Woburn Education Ser.: Teachers and Football : Schoolboy Association Football in England, 1885-1915 by Colm Kerrigan (2005, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-100713002433

ISBN-139780713002430

eBay Product ID (ePID)30221974

Product Key Features

Number of Pages228 Pages

Publication NameTeachers and Football : Schoolboy Association Football in England, 1885-1915

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2005

SubjectSoccer, Reference, General

TypeTextbook

AuthorColm Kerrigan

Subject AreaSports & Recreation, Education

SeriesWoburn Education Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight16.8 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2004-014651

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal796.334/0942

Table Of Content1. Introduction 2. Public-School Games and Working-Class Football 2. Elementary-School Football in London to 1900 4. Consolidating Elementary-School Football in London 1900-1915 5. London Teachers and Schoolboy Football 1900-1915 6. Schoolboy Football and Amateur Football 7. London Schoolboys and Professional Football 8. Conclusions

SynopsisThis is a fascinating account of the origins of schoolboy football and the factors that have influenced its development and the consequences and benefits that have followed not only for school football but for sport in schools and communities as a, The 1870 Education Act that opened up elementary education for all children contained no provision for outdoor games. This book explains how teachers, through the elementary school football association, introduced boys to organized football as an out-of-school activity. The influence and significance of this work, insofar as it relates to the elementary school curriculum and the growth of professional and amateur football are explored in detail, including: * How ideological commitments and contemporary concerns for the physical welfare of children in cities may have led teachers to promote schoolboy football when it was not permitted during school hours * The extent to which out of school organised football may have led to outdoor games being accepted as part of the school curriculum * How elementary school football in London in the late nineteenth century influenced the development of the amateur game. This is a fascinating account of the origins of schoolboy football and the factors that have influenced its development and the consequences and benefits that have followed not only for school football but for sport in schools and communities as a whole., The 1870 Education Act that opened up elementary education for all children contained no provision for outdoor games. This book explains how teachers, through the elementary school football association, introduced boys to organized football as an out-of-school activity. The influence and significance of this work, insofar as it relates to the elementary school curriculum and the growth of professional and amateur football are explored in detail, including: * How ideological commitments and contemporary concerns for the physical welfare of children in cities may have led teachers to promote schoolboy football when it was not permitted during school hours * The extent to which out of school organised football may have led to outdoor games being accepted as part of the school curriculum * How elementary school football in London in the late nineteenth century influenced the development of the amateur game. This is a fascinating account of the origins of schoolboy football and the factors that have influenced its development and the consequences and benefits that have followed not only for school football but for sport in schools and communities as a whole

LC Classification NumberGV944.G7K47 2004