Some patterns in the early history of Newfoundland education, 1578-1836

• Main Author: Oppenheimer, Jo
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 1982
• Subjects: Charity; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://research.library.mun.ca/7661/; https://research.library.mun.ca/7661/1/Oppenheimer_Jo.pdf; https://research.library.mun.ca/7661/3/Oppenheimer_Jo.pdf

This thesis studies Newfoundland educational patterns that existed between the late sixteenth century and the early nineteenth century, the period from Sir Humphrey Gilbert’s first landing and the first government education act. It challenges earlier works that claim that there was little or no educ...