Handwriting of the twentieth century

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Автор: Rosemary Sassoon

Название: Handwriting of the twentieth century

Язык: английский

Издательство: Routledge

Год: 1999

Формат: pdf

Размер: 25,3 mb

Страниц: 216

The book shows how changing educational policies, economic forces and inevitable technological advance have combined to alter the priorities and form of handwriting. This 'long and sometimes sorry story' tells also of the sheer pain and hard work of children forced to follow the style of the day, and of the reformers who have sought to simplify the teaching and learning of handwriting over the years. Illustrated throughout with examples from copybooks and personal handwriting from across the world, the book is a compelling historical record of techniques, styles and methods.

The influences on contemporary handwriting A historical perspective

A long and sorry story, issues to balance in handwriting, pen holds and the resulting letterforms, different teaching methods.

The turn of the century

Henry Gordon's Handwriting and Haw to Teach it, Mrs Bridges’ A Hew Handivriting for Teachers.

Learning from copy books

Series of copybooks, Vere Foster, details from other copy books, other sources, repetition, problems and usage.

Simplifying letterforms

Edward Johnston, Graily Hewitt, steps towards print script, David Thomas and handwriting reform.

Initiatives and models from 1930

The italic handwriting revival and Alfred Fairbank, the spread of print script, and the Marion Richardson solution, the Montessori influence, Summing up half a century of changes in letterforms, letters for reading and letters for writing, changing attitudes to the writer and variability of handwriting.

Educational attitudes mid-century

A Handbook for Schools 1954, Primary Education 1959, Robin Tanner's widening view of handwriting as a craft and Reginald Piggott’s survey of adult handwriting.

Stylistic issues after 1950

The arguments for and against print script, italic models, Allred Fairbank's contribution to Beacon Handwriting, in praise of italic, towards italic as a national model and problems of teaching italic.

Initiatives in the 1960s

The Nelson Handwriting scheme,Ruth Mock, Ruth Fagg and Everyday Handwriting and The Initial Teaching Alphabet.

From 1970 to the National Curriculum

The work of Tom Gourdie, Tom Barnard and Christopher Jarman. What was happening in the classroom and official guidance and intervention from other disciplines. The National Writing Project, emergent writing andbridging the gap between skill and creativity in Scotland.

The end of the century

The changing face of Nelson, the National Curriculum, and handwriting and the computer. A critical review of a century of the teaching of handwriting the author’s contribution to handwriting studies, and some personal conclusions.

Handwriting around Europe

The historical background, Mulhauser, traditional Ronde models. French handwriting, German handwriting, handwriting from the Nordic countries, different attitudes to models, briefly around Europe and some conclusions.

America and Australia

The Spencerian style of penmanship, the Palmer method of cursive, the advent of manuscript, italic in the USA, the modernising effects of D’Nealian, Palmer script today and personal handwriting. Australia at the turn of the century. New South Wales, Western Australia and South Australia, Queensland and Victoria and standardising handwriting.

Epilogue

References

Index