1st Edition

New Studies in the History of Education Connecting the Past to the Present in an Evolving Discipline

Edited By Nicholas Joseph Copyright 2024
186 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Providing a wide-ranging, critical and up-to-date introduction to the history of education, this book explores its true meaning and value for education studies. With no assumption of prior knowledge, it considers key themes, individuals and situations in depth, highlighting the specific ways in which current educational practice is historically conditioned or, conversely, has been very different... Read more

Introduction: Some dry bones for an evolving discipline

Nicholas Joseph

  1. Why study the history of education?
  2. Nicholas Joseph

  3. Liberal education
  4. Harley Richardson

  5. How concepts of femininity have influenced the education of girls and women in England, 1800 to 1988
  6. Christine Eden

  7. Mass education
  8. Harley Richardson

  9. The transformation of scientific and geographical education in eighteenth century England
  10. Paul Elliott and Stephen Daniels

  11. The Lax family of Staindrop and the making of a teaching dynasty
  12. Claire Tupling

  13. Quintilian’s educational impact
  14. W. Martin Bloomer

  15. Imperialism and English schools: Education for, about, and because of empire
  16. Jody Crutchley

  17. Documentary visions of the secondary modern school
  18. Claire Tupling

  19. Independent schools
  20. Richard Riddell

  21. The history of Special Education in England: Divisions, divergences, and coalitions
  22. Deborah Robinson and Nicholas Joseph

  23. Adult to adult in loco parentis: The changing roles of the university from 1968 to 2018

Gavin Rhoades and Peter Harwood

Index

Biography

Nicholas Joseph is Lecturer in Education at the University of Derby. His current interests include developing a historically informed Education curriculum at Level 7, designed to enable students to reflect on practice across a wide range of international settings.