Detailed Record
Schoolmaster, The;
1871; no 1 [ns], 06 Jan 1872 - no 815, 09 Jan 1925
then: Schoolmaster and Woman Teacher's Chronicle, The. no 816, 16 Jan 1925 - no 2787, 28 Dec 1962
then: Teacher, The; journal of the National Union of Teachers. vol 1 no 1, 04 Jan 1963
then: Teacher, The; journal of the National Union of Teachers. vol 1 no 1, 04 Jan 1963
London E.C.,Middlesex
Editor:
T.J. MacNamara
Gilbert Smith
Gilbert Smith
Publisher:
W. Collins
Limited Educational Newspaper Company (1882)
W.S. Latham
Schoolmaster Publishing Co
Limited Educational Newspaper Company (1882)
W.S. Latham
Schoolmaster Publishing Co
Printer:
Alexander and Shepheard, Ltd
Yates and Alexander (1872)
Yates and Alexander (1872)
Size:
22pp; 34cm, 8pp + 12pp supp (1872); 16pp supp (1899)
Price:
19s6d/a; 1d (1872, 1912); 2d (double number 1899)
Frequency:
weekly (Sat; Fri 1912)
Issued by:
National Union of Elementary TeachersNational Union of Teachers, The
Indexing:
T of C/no
Departments:
advertisements, contributed articles, educational intelligence, reviews of books, correspondence, school board record, general summary, notices to correspondents, the school-room (1872); the tenure problem in [1899], notes and jottings of the week, the acting teachers' list, our readers' views, N.U.T. subscription lists, news from the local associations, answers to correspondents, miscellaneous publications (1899); news of teachers' associations, reviews, correspondence, articles on education, conditions of employment, job vacancies
Sources:
Harrison, Warwick Guide to Labour, p.480.; Hubbard, Newspaper and Bank Directory. vol 2, 1882, p.1594.; Layton, Handy Newspaper List.; Mitchell's.; Russell, “Educational Periodicals in England”.; Unesco and the Educational Press Association of America. An International List of Educational Periodicals. Nendeln: Kraus Reprint, 1971; May, Frederick L. Press Guide. London: May, 1876. p.13
Histories:
Altick, Richard D. "Nineteenth-Century English Periodicals." The Newberry Library Bulletin 9 [2s] (May 1952): 255-73.; Horn, Education in Rural England.; Ryan, Irish Literary Revival, p.120.
Comments:
“The Schoolmaster is in the highest sense, a professional organ, in which the interests of teachers are advocated, and their opinions freely expressed. It gives early and accurate intelligence of educational proceedings, and is a medium of rapid communication between all interested or engaged in education. It contains leading and contributed articles by the most eminent practical and theoretical educationists… The very complete staff of agents and correspondents already appointed throughout the country, in the colonies, and on the continent, enables Schoolmaster to furnish special information as to the process of education at home and abroad. The price of the paper, and the character of its contents, have secured … a large circulation among school managers, peers, members of parliament, teachers, members of school boards, and others.” (Hubbard's Newspaper and Bank Directory of the World, 1882, Advertisement, p.1594)
The publication was critical of the Revised Code enforced on teachers by the state via inspectors; specifically, that the Revised Code was harsh and created bad working conditions for teachers.
Alternate subtitles include: "an educational newspaper, review, and school board record; the only weekly paper entirely devoted to the interests of the scholastic profession"; "the journal of the National Union of Teachers" (1872?); "and woman teacher's chronicle" (1880+); "the organ of the National Union of Teachers".
A Supplement was published, at least in April, 1900.
This journal dealt with English education (Altick, Richard D. "Nineteenth-Century English Periodicals," p.264).
Russell notes that the first issue was in January 1872.
"It deals very fully, week by week, with the politics of education, reporting parliamentary debates, reviewing the blue-books and reports, and from time to time devoting special supplements to the pressing questions of the day. The editor has kindly defined its policy for me in the following words: 'The Schoolmaster desires to render more highly efficient, and more widely universal, education in this country; and, at the same time, to secure for those upon whom the entire fabric of education ultimately rests--the teachers--reasonable conditions of service'" (Russell, John; p.488).
The publication was critical of the Revised Code enforced on teachers by the state via inspectors; specifically, that the Revised Code was harsh and created bad working conditions for teachers.
Alternate subtitles include: "an educational newspaper, review, and school board record; the only weekly paper entirely devoted to the interests of the scholastic profession"; "the journal of the National Union of Teachers" (1872?); "and woman teacher's chronicle" (1880+); "the organ of the National Union of Teachers".
A Supplement was published, at least in April, 1900.
This journal dealt with English education (Altick, Richard D. "Nineteenth-Century English Periodicals," p.264).
Russell notes that the first issue was in January 1872.
"It deals very fully, week by week, with the politics of education, reporting parliamentary debates, reviewing the blue-books and reports, and from time to time devoting special supplements to the pressing questions of the day. The editor has kindly defined its policy for me in the following words: 'The Schoolmaster desires to render more highly efficient, and more widely universal, education in this country; and, at the same time, to secure for those upon whom the entire fabric of education ultimately rests--the teachers--reasonable conditions of service'" (Russell, John; p.488).
Location:
partial runs: LO/N38 A nos 1 [ns]-2787 (06 Jan 1872-04 Jan 1963), QZ/P-1 vol 17 (1880+); N.America: ICN (see Altick)
Reproduced by permission, British Library