| Repository | University of Roehampton: Whitelands College |
| Level | Sub-Series |
| Reference Number | WC/PP/FAUN/2/1 |
| Alternate Reference Number | 21.2.2 |
| Title | Proposal and subsequent correspondence re content of teacher training syllabus and examinations |
| Date | 1874 - 1876 |
| Extent | 1 envelope |
| Description | Draft / copy letter 11 Dec 1874 criticising format of the English Literature examination & requesting a more literary approach; ‘there was no question to test whether the students had read the passage selected; no question on the meaning of words….'
35 letters to Faunthorpe from heads of other training colleges and the Education Department, Whitehall evidently in response to a circular 17th Dec 1874 from him criticising the content of a literature exam and suggesting amendments to the teacher training syllabus to include Shakespeare and Milton. Responses refer also to teaching science and languages to female students and the inequality in the treatment of Science and Languages papers.
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