Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and editions -- CHARLOTTE BRONTE -- EMILY BRONTE -- ANNE BRONTE -- Introduction -- I Education and society -- Introductory Remarks to Section I -- Chapter 1 The education of the people -- Elementary education: 'behind the needs of the time' -- Adult education: pursuits of improvement -- Chapter 2 The improvement of the mind -- II Home and school -- Chapter 3 Household education versus school training -- Chapter 4 Parents and children -- Principles in the rearing of children -- Dysfunctional families, domestic tyrants and endangered sons -- 'To arm and strengthen your hero': family values and adult struggles -- Chapter 5 Professional educators in the home -- Governesses in fact… -- …and fiction -- A gentleman tutor -- The qualifications of professional instructors in the home -- The dangers of domestic disharmony -- Chapter 6 Schools and schooling -- Schools and schoolteaching in the lives of the brontes -- Schools in the bronte novels -- 'Are you a teacher?' cried she -- Class and education in the bronte novels -- III Subjects and skills -- Introductory Remarks to Section III -- Chapter 7 A sound English education -- Geography -- History -- The english language -- Mathematics -- Natural science -- Chapter 8 Religion and education -- Chapter 9 The accomplishments -- Music and drawing -- Modern languages -- Needlework -- Chapter 10 Male and female education -- The classics -- Health and exercise -- IV Strategies and methods -- Introductory Remarks to Section IV -- Chapter 11 Beyond the schoolroom: reading and the Brontes -- Reading, study and domesticity -- Reading and study in the fiction of the brontes -- Suitable reading matter for women -- Gluttons of books - the brontes' appetite for reading -- Chapter 12 Pedagogical purposes and principles.

'British and foreign' -- Learning as labour in the bronte novels -- Motivation in learning and teaching -- A master and his ancestry: the pedagogy of constantin heger -- Chapter 13 Schoolroom practices -- Asserting authority -- Establishing a basis for successful instruction -- Setting the course for success or failure -- On the path of learning -- Rewards and punishments -- The issue of rote-learning -- The perfect pedagogue: miss temple of lowood -- V Originality and freedom -- Introductory Remarks to Section V -- Chapter 14 Docility and originality -- Docility, originality and genius -- A question of creativity: charlotte bronte as her sisters' literary executrix -- Chapter 15 Liberty and responsibility -- Reason and feeling -- The education of hareton earnshaw -- Freedom of the spirit -- Notes -- Introduction -- Section i education and society -- chapter 1 the education of the people -- chapter 2 the improvement of the mind -- chapter 3 household education versus school training -- chapter 4 parents and children -- chapter 5 professional educators in the home -- chapter 6 schools and schooling -- Section iii subjects and skills -- chapter 7 a sound english education -- chapter 8 religion and education -- chapter 9 the accomplishments -- chapter 10 male and female education -- chapter 11 beyond the schoolroom: reading and the brontes -- Section iv strategies and methods -- chapter 12 pedagogical purposes and principles -- chapter 13 schoolroom practices -- Section v originality and freedom -- chapter 14 docility and originality -- chapter 15 liberty and responsibility -- Select bibliography -- PRIMARY SOURCES -- SECONDARY SOURCES -- Index.