Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Formatting Note
- General Preface: Common Reader Learning, Common Reader Teaching
- Preface: Common Reader Learning
- Introduction: Contexts
- Part I Student, 1882–1904: Learning at Home
- Part II Teacher, 1905–1907: Teaching at Morley College
- Part III Apprentice, 1904–1912: Writing for Newspapers
- Conclusion: Implications
- Appendices
- Sources
- Index
Appendix 3 - Virginia Stephen’s Morley College Teaching Schedule
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 October 2023
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Formatting Note
- General Preface: Common Reader Learning, Common Reader Teaching
- Preface: Common Reader Learning
- Introduction: Contexts
- Part I Student, 1882–1904: Learning at Home
- Part II Teacher, 1905–1907: Teaching at Morley College
- Part III Apprentice, 1904–1912: Writing for Newspapers
- Conclusion: Implications
- Appendices
- Sources
- Index
Summary
Appendix sources include Morley College annual reports and the Morley College Magazine (both available at http://vle.morleycollege.ac.uk/course/view. php?id=1646#section–8); Morley College Executive Committee and other Committee Minutes located in the London Borough of Lambeth, Lambeth Archives at the Minet Library; Elaine Andrews, Learning Resources Manager at Morley College (Waterloo); perpetual calendars; and Virginia Stephen's letters and journals (L1 and PA).
Annual reports were published at the end of each academic year in late summer, before the next academic year began. For example, the Council thanks Virginia Stephen, a voluntary teacher, for her service in the 1904–5 school-year report (6) that covered 1 August 1904 to 31 July 1905 (13). The list of Classes and Teachers at the report's end, headed October 1905 (15–17), applies to the upcoming year, 1905–6. Appended is this note:
The above is to be regarded as a general outline of the work of the several classes. Much discretion is necessarily left to the teachers as to the actual ground covered, having regard to the amount of knowledge already possessed by the students. It cannot be guaranteed that every class will necessarily be formed or continued. This must depend on attendance and other circumstances. (17)
Earlier mistakes, including my own, about what Virginia Stephen taught when, stemmed from not understanding the distinction between the report (of the academic year just passed) and the list of Classes and Teachers (for the academic year ahead).
Firm ending dates for courses are impossible to determine from available documents; as noted below, some magazines are missing, and many magazine covers, which probably included calendars, were not copied by the binder years ago. Term opening soirée dates, usually given or reported on, occurred on Saturdays with the term (College) opening on the following Mondays. Morley established College opening and closing dates, but teachers, according to Elaine Andrews, probably determined which (and how many) weeks their courses would cover. Courses generally met 8–10 times a term, though shorter courses were sometimes offered. Exam dates for course certificates, grant funding and university matriculation were set by the College.
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