SOME SOURCES FOR THE HISTORY OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN ENGLAND.

This article presents some evidences and resources revealing the history of technical education in Great Britain. The first section of the article briefly reports on various industrial, technical and works schools which were founded during 1540-1851. Some began in an effort to stop unemployment in the corporate towns whose prosperity was being threatened by the new industries. Some eleemosynaries were founded in the late sixteenth century, including social reformer William Borlase's Free School at Saint Martins, London, England, founded in 1628. This free school was founded for 24 boys and girls to be taught to knit, spin and make bone lace. In 1677, Andrew Yarenton, educator and the author of the book "Englands Improvement by Land and Sea," was sent to Germany to learn the art of making tin plate with the end in view of establishing the industry in England. The second section of the article reports on various activities and movements that were aimed at improving the technical education in Great Britain.