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HES and EERA Network 17 Conference Exchange Scheme
Starting in 2023, the History of Education Society UK and European Educational Research Association Network 17 (Histories of Education) are organising an exchange scheme to support their members attending one another's conferences. The aim of the exchange scheme is to...
The Refinement of Children: Educating on Tea Culture in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Ailsa Maxwell, Keble College, Oxford The British are well known for their love of tea. In fact, over 100,000,000 cups are drunk in the United Kingdom every single day of the year. Children have always been a part of this culture. For example, it was estimated that 55%...
Physical Literacy – a recent concept?
Malcolm Tozer Physical literacy, as applied to the physical education of children and the lifelong well-being of adults, has many advocates. The International Physical Literacy Association (IPLA) publishes a definition on its website and claims that the concept owes...
Season 2 Episode 12: Performance Nineteenth Century Jesuit Schools with Michael Zampelli, SJ
We’re back today with our second of three episodes looking at the performing arts in education. In this episode, we move forward to the nineteenth century to look at theatre in Jesuit schools in the United States. My guest this week, who will walk us through this...
Bringing History of Knowledge Methods into the History of Education: The Case of the “Two Cultures” in Australia
Joel Barnes, University of Queensland In a recent article for History of Education I have traced the Australian reception of the ‘Two Cultures’ controversy between C. P. Snow and F. R. Leavis in the early 1960s, and situated the local debate in shifting...
Season 2 Episode 11: Performance in Early Modern Schools with Amanda Eubanks Winkler
For our next few episodes, we’re going to turn to performance and look at how music, theatre and dance have intersected with education in the past. Our stop will be in early modern England, where Dr Amanda Eubanks Winkler will be our guide to performance in the...
Call for Chapters – Gender, Intersectionality and the History of Education: Networks, Time and Place
The Gender Special Working Group of ISCHE is developing a book publication. If you are interested in contributing to the proposed new volume, edited by Stephanie Spencer and Deirdre Raftery, please send a (500) word abstract to Stephanie Spencer by October 31, 2022...
History of Education Society: Fellowships 2023
Introduction In 2023, the History of Education Society will fund THREE Fellowships, the purpose of the Fellowship schemes is to establish a higher public profile for the History of Education Society, its associated publications and conferences, and other activities...