Education as and for Legitimacy

Table of Contents for
Education As and For Legitimacy: Developments in West Indian Education Between 1846 and 1895, by M. Kazim Bacchus
List of Figures and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
INTRODUCTION: SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CHANGES AFFECTING EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE BRITISH WEST INDIES, 1864-95
Introduction
Economic Changes Following the Decline of the Sugar Industry
The Continued Dominance of Planters in West Indian Societies
Constitutional Changes Disendowment of the Church of England
Changes in Social Structure: Social Mobility among Coloureds and Blacks
The Attitude of the Elites to Black Mobility
The Plural Nature of West Indian Societies
Education to Establish Legitimacy of the State and the Governing Elites
Continued Resistance by Whites to the Mobility of Blacks
Summary and Overview
CHAPTER 1: CONSENSUS AND CONFLICT OVER THE PROVISION OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
The Provision of Elementary Education
Moral Support from the Imperial Government
The Support Provided by West Indian Governors
Pressures for Increasing Support of Popular Education
Resistance to Increasing the Supply of Elementary Education
Support from Local Legislators
Summary and Conclusions
CHAPTER 2: PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE
Introduction
Education of New Immigrants
Summary and Conclusions
CHAPTER 3: FACTORS INFLUENCING SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE
Introduction
Different Levels of Funding for Elementary Education
Factors Contributing to School Enrollment and Attendance
Conflicting Views about Parental Interest in Education
Explaining These Different Perceptions of Attitudes to Education
Summary and Conclusions
CHAPTER 4: THE DOMINANCE OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN THE CURRICULUM OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Introduction
Support for Religious Education
Reasons for the Dominant Role of Religious Instruction in Schools
Implementation of the Programme of Religious Education
Summary and Conclusions
CHAPTER 5: THE ROLE OF INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION IN THE CURRICULUM OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Support of the Elites for Industrial Education
Towards the Development of a Programme of Industrial Education
The Kay Shuttleworth Report
Efforts at Introducing Modified Industrial Education Programmes
Reasons for the Continued Insistence on Industrial Education by the Elites
Summary and Conclusions
CHAPTER 6: OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN PRIMARY EDUCATION
Other Educational Concerns at the Primary Level
Problems in Providing a Broader-based Curriculum
Effect of Inspection on the Work of Schools
Other Effects of School Evaluation Based on the Annual Examination
The Low Level of Professional Competence among Teachers
School Buildings and Instructional Supplies
Supplies and Equipment
Towards Some Signs of Improvement
The Education of Girls
CHAPTER 7: TEACHERS: THEIR SUPPLY AND STATUS
Introduction
The Supply of Qualified Teachers
Another Approach to Improving Teacher Quality
Elements of Teacher Preparation
Status of Teachers in the West Indies
Teachers' Remuneration
Other Effects of Low Level of Teachers' Salaries
Summary and Conclusions
CHAPTER 8: PRIMARY EDUCATION, 1846-95: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Review and Assessment
Some Positive Outcomes of Primary Education
Some Alternative Views about the Qualitative Outcomes of Primary Schooling
CHAPTER 9: SECONDARY AND POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, 1846-95
Secondary Education prior to 1845
Two Types of Post-basic Education
Factors Influencing the Provision of Secondary Education after Abolition
Continuing Demand for Secondary Education
The Development of Post-secondary Education
Summary and Conclusions
CHAPTER 10: SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM
Secondary Education prior to 1845
Introduction The Curriculum of the Grammar Schools in the West Indies Criticisms of the Curriculum of the Grammar Schools Pressures for Scientific, Agricultural, and Commercial Subjects in the Curriculum Other Efforts at Reforming the Secondary Curriculum Resistance to Changes in the Classical Curriculum The Effect of External Examinations on the Curriculum of the Grammar Schools Summary and Conclusions CHAPTER 11: SECONDARY EDUCATION AND UPWARD SOCIAL MOBILITY
School Enrollment and Social Stratification
Increasing Middle-class Demand for Higher Education
Problems Faced By Non-whites in Obtaining a Higher Education
Secondary Education as Status Confirmation
State Scholarships for Post-secondary Education
Secondary Schools and the Perpetuation of Class Distinction
The Occupational Destination of Secondary-school Graduates
Summary
CHAPTER 12: ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
Introduction
The Major Actors on the Educational Scene Reasons for Increasing State Involvement in Education Technical or Efficiency Concerns Concern with Capital Accumulation and the Establishment of the Legitimacy of the State The Expansion of Education as a Legitimating Device Summary Bibliography
Index

M. Kazim Bacchus was Professor of Education and Director of the Centre for International Education and Development at the University of Alberta. He helped as Director to establish the Institute for Educational Development at The Aga Khan University in Kartachi, Pakistan. He taught at the Universities of London, Guyana, West Indies, Alberta, and Chicago and was a consultant with CIDA, UNESCO, the Government of Papua New Guinea, and the Commonwealth Secretariat.