governness

...The cost of hiring a tutor was high, and Smith, for example, became a tutor for the Grand Tour, which was popular at the time, and received a lifetime salary that was about twice what he had received at Glasgow University. In the 19th century, live-in governesses became popular among wealthy middle-class families in England. In modern times, as school education became more widespread and public education was improved, the functions of tutors were absorbed into boarding schools and school teachers. ...

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…家庭教師を雇用する費用は高く，たとえばスミスは，当時流行したグランド･ツアーの付添家庭教師になって，グラスゴー大学勤務時の約2倍の年俸を終生もらえることになったほどである。また19世紀には住込みの女家庭教師(ガバネスgovernness)がイギリスの富裕な中産階級の家庭に流行した。近代に入って学校教育が普及し公教育が整備されるにつれて，家庭教師の機能は寮教育(寄宿舎)や学校教師に吸収された。…

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