2008 •
Teacher training inside or outside the university : the Belgian compromise (1815-1890)
Authors:
Pieter Dhondt
Abstract:
During the nineteenth century, educationists, professors and politicians in many European countries struggled with the question of whether secondary school teachers should be trained at the university, or in separate teachers’ colleges, where they would receive a proper vocational training. This article explores the development of the training of classics teachers in nineteenth‐century Belgium and characterises it as a compromise between the two options. When William I in 1816 established three state universities in the southern Netherlands (...)
During the nineteenth century, educationists, professors and politicians in many European countries struggled with the question of whether secondary school teachers should be trained at the university, or in separate teachers’ colleges, where they would receive a proper vocational training. This article explores the development of the training of classics teachers in nineteenth‐century Belgium and characterises it as a compromise between the two options. When William I in 1816 established three state universities in the southern Netherlands, teacher training, which was offered during the French period at the specialised college in Paris, was not replaced. Very soon, certain German professors took the initiative of establishing philological‐pedagogical seminars to fill the gap. However, these seminars did not survive the chaos of the Belgian revolution and it took almost 20 years before teacher training courses were reintroduced in separate colleges attached to the universities. At first, the teachers’ col... (Read More)
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