News
New online community
A new online community space has recently been created for the History of Education Society (HES) through which you are able to contact other HES members, share files and discuss topics of interest to you. Click on the link below, 'sign up', log into your email...
Special Monothematic Issue: Historical reflection of education and its significance in (not only) teacher education
This monothematic volume of Pedagogika focuses primarily on the following areas: In what way was the “normative canon” of the ideas and personalities of History of Education constructed since this discipline had been established until the “disintegration” of this...
Fully funded PhD scholarship
Opportunity: Fully funded PhD scholarship at Aalborg University connected with a research project on the historical impact of the OECD in education. For further information: http://www.stillinger.aau.dk/vis-stilling/?vacancy=852846
BERA launches new History SIG
The BERA Council has approved the introduction of a new special interest group in History. The History SIG will provide a base for historical research, theories, representations and methodologies in education. It is designed to serve a broad and diverse constituency,...
The Peter Gosden Fellowships 2016
For 2016, the History of Education Society has appointed not one, but two Peter Gosden Fellowships! The purpose of the Peter Gosden Fellowship scheme is to establish a higher public profile for the History of Education Society, its associated publications and...
What is YOUR story?
In a recent editorial in History of Education Researcher (May 2016), Rob Freathy and I examined the life of Lord Asa Briggs, focusing on his lesser known role as a code-breaker at Bletchley Park, and as a contributor to first ever edition of The History of Education....
Taking seriously what happens in the moment: rethinking the role of museums in the lives of young children
The grand room is dominated by a huge dining table. The dining table is laid with a full dinner service, covered with a glass dome so people cannot actually touch it. There are big windows, fireplace and portraits in this room. In the dining room, Izzy and Anna ran...
What should the new HES website look like?
The History of Education Society’s website is being revamped to celebrate the Society’s 50th birthday in 2017. How do you want it to look? As one of the Society’s Peter Gosden Fellows, I’m looking for ideas and suggestions from current and prospective members about...