Victorian Education Research PaperEducation is identified as one of the major canons of the Victorian era. Although education was primarily used for religious purposes and for the wealthy, as it had been in previous decades; during the Victorian era, the elements modernized. However, based on a person's socioeconomic status, their education varied. For this reason, throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, education became an important aspect of reform. These reforms have become the basis of our educational rules and laws today and have contributed to modern educational teachings. Education and its components during the Victorian era led to changes that still impact the education system today. Victorian education was enforced by strict teachers who used a variety of bewildering punishments. The teachers were very strict and required full obedience and attention. They were expected to have total control over their students and the classroom. Therefore, to maintain their superiority and authority over their students, they used a variety of punishments. However, even if a student was not disobedient, but simply did something to annoy the teacher, such as being funny, he or she would still receive a punishment. Teachers used a stick to hit a disobedient child's bottom, hands, or legs. Additionally, a tawse (a leather thong) was used if the teacher preferred it to a cane (“Going to School in Victorian Times” 1). The most important punishment, however, was the dunce hat. It was a rather large cone-shaped hat with a large D written on it. It drew attention to those who were bad. Students receiving this punishment had to stand in a corner or on a wooden stool for about an hour. However, not only disobedient pupils were punished... in the middle of paper... by the British education system. Victorian educational reforms have influenced the world's education system today. Education during the Victorian era included a variety of elements that shaped the level of instruction for each social class. Schools for non-wealthy men arose and expanded inclusion of the poor and women. Furthermore, the reforms increased the number of children in schools and ultimately influenced our education system today. Although with new educational standards, tests and new discoveries, we can attribute many of our basic systematic rules to the reforms of the Victorian era. Without many of the changes that occurred in the 19th and 20th centuries, many students might not even go to school until age 17, and women might not be as educated. We must give credit to the education system and changes of the Victorian era as the structure and foundation of our system today.