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The effects of changes in the church on schools in seventeenth century England
By Ken Clayton The church had a very close relationship with, and a tight control of English education from its inception in the sixth or seventh centuries until the 1640s. The decline in influence was slow to start with: first came the dissolution of the...
Nikolay Neplyuev’s Social and Pedagogical Experiment in the Russian Empire in the late 19th and early 20th century
By Pavel BilichenkoInvestigating the original historical pedagogical experience in the activity of the distinguished enthusiasts of the world education development in period of 19th – beginning of the 20thcenturies is of great scientific interest for us.My research...
‘My First Coup’: autobiographies of childhood
By C E Hastings"My auntie and the headmistress tried as best they could, with smiles and toffee, to shield me from their rising anxiety, but I could feel it bouncing off the quick sideways glances they shot each other and taking flight like some dark, winged creature...
The Peter Gosden Fellowship
IntroductionIn 2015, the History of Education Society will fund the second annual Peter Gosden Fellowship. The purpose of this Fellowship will be to build upon the achievements associated with the first Fellowship, in terms of establishing a higher public profile for...
Review of History of Education Society Conference 2014: ‘Transnationalism, Gender & Teaching: Perspectives from the History of Education’
By Charlotte Rochez - @cdrochez The 2014 History of Education Conference was held at Bewley’s hotel, Dublin. The hotel was an ideal location for a conference for the society given its interesting history, and many delegates enjoyed discussing the building’s...
Playcentre and DEHANZ
By Suzanne Manning ~ @slmanning1When my first child was about 10 months old, I met a woman in a nearby park. She asked me what early childhood services I would be taking my daughter to; at that stage, I had no idea. So she launched into her spiel...
The history of Scottish education: a window to the rural world
by Helen YoungI’m currently undertaking ESRC doctoral research into the history of the small rural schools of Scotland. Focusing on the period 1872-2000, I’m exploring a number of themes (including gender, citizenship and the nature of rurality) with an...
International Standing Conference on the History of Education 2015 (ISCHE 2015): ‘Culture and Education’ Istanbul University, Turkey, 24th – 27th June 2015
By Meryem Karabekmez (student representative of ISCHE 2015)ISCHE 37 will be held in Istanbul in 2015 on the theme of ‘Culture and Education’. The purpose of this conference is to examine the relations between education and culture in the historical process.What is the...
Teachers’ Lives, Teachers’ Voices, and Educational Development in Central Asia
By Peter CunninghamTeachers’ life histories make a significant contribution to educational development in a Central Asian centre of key economic growth. Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education has recently published a project from within their...
What evidence do historians of education need to reconstruct the past?
by Heather Ellis and Stephen ParkerThe History of Education Society was recently invited to take part in an open consultation process organised by National Archives regarding its operational selection policy (OSP) concerning the records of the Department for Education...