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Music at Uppingham School, 1853–1908
Music at Uppingham School, 1853–1908 Music played little part in the education of British children before 1853 when Edward Thring was appointed headmaster of Uppingham School in the English Midlands. Thring created an innovative holistic curriculum for the two dozen...
Types of school in nineteenth-century England
Research into the history of education in nineteenth century England reveals a variety of different classifications of school. This blog provides an explanation of some of the more frequently encountered descriptions. Board schools: By the late 1860s there was a wide...
The Spread of the Maria Montessori Method in Catalonia, 1914-1939
The History of Education Society welcomes a post by Bernat Sureda García and Francisca Comas Rubí from the History of Education Research Group (GEDHE) at the University of the Balearic Islands. The Maria Montessori educational method found a favourable setting for its...
The Importance of Multicultural Education History
The History of Education Society welcomes a post by Joe Hopkinson. Joe is a Heritage Consortium PhD Candidate at The University of Huddersfield researching ‘The Experiences of Commonwealth Immigrants at School in the Industrial North, 1960-1980’. …
The University at War 1914-25
The History of Education Society welcomes a post from Dr Tomás Irish, winner of the 2017 KEVIN BREHONY BOOK PRIZE (Best first book in History of Education) Writing in 1917, the president of the British Board of Education, H.A.L. Fisher, described the First World War...
Thinking Beyond the Impossible-new futures for secondary education
Last week I took part in a new venture at Putney High School GDST school in South London. With invited pupils from other local schools the event took staff and students off timetable for a day and offered a range of seminars by visiting speakers. We were asked to...
Civil Society, Race, and a Public Curriculum: Black Civic Organizations in the History of Education
My 2009 book, The National PTA, Race, and Civic Engagement, 1897-1970, was an opportunity to explore the relationship between civil society and education, an area I believe is overlooked in the history of education. By writing this book, I learned that the National...
Rethinking the school magazine
Reform and expansion changed middle-class education in the nineteenth century. As a result, the middle-class school is ideal for ‘Rethinking the Institution in the Long Nineteenth Century,’ the aim of a conference held between 13 and 14 July 2017 at Liverpool John...
Anniversary Conference programme
We are pleased to announce the draft programme for our 50th Anniversary Conference: ‘Celebration, Commemoration and Collaboration – Milestones in the History of Education’ 10 – 12 November 2017 at The Winchester Hotel Conference hashtag: #ukhes50 @HistEdSocUK...
International Standing Conference for the History of Education
This blog post features the newsletter of the International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ISCHE). It includes information about opportunities for early career researchers as well as a report of the recent ISCHE conference in Argentina. ISCHE 39 in...