Download or read book The Education of a Countryman written by Harry McGuire Burton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1998. This is Volume XI of twenty-eight in the Sociology of Education series. This study initially finished in 1943, is in response to an increasing interest in education generally and in the post-war development and layout of English rural life particularly. The author surveys the educational provision in the rural areas of England, looking at village schools, curriculum, in both primary and secondary schools, the training of teachers and conclusions on its post-war future.