211931 | 104 |
The integration of the Tobago schools 18891931 | 111 |
The transformation of the Government Training College 19211939 | 121 |
New perspectives on secondary education 19261935 | 135 |
The emergence of a government programme of expansion 19321939 | 146 |
The beginning of technicalvocational education 19061939 | 156 |
The growth of the educated middle class 19021939 | 166 |
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Age of Marriot agricultural Bishop Anstey Bishop's High School black and coloured Board of Education boys British government bursars Cambridge School Certificate Canadian Presbyterian Mission Caribbean Chaguanas Church of England College Exhibition curriculum denominational schools director of education dual system early twentieth century education in Trinidad English female teachers French creoles government schools Government Training College government training school Governor headteachers Hindu/Muslim ICTA inspector of schools institutions Island Scholars Junior Cambridge labour Legislative Council Marriot and Cutteridge Marriott Mico Charity middle class Model School Naparima College Naparima Girls non-white percent Port of Spain primary schools Private candidates private schools pupil teachers QRC and CIC Queen's Collegiate School religious instruction Roman Catholic Church San Fernando school gardens secondary education secondary schools social St George's College St Joseph's Convent teacher training teaching Trinidad and Tobago TTTU university scholarships ward schools West Indian West Indies Young Colonials