History of Education

With the growth of terrorism, instability in the EU following recession, and the acceleration of support for right-wing political parties in Europe...

Informed by the experiences of 772 Black churches, this book relies on a multidisciplinary, mixed-methodological lens to examine how today’s Black ...

What role did women's leadership play in the introduction and revival of the Montessori Method in America? Phyllis Povell explores this question th...

Internationally recognized for his writing on educational leadership, and the ethics of educational leadership, Robert J. Starratt brings together ...

This study, first published in 1964, presents a highly readable but scholarly account of Greek education as exemplified by Athenian practise in the...

The knowledge and decisions of professionals influence all facets of modern life, a fact reflected by the increasing and distinct emphasis on publi...

Teaching for Democracy in an Age of Economic Disparity addresses the intersections between democratic education and economic inequality in American...

In this volume scholars from around the world consider the influential work of William F. Pinar from a variety of "conversations" his ideas have ge...

A particular problem associated with international research in the field of spirituality and education is the reluctance of scholars to agree on wh...

Covering both formal and informal education, this volume examines Renaissance education in England and Italy, set within the relevant social, polit...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was established in 1945 with twin aims: to rebuild various instituti...

Volume XXVII/1 of History of Universities contains the customary mix of learned articles and book reviews which makes this publication such an indi...

Les has often described himself as the ‘Forrest Gump of education’, as he seems to have been present at all the major educational developments sinc...

This book takes offers a new perspective on the Medal of Honor, examining the historical facts and figures of its recipients. Provided within is a ...

The study and teaching of English literature is generally regarded as one of the central disciplines in the modern university, yet for much of its ...

This volume aims to expand knowledge about the history of comparative education. It explores new scholarship on key actors and ways of knowing in t...

The year is 1969 and Jack Sheffield is a young teacher in need of a job. In a room full of twenty-nine other newly qualified teachers, he's overjoy...

The University of Alabama was burned to the ground in the final days of the Civil War. In the war's aftermath, survivors constructed a new collecti...

Providing a comprehensive history of the City University of New York, this book chronicles the evolution of the country’s largest urban university ...

This book contains an innovative and important series of studies of the complex relations of major cities associated with key moments in the histor...

An expansive study of the brutal rites of initiation at elite institutions that shaped young men into military leaders Informed by his own experien...

The University of Alabama was burned to the ground in the final days of the Civil War. In the war's aftermath, survivors constructed a new collecti...

A Marginal Revolution Best Non-fiction Book  “[A] fascinating book.” –Steven Mintz, Inside Higher Ed “Substantive on virtually every page, the auth...

Mildred English’s College in the Country traces the development of adult education programs at West Georgia College and in surrounding rural areas....

When President Roosevelt formed the National Youth Administration (NYA) in 1935, he declared that it would address “the most pressing and immediate...

For more than a century, the institution of higher learning now known as Alcorn State University has been devoted to the education of black student...

The decades between the Progressive Era of the 1920s and the civil rights struggles of the 1960s were a period of profound change in the lives of s...

Following emancipation, African Americans continued their quest for an education by constructing schools and colleges for Black students, mainly in...

Following emancipation, African Americans continued their quest for an education by constructing schools and colleges for Black students, mainly in...

Almost every educational idea worth a thought has been considered at the University of Illinois, and anything worth trying has been tested. In this...

Religious studies—also known as comparative religion or history of religions—emerged as a field of study in colleges and universities on both sides...

Egypt is known for its educational influence over other civilizations and countries. As one of the earliest creators of systems of literacy, mathem...