Authors
Citation
Pe. Spargo, FOUNDATIONS STRONG AND LASTING - HERSCHELS WORK IN EDUCATION AT THE CAPE, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 49, 1994, pp. 103-115
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
ISSN journal
0035919X
Volume
49
Year of publication
1994
Part
1
Pages
103 - 115
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-919X(1994)49:<103:FSAL-H>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
During his four years at the Cape of Good Hope in the mid-1830s, Sir J
ohn Herschel became very involved in a major scheme to restructure the
fragmented and largely ineffectual education system of the Colony. Th
e result was the establishment, soon after his departure in 1838, of o
ne of the earliest and best structured state education systems in the
world.