19th Century Public Schools

0.0(0)
Studied by 0 people
call kaiCall Kai
learnLearn
examPractice Test
spaced repetitionSpaced Repetition
heart puzzleMatch
flashcardsFlashcards
GameKnowt Play
Card Sorting

1/6

encourage image

There's no tags or description

Looks like no tags are added yet.

7 Terms

1
New cards

What are public schools?

  • 1800-1900 =  middle and upper class boys attended public boarding schools e.g. Eton, Harrow and Rugby  

  • These schools had lots of money from tuition fees and good facilities, were all male and were organised into house systems 

  • Heavily involved in the organisation and promotion of sports 

 

2
New cards

What were the ethics and values promoted in Public School Sport?

  • Leadership  

  • Fair play  

  • Teamwork  

  • Courage  

  • Respect 

 

3
New cards

What is the 'cult' of athleticism?

  • 'Cult' = growing craze/obsession of playing sport  

  • Athleticism = developing physical endeavour and moral integrity through sport 

 

4
New cards

What is the impact of athleticism?

  • Encouraged effort over winning  

  • Encourage the development of codified sports  

  • Encouraged to play with fair play and sportsmanship  

 

5
New cards

What is the impact of the 'cult'?

  • Large amounts of time devoted to sport in schools in order to develop it  

  • Developed leagues (e.g. house system created - interhouse competitions) 

  • Ex-schoolboys spread the 'cult' (through old boys network) 

 

6
New cards

Why were they so influential in promoting and organising sports? 

Time on sport: 

  • Boarding  

  • Believed games were valuable  

Influence of public school head teachers: 

  • Well respected and influential  

  • Society followed their ideas 

  • Thomas Arnold - former headmaster of Rugby School  

Rules: 

  • Students developed rules, structure and NGBs for sports (codified) 

Ex pupils promoted games and their ethics: 

  • Formation of old boys networks  

  • Spread sport in their many different roles after school  

House structure with fixtures and comps: 

  • In every sport and extra-curricular activity  

  • Competitive  

Money: 

  • Facilities, equipment, coaching 


7
New cards

How did the old boys network spread sports?

  • University (i.e. Oxbridge) 

  • Army officer - spread sports internationally   

  • Parent - influence children, send them to the same schools 

  • Teacher - promote the importance of sport + teach others their sport  

  • Priest/clergy - formed parish teams + joined missionaries travelling internationally 

  • Industrialists - keen to start work sports teams 

  • Community leaders - i.e. politicians, establishing funding, some held government roles