CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Trenkov, Martin |
|---|---|
| Title | Reasons for the Success of American Education in late Ottoman Bulgaria |
| Summary | This master thesis gives four reasons for the success of American education in late Ottoman Bulgaria before the year 1876, when an American educational institution in Constantinople – Robert College – was to a great extent involved in the report of mass killings in Bulgaria. The scope of the master thesis deals with history of education in the late Ottoman Empire, including church and medrese schools, as well as monitorial and state schools. This background continues to explain the roots of American education in a series of missions sent after 1820 with the purpose of evangelizing the local population, which ended up focusing instead on education as opposed to conversion. Then, a more topical survey shows the schooling practices of American missionaries with an emphasis on their approach to girls’ education. Finally, this progression is seen as leading to the feminization of the teaching profession and emphasizes the importance of inquiry into the history of family and culture values brought into education. |
| Supervisor | Daskalov, Roumen Dontchev |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/trenkov_martin.pdf |
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