History of Education Books

New and Published Books

1. Gender and Education in China

   Gender Discourses and Women's Schooling in the Early Twentieth Century

   By Paul J. Bailey

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   Gender and Education in China analyzes the significance, impact and nature of women's public education in China from its beginnings at the turn of the twentieth century. Educational change was an integral aspect of the early twentieth century state-building and modernizing reforms implemented by...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
2. Civic Education for Diverse Citizens in Global Times

   Rethinking Theory and Practice

   Edited by Beth C. Rubin, James M. Giarelli

   Series: Rutgers Invitational Symposium on Education Series

   This book explores four interrelated themes: rethinking civic education in light of the diversity of U.S. society; re-examining these notions in an increasingly interconnected global context; re-considering the ways that civic education is researched and practiced; and taking stock of where we are...

   Published March 1st 2012 by Routledge
3. The Education of Eros

   A History of Education and the Problem of Adolescent Sexuality

   By Dennis L. Carlson

   Series: Studies in Curriculum Theory Series

   The Education of Eros is the first and only comprehensive history of sexuality education and the “problem” of adolescent sexuality from the mid-20th century to the beginning of the 21st. It explores how professional health educators, policy makers, and social and religious conservatives...

   Published February 12th 2012 by Routledge
4. Derrida & Education

   Edited by Gert J.J. Biesta, Denise Egéa-Kuehne

   Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education

   Bringing together the work of international experts in the field, and two interviews with Derrida himself, this book provides a key to the reflections that Derrida's work has prompted on all aspects of educational studies. The contributors address fundamental educational issues from a...

   Published December 15th 2011 by Routledge
5. A Mirror to Kathleen's Face

   Education in Independent Ireland 1922-60

   By Donald Akenson

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1975, Donald Akenson’s book was at the forefront of a radically new approach to the study of Irish educational history. Instead of investigating the evolution of the schools as an isolated process, he explores the complex interrelations of Irish education, institutions and...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
6. The Imperial Curriculum

   Racial Images and Education in the British Colonial Experience

   Edited by J. Mangan

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education

   This volume presents the first comparative analysis of racial attitudes in the formal schooling of both Britain and its former dominions and colonies. The various contributions examine the issue right across the British imperial experience – with case studies ranging from Canada, Ireland, East and...

   Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge
7. Making Imperial Mentalities

   Socialisation and British Imperialism

   Edited by J. Mangan

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education

   This book discusses the way in which those born into the British empire were persuaded to accept it, often with enthusiasm. The study compares the perceptions of people at ‘home’, in the dominions and in the colonies. Across the diversity of imperial territories it explores themes such as the...

   Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge
8. Benefits Bestowed?

   Education and British Imperialism

   Edited by J. Mangan

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education

   This volume concentrates on the processes and practices of formal education, which shaped, and were shaped by, imperial values, attitudes and behaviour. It is concerned with: The myths and visions of imperialism; The nature and extent of ethnocentric attitudes, declared and undeclared; The...

   Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge
9. The Higher Education of the Young

   By S Sadler

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education

   Taking into account the rapid progress in all areas of life that was made at the turn of the 20th century this volume discusses how best to educate both sexes, from all social classes, referring to Greek, Roman and Egyptian education as a starting point....

   Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge
10. School and Society in Victorian Britain

    Joseph Payne and the New World of Education

    By Richard Aldrich

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education

    Drawing on hitherto-unused sources this book represents a shift in the historiography of British education. At the centre of the investigation is Joseph Payne. He was one of the group of pioneers who founded the College of Preceptors in 1846 and in 1873 he was appointed to the first professorship...

    Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge