For the decade before The Time Machine became a best-seller, H. G. Wells was a bright, lower-middle class youth trying to overcome familial pressure to become a shop clerk. His love for books and knowledge led to an ambition to become a science teacher, and a participant in the scientific debates of the late 19th century. In the wake of Darwinian theories, scientific study had changed, but science education had remained behind. Wells’s writings as a young man reveal the controversies over science education in a way that will seem familiar to educators today, while at the same time showing Wells as a young writer of wit and perception.
Table of Content
Preface
Introduction
Student and schoolmaster (1886-1890)
Tutor and scholar (1891-1893)
Critic and pedagogue (1893-1894)
A Man of Science (1895-1897)
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
About the author
Lisa M. Lane is a historian and author of works on H. G. Wells and distance education. Her work has appeared in educational journals and The Wellsian. She also writes literary fiction and Victorian mysteries. More at https://grousablebooks.com.More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
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