ABSTRACT
This homily From a Pedagogue’s Sketchbook of scenes from the Edwardian public (i.e.,
private) school describes a foolish, but perfectly serious, philosophy of education fashionable during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras – the heyday of the British
Empire. And in empire it was a philosophy that frequently reflected the values and impulses of the expatriate educator, in part shaped the structure and organization of leading schools and, to an extent, affected the beliefs and behaviour of the aborigine.
