ABSTRACT
In 1907, a deputation from the B.M.A. met Reginald McKenna during his brief spell as President of the Board of Education to press for the teaching of hygiene. A variety of pressures conspired to make the period before the First World War one of swift change in the attitudes of educators and school architects, and also in the organization and design of English schools. R. W. Selleck has argued at length the link between imperialism and curricular change, evidenced especially in new approaches to the teaching of drill and physical training. The Board’s report for 1910—11 offered a full review of recent developments in the curriculum of the elementary school, and Bramwell’s view that this was a period of fairly swift change is confirmed. Secondary schools, too, changed swiftly during this period, and several developments stemmed from the problem of imposing homogeneity upon a varied and fast-growing system.
