Joseph Lancaster
Joseph Lancaster
Joseph Lancasterwas an English Quaker and public education innovator...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth25 November 1778
men mind action
The same stimulus that animates men to action, will have a proportionate effect on juvenile minds.
writing prejudice topics
IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest, or even principle.
blessing moral increase
All are agreed, that the increase of learning and good morals are great blessings to society.
encouragement community mechanic
We daily witness the beneficial effect produced to the community by the institution of premiums, held out to encourage the inventions of ingenious mechanics.
religious children thinking
Mankind are divided into sects, and individuals think very differently on religious subjects, from the purest motives; and that gracious common Parent, who loves all his children alike, beholds with approbation every one who worships him in sincerity.
school might lists
Female schools might be comprised in the list of those worthy the public patronage, with great propriety.
children mean cost
The rich possess ample means to realize any theory they may chuse to adopt in the education of their children, regardless of the cost; but it is not so with him whose Subsistence is derived from industry.
encouragement loss boys
This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse; and, as such, boys seem often more affected by their loss than by coercion.
kindness breathing independence
A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to the dictates of others, when not softened by reason, or tempered with kindness.
pay difficulty complaints
The complaint of bad pay, and difficulty in obtaining it, is almost generally reiterated through every department of education.
christian blessed men
When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any man, that man is a Christian; and when the fruits of Christianity are produced, that man is a disciple of our blessed Lord, let his profession of religion be what it may.
teacher book library
The institution of a public library, containing books on education, would be well adapted for the information of teachers, many of whom are not able to purchase expensive publications on those subjects.