Working conditions for Catholic teachers in the archdiocese of Glasgow in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century

McKinney, S. J. (2020) Working conditions for Catholic teachers in the archdiocese of Glasgow in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. Innes Review, 71(1), pp. 67-84. (doi: 10.3366/inr.2020.0245)

Abstract

The Education (Scotland) Act, 1918, was a key point in the process towards full state funding for Catholic schools in Scotland. There has been important research on the political and ecclesial negotiations that led to the Act and into the conditions of the Act that preserved the denominational identity of the Catholic schools. This article examines the working conditions of Catholic teachers leading up to the Act and focuses on several themes, primarily in relation to the Archdiocese of Glasgow: school accommodation, the roll, and class sizes; the impact of disease, sickness and death; the working conditions for pupil-teachers; and, the major focus of the article, the remuneration for Catholic teachers.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: McKinney, Professor Stephen
• Authors: McKinney, S. J.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Education > Creativity Culture and Faith; College of Social Sciences > School of Education > Pedagogy, Praxis & Faith
• Journal Name: Innes Review
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• ISSN: 0020-157X
• ISSN (Online): 1745-5219
• Published Online: 01 May 2020
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © Edinburgh University Press 2020
• First Published: First published in Innes Review 71(1):67-84
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy