Comments on: The Story behind Macaulay’s Education Policy: Part 1 http://varnam.org/blog/2007/08/the_story_behind_macaulays_edu/ History, Current Affairs & Books Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:39:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lucy, school teacher http://varnam.org/blog/2007/08/the_story_behind_macaulays_edu/comment-page-1/#comment-2517 Lucy, school teacher Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:39:11 +0000 http://varnam.org/blog/?p=1306#comment-2517 The topic is very complicated. From one hand, people should keep their culture as this is what makes us humans. From the other hand, in the age of globalization, the culture differences tend to disappear, and it's definitely good for everybody to know English. Not sure about teaching it to the children as their first language though... The topic is very complicated. From one hand, people should keep their culture as this is what makes us humans. From the other hand, in the age of globalization, the culture differences tend to disappear, and it’s definitely good for everybody to know English. Not sure about teaching it to the children as their first language though…

]]> By: varnam http://varnam.org/blog/2007/08/the_story_behind_macaulays_edu/comment-page-1/#comment-2519 varnam Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:31:42 +0000 http://varnam.org/blog/?p=1306#comment-2519 <strong>Macaulay's Education Part 3: The Minute</strong> Thomas Macaulay Thomas Macaulay arrived in India on June 10, 1834, the same time Charles Darwin sailed the Pacific Ocean on HMS Beagle and one of his first acts as the legal member of the education council was his... Macaulay’s Education Part 3: The Minute

Thomas Macaulay Thomas Macaulay arrived in India on June 10, 1834, the same time Charles Darwin sailed the Pacific Ocean on HMS Beagle and one of his first acts as the legal member of the education council was his…

]]> By: varnam http://varnam.org/blog/2007/08/the_story_behind_macaulays_edu/comment-page-1/#comment-2518 varnam Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:15:07 +0000 http://varnam.org/blog/?p=1306#comment-2518 <strong>Macaulay's Education Part 2: Religious Intolerance</strong> Charles TrevelyanWhile economic and political reasons were factors for introducing English education in India by the British,  less mentioned is the fact that most of the Anglicists were also Evangelicals who thought that the arrival of Engl... Macaulay’s Education Part 2: Religious Intolerance

Charles TrevelyanWhile economic and political reasons were factors for introducing English education in India by the British,  less mentioned is the fact that most of the Anglicists were also Evangelicals who thought that the arrival of Engl…

]]> By: deepdowne http://varnam.org/blog/2007/08/the_story_behind_macaulays_edu/comment-page-1/#comment-2516 deepdowne Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:57:23 +0000 http://varnam.org/blog/?p=1306#comment-2516 a valuable post indeed. thanks! a valuable post indeed. thanks!

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