How Has Education Changed Over The Years

Over the years, education has changed in many ways, due to politics and political pressures, the changing of society and how the economics of the time change. In this essay, I will look at how the development of primary education has changed due to the politics, social views and economics in Great Britain, moving from the beginning of how and why education developed due to the industrial revolution before moving on the examine the controversies and objections to a universal education system, and look at the acts it influenced and how they affected society and the education children received. It will move on to look at how poor conditions in society and war have affected how education has changed and how it worked to improve social welfare conditions to produce a better future for society and how an influential educationalist …show more content…
(Bartlett and Burton, 2012) In 1867 there had been some key political changes that had taken place; these led to many working class men being allowed to vote and the government had realised that education needed to be changed so that the working class men could understand what they were voting for. “The Education Reform Act of 1870 was designed to legislate for subsidised elementary education for all up to the act of 13.” (Bartlett and Burton, 2012:74) This was challenged by some members of society; by the middle and upper classes who worried about the consequences of educating large numbers of the working class and feared that they would rebel and not obey and be productive