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Theobald, Marjorie R. – History of Education, 1988
Examines the "accomplishments curriculum" which emerged as the dominant mode of education for middle-class girls in Britain and its colonies in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Discusses the expanded educational opportunities for women, describing their social effects, such as the early emergence of middle-class…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Educational History, Educational Opportunities, Females

Grannis, Joseph C. – Teachers College Record, 1973
Suggests differences between the social contexts of English informal and American open education. (DS)
Descriptors: American Culture, Child Role, Cultural Differences, Educational Philosophy