History of Education

In the 1960s and 1970swhen many communities resisted school integration and schools held low expectations for working-class kids and constricted te...

What's a djibbah, how long has the old school tie been around and do yellow petticoats really repel vermin? How have social and educational changes...

This open access book explores the Co-operative Colleges distinctive adult educational tradition over the past century as it provided education for...

The guidebook to Social Sciences in Europe offers students and researchers going abroad an insight into the origins, the methods and the current tr...

This book investigates a forgotten chapter of history: the role of Italian sciences within the child study movement. Between the 1880s and the Firs...

In a series of chronological vignettes, Arthur Bear Chief depicts the punishment, cruelty, abuse, and injustice that he endured at Old Sun Resident...

Originally published in 1938, there were indications that the progress of nursery education in England would proceed rapidly in the next few years....

A pioneer of nursery education in inner-city areas, Margaret McMillan changed the course of British educational history. While many are aware of th...

This book focuses on race and ethnography, and in particular, it addresses two significant issues. Firstly, leading thinkers and emerging scholars ...

The uncertain, complex and problematic relationships between masculinity and education have come to occupy a prominent position within the sociolog...

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

Specially commissioned to mark the 40th Anniversary of History of Education, and containing articles from leading international scholars, this is a...

This book explores the relationship between social justice practices and the Arts in Education. It argues that social justice practices, at their b...

This book considers the philosophical, sociological and legal implications of the distinction between universal human rights accorded to all becaus...

This book considers the philosophical, sociological and legal implications of the distinction between universal human rights accorded to all becaus...

This collection explores ways in which theories of space and place can be used in understanding processes of exclusion and inclusion in education. ...

Theorizing Social Class and Education presents a selection of writing on class analysis within sociology of education as it has evolved over the la...

Medieval Iceland is known for the fascinating body of literary works it produced, from ornate court poetry to mythological treatises to sagas o...

Historical walking guide along the trails of Leuven scientists and their laboratories.Throughout its history, Leuven University has been home to ma...

The visual turn recovers new pasts. With education as its theme, this book seeks to present a body of reflections that questions a certain historic...