| 单词 | half-time system |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalf-time system half-time system n. now historical a system by which children are employed in a factory, mill, etc., for half the customary full number of working hours, and attend school for the remaining part of the day.Part-time schooling was first made a condition of the employment of children aged between 9 and 12 in the British textile industries by the Factory Act of 1833, and this was later extended to other industries. The practice was ended by the Education Act of 1918, which required full-time education for all children up to the age of 14. ΘΠ society > education > [noun] > systematic education > systems of university extension1839 Philanthropinism1842 Arnoldismc1845 co-education1852 Pestalozzianism1859 kindergartenism1872 secularism1872 community education1873 Froebelism1879 co-ed1886 extramuralism1892 vocationalism1901 heurism1909 sandwich1913 Montessori1917 Montessorianism1917 Juku system1931 polytechnization1932 day release1936 essentialism1939 comprehensivization1958 multitracking1989 1843 Rep. Inspectors Factories to Home Dept.: June 29 in Parl. Papers XXVII. 335 The advantages to be gained by the half time system are..it will afford increased security against the overworking of children, and the complicated system of changing the younger hands during the hours of work will be altogether avoided. 1861 Illustr. London News 13 Apr. 353/3 The extending the half-time system. 1999 T. May Victorian Schoolroom 29/1 In 1844 children working in mills were obliged to spend three whole days or six half days in school, thus commencing what was known as the ‘half-time’ system. < as lemmas |
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