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Public schools Flashcards

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What were Dr Thomas Arnold’s aim?

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Christian gentlemen
Reform the curriculum
Improve relationships
Social control
Promote desirable values
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What were Dr Thomas Arnold’s methods?

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Better relationships between staff & pupils and schools and neighbours
Regulated sport
Inter house competition
Sixth form - prefects
Chapel & christianity - central to school life

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What is the main thing Dr Thomas Arnold did?

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Established a link between sports and ethical character (sportsmanship)

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What 4 things influenced the civilisation of sport in schools?

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Transport - inter school competitions
Technology - Better facilities
New middle class - Influence respectability of sport
Ex public school boys - become leaders in communities and develop their sport

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Definition of cult of athleticism

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An obsession/craze about sport and games and being less interested in academics

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Definition of athleticism

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Combination of physical endeavor (effort/trying hard) and moral integrity (spirit of the game)

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How did the cult of athleticism develop in the public schools?

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Boy culture - by the boys, for the boys in free time
Dr Arnold reforms - moral ethics
University melting pot - Different rules join together, 1 sport, 1 set of rules.
Ex public school boys - teaching at schools

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What did public schools do to promote sports?

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Boarding schools so lots of time, became compulsory on timetable. High standards.
Money - from fees brought facilities
Coaches - employ professionals
Teachers - encouraged to support/coach house teams and join in
Fixtures - played prestigious matches

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What did public schools do to organise sports?

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Boys played regular inter-house matches
Structured and rules were made
Interschool leagues were made

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What 11 personal qualities did sport improve?

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All round mind and body
Team work
Honesty
Leadership/loyalty
Endeavour
Trust
Integrity
Courage
Initiative
Sportsmanship
Manliness/muscular christianity
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How do you remember the 11 personal qualities that sport improved?

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ATHLETICISM

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How was all round mind and body improved?

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Physical activity, fitness, mental/physical skillfulness

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How was trust improved?

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Trusting teammates to support you Eg in a rugby scrum

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How was honesty improved?

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Knowing right from wrong, playing in the spirit of the game.

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How was leadership improved?

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As team captain/responsibility - following orders, loyalty to house/school

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How was endeavour improved?

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Training every day, trying hard and never giving up regardless of score

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How was teamwork improved?

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Putting the team before yourself, passing so a teammate scores instead of shooting

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How was integrity improved?

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Following the amateur code both on and off the pitch

19
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How was courage improved?

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Facing the physical challenge of sports

20
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How was initiative improved?

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Ability to assess a situation and take charge

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How was sportsmanship improved?

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Abiding by the rules and respect for other players

22
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How was manliness/muscular christianity improved?

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Having a strong, fit body and robust soul.

Giving the glory for supporting victory to God

23
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What 6 ways did ex public school boys help spread sports?

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Teachers
Officers
Parents
Vicars/priests
Industrialists
Community leaders
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How did teachers spread sports?

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Ex public school boys would teach in their old school and teach children about sport

25
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How did officers spread sport?

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Army officers increased morale and fitness by playing sport and would take them abroad

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How did parents spread sport?

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Influence children into going to their old school where they would also do sport

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How did vicars/priests spread sport?

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Ex public school boys would encourage them to start youth clubs/parish teams

28
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How did industrialists spread sport?

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Ex public school boys would be keen to spread values of athleticism to work force by making factory teams

29
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How did community leaders spread sport?

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Playing for, running their own, supporting and donating money to local sports clubs

30
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Who made the NGB’s?

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Ex public school boys who went to university

31
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Explain the 9 steps to how the cult of athleticism impacted on the development of sport

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Athleticism was encouraged
Developed structure
NGBs formalised sport
Developed leagues/competitions
Ethos of fair play
Melting pot for standardised rules
Ex public school boys spread sport
Compulsory at schools
Technical development
32
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Early public school years - the prefect “fagging system”?

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  • Sports were made up from what the boys played at home minus the equipment
  • Eg hare and hounds, hares being the lower school boys and the hounds being the older boys
  • Younger boys used as servants and bullied
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Thomas Arnold and the cult of athleticism of sport in the schools

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  • Thomas Arnold revised the fagging system and promoted more regulated sports
  • Developed the house system - influential in the formation of competitive sports
  • Developed the idea of muscular Christianity - link between sport, morals and ethical character
34
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Describe the ‘melting pot’ and how it lead to the FA

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  • Different schools - different rules
  • Because of this rules were formed at Cambridge university in 1863
  • These were called “Cambridge rules”
  • This lead to the creation of the FA
35
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Public schools were noted on their influence on the:

Promotion and organisation of sports and games

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  • Lots of funding
  • Specialist coaches employed
  • Teacher looked after house team
  • Plenty of time to play as they were boarding
  • interhouse & interschool matches were made important
36
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Public schools were noted on their influence on the:

Promotion of ethics through sports and games

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  • Sports and games were played to keep boys out of trouble
  • Team games, in particular, were played to develop character
  • Role models inspired the younger boys
37
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Public schools were noted on their influence on the:

Cult of athleticism

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  • The 19th Century craze for/obsession with playing team games, games were played with physical endeavour and moral integrity (effort and sportsmanship) to develop qualities such as :
  • Trust - Leadership - Endeavour - Courage - Teamwork - Loyalty
  • Etiquette - Sportsmanship - Motivation
38
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Public schools were noted on their influence on the:

Spread and export of team games

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spread via ex-pupils

  • promoted games at university
  • took games abroad, spread games through empire
  • founded NGB’s

Via ex-pupils who became

  • Industrialists/ politicians/ army officers
  • Teachers/ parents/ vicars/ NGB officials
  • Prominent and powerful community members

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