Education As and For Legitimacy : Developments in West Indian Education Between 1846 and 1895

Table of Contents

• TABLE OF CONTENTS 8
• LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES 12
• PREFACE 16
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 20
• INTRODUCTION: SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CHANGES AFFECTING EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE BRITISH WEST INDIES, 1864-95 22
• Introduction 22
• Economic Changes Following the Decline of the Sugar Industry 22
• The Continued Dominance of Planters in West Indian Societies 28
• Constitutional Changes 30
• Disendowment of the Church of England 31
• Changes in Social Structure: Social Mobility among Coloureds and Blacks 31
• The Attitude of the Elites to Black Mobility 33
• The Plural Nature of West Indian Societies 34
• Education to Establish Legitimacy of the State and the Governing Elites 35
• Continued Resistance by Whites to the Mobility of Blacks 37
• Summary and Overview 38
• CHAPTER 1 CONSENSUS AND CONFLICT OVER THE PROVISION OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION 42
• The Provision of Elementary Education 42
• Moral Support from the Imperial Government 43
• The Support Provided by West Indian Governors 44
• Pressures for Increasing Support of Popular Education 49
• Resistance to Increasing the Supply of Elementary Education 50
• Support from Local Legislators 51
• Summary and Conclusions 66
• CHAPTER 2 PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE 70
• Introduction 70
• Education of New Immigrants 87
• Summary and Conclusions 92
• CHAPTER 3 FACTORS INFLUENCING SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE 101
• Introduction 101
• Different Levels of Funding for Elementary Education 101
• Factors Contributing to School Enrollment and Attendance 102
• Conflicting Views about Parental Interest in Education 113
• Explaining These Different Perceptions of Attitudes to Education 116
• Summary and Conclusions 120
• CHAPTER 4 THE DOMINANCE OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN THE CURRICULUM OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS 124
• Introduction 124
• Support for Religious Education 126
• Reasons for the Dominant Role of Religious Instruction in Schools 129
• Implementation of the Programme of Religious Education 135
• Summary and Conclusions 139
• CHAPTER 5 THE ROLE OF INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION IN THE CURRICULUM OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS 142
• Support of the Elites for Industrial Education 142
• Towards the Development of a Programme of Industrial Education 143
• The Kay Shuttleworth Report 143
• Efforts at Introducing Modified Industrial Education Programmes 149
• Reasons for the Continued Insistence on Industrial Education by the Elites 161
• Problems Affecting the Implementation of Industrial Education 164
• Summary and Conclusions 166
• CHAPTER 6 OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN PRIMARY EDUCATION 169
• Other Educational Concerns at the Primary Level 169
• Problems in Providing a Broader-based Curriculum 175
• Effect of Inspection on the Work of Schools 179
• Other Effects of School Evaluation Based on the Annual Examination 181
• The Low Level of Professional Competence among Teachers 185
• School Buildings and Instructional Supplies 185
• Supplies and Equipment 186
• Towards Some Signs of Improvement 187
• The Education of Girls 189
• Summary 190
• CHAPTER 7 TEACHERS: THEIR SUPPLY AND STATUS 194
• Introduction 194
• The Supply of Qualified Teachers 194
• Another Approach to Improving Teacher Quality 196
• Elements of Teacher Preparation 210
• Status of Teachers in the West Indies 211
• Teachers' Remuneration 212
• Other Effects of Low Level of Teachers' Salaries 217
• Summary and Conclusions 220
• CHAPTER 8 PRIMARY EDUCATION, 1846-95: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 224
• Review and Assessment 224
• Some Positive Outcomes of Primary Education 225
• Some Alternative Views about the Qualitative Outcomes of Primary Schooling 230
• CHAPTER 9 SECONDARY AND POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, 1845-95 239
• Secondary Education prior to 1845 239
• Two Types of Post-basic Education 240
• Factors Influencing the Provision of Secondary Education after Abolition 240
• Continuing Demand for Secondary Education 244
• The Development of Post-secondary Education 264
• Summary and Conclusions 270
• CHAPTER 10 SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM 273
• Introduction 273
• The Curriculum of the Grammar Schools in the West Indies 275
• Criticisms of the Curriculum of the Grammar Schools 280
• Pressures for Scientific, Agricultural, and Commercial Subjects in the Curriculum 282
• Other Efforts at Reforming the Secondary Curriculum 283
• Resistance to Changes in the Classical Curriculum 287
• The Effect of External Examinations on the Curriculum of the Grammar Schools 289
• Summary and Conclusions 292
• CHAPTER 11 SECONDARY EDUCATION AND UPWARD SOCIAL MOBILITY 296
• School Enrollment and Social Stratification 296
• Increasing Middle-class Demand for Higher Education 296
• Problems Faced By Non-whites in Obtaining a Higher Education 301
• Secondary Education as Status Confirmation 303
• State Scholarships for Post-secondary Education 306
• Secondary Schools and the Perpetuation of Class Distinction 310
• The Occupational Destination of Secondary-school Graduates 313
• Summary 315
• CHAPTER 12 ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 319
• Introduction 319
• The Major Actors on the Educational Scene 319
• Reasons for Increasing State Involvement in Education 323
• Technical or Efficiency Concerns 323
• Concern with Capital Accumulation and the Establishment of the Legitimacy of the State 326
• The Expansion of Education as a Legitimating Device 333
• Summary 340
• BIBLIOGRAPHY 345
• INDEX 355
• A 355
• B 355
• C 355
• D 356
• E 356
• F 356
• G 357
• H 357
• I 357
• J 357
• K 357
• L 358
• M 358
• N 358
• P 358
• Q 358
• R 358
• S 359
• T 359
• U 360
• V 360
• W 360
• Y 360