Tag: EDUCATION

EP020 PT2 WHY EDUCATE A QUEEN & WHAT SHE LEARNT

2019-05-01 age-of-victoria EPISODES, QUEEN VICTORIA EPISODES 00:51:42 1 Comment

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In Ep20 pt 2 we continue our journey through Queen Victoria’s childhood education. Pt2 explores the specifics of education, what she learnt, and crucially, how her education would fit her into the increasingly strict and complex Victorian class system. It wasn’t easy being “the girl who will be Queen.” It also covers her relationship with her ally and mentor Uncle Leopold, King of Belgium.

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EP020(pt1) Why educate a Queen?

2019-04-03 age-of-victoria EPISODES, QUEEN VICTORIA EPISODES 00:35:55 0 Comments

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In Ep20 pt 1 we continue our journey through Queen Victoria’s childhood. In this 2 part show you will see how Victoria was educated; as a child, but also as a future Queen. She joined an elite group of people who could read and write, but she had a huge weight of expectation to live up to.

Ep20 pt1 explores the philosophy of education to see why a Queen needed to be educated. It sets her education in the context of the 1820’s/1830’s and compares it to the experience of regular children. It also covers how this fitted in with the arrival of Victoria’s governess, and long term ally, Louise Lehzen. It wasn’t easy to educate a queen, but then again education was a rare thing.

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