Titel: Education in the 1840s
Skrivet av: Harriet Hogevik skrivet 2009-06-19, 11:59
Lee, As told above the church law of 1686 stated that children should be taught reading. This teaching was often given by the klockare (= bell-ringer)who helped the clergymen. For example when my mm mm mm f the klockare Carl Lennberg in Irsta dies 1790 it is written He was talented in singing and the education of children. Concerning children working or attending school it is important to underline that in Sweden public schools teaching was each second day until about 1935 in the country-side and some yaers earlier in the cities. The teacher had one class (or a group constituted of several classes) mon, wed and fri and another class remaining three week-days. Teachers with high ambitions for poor children could sometimes prolong the school-day. And every child could be working four days a week in the farm for example when necessary. Sincerely Harriet