A Strange Angel: William Norman Illingworth [1902-1980] and Sangreal School -- Towards a History of Conservative Alternative Schools in 20th-Century Britain

Autor/in	David Limond
Titel	A Strange Angel: William Norman Illingworth [1902-1980] and Sangreal School -- Towards a History of Conservative Alternative Schools in 20th-Century Britain
Quelle	In: History of Education Review, 54 (2025) 1-2, S. 3-16Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (David Limond)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0819-8691
DOI	10.1108/HER-08-2024-0036
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Foreign Countries; Educational History; Institutional Research; Nontraditional Education; Biographies; Elementary Secondary Education; Religious Factors; Private Schools; Single Sex Schools; Educational Practices; School Administration; United Kingdom (Great Britain) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Institutionelle Forschung; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Biography; Biografie; Biographie; Private school; Privatschule; Single-sex schools; Single-sex classes; Single sex classes; Getrenntgeschlechtliche Erziehung; Schule; Bildungspraxis
Abstract	Purpose: This work concerns William Norman Illingworth [1902-1980]. Disillusioned with teaching in conventional schools and inspired by Rudolf Steiner [1861-1925] he founded Sangreal School, in 1947, and operated this until the early 1970s. Sangreal was what I describe as a "conservative alternative school", employing methods and pursuing goals not found in most British schools of the period but, unlike avowedly progressive establishments, guided by socially conservative principles. The purposes of the work are both to rescue his/Sangreal's story from obscurity and to encourage research to establish if other such schools have existed and, if so, to describe and analyse them in an effort to give the category conservative alternative school the recognition it properly deserves. Design/methodology/approach: The method is a combination of life history/biography and case study of a specific school. Findings: The story is interesting in its own terms and points to the existence of a hitherto unnoticed category in history of education. Research limitations/implications: This work may lead to the proper recognition of a neglected category. Originality/value: This work deals with a school hitherto unknown to most people and may lead to the recognition of a new category. (As Provided).
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Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2025/4/11