History of Education

Is the novel a category of knowledge that merits serious study? Even if the novel has shed the stigma of being mindless entertainment, one might ea...

Founded in 1584 on the site of a medieval Dominican priory, Emmanuel has a remarkable history as one of the constituent colleges of the University ...

This book sheds light on the untold stories of individual student activists at Queens College, New York City, during the 1960s. Against the backdro...

On Christmas Eve in 1859, sixty-five prominent armed white men rode into the small Kentucky town of Berea and forced the townspeople to close its i...

On Christmas Eve in 1859, sixty-five prominent armed white men rode into the small Kentucky town of Berea and forced the townspeople to close its i...

This volume contains a variety of essays about Florida literature and history by scholars from across the state representing every kind of institut...

Founded in 1883, the Chicago Manual Training School (CMTS) was a short-lived but influential institution dedicated to teaching a balanced combinati...

Founded in 1883, the Chicago Manual Training School (CMTS) was a short-lived but influential institution dedicated to teaching a balanced combinati...

Tracing the development of the University of Exeter over the six decades since it was granted its royal charter in 1955, this book tells the histor...

 This book presents the findings of three studies on the use of diagrams in civic education. The first study presents an international comparison o...

Teachers are one of the largest academic professional groups in German society today, although the sharp contrast that has long prevailed between h...

As is well known, the German system of general education is a segmented one: After leaving the compulsory primary school, pupils (i.e. their parent...

Häufig entsteht der Eindruck, die weithin befürwortete nordamerikanische World History-Bewegung sei im späten 20. Jahrhundert, in Reaktion auf eine...

Bald nach Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs nehmen die deutschen Hochschulen Zug um Zug wieder ihren Betrieb auf. Damit einher geht ein Prozess der Selbs...

Philosophy at the Gymnasium returns Greek moral philosophy to its original contextthe gyms of Athensto understand how training for the body sparked...

Philosophy at the Gymnasium returns Greek moral philosophy to its original contextthe gyms of Athensto understand how training for the body sparked...

The Laboratory School is presumably the most famous experimental school of the progressive education movement. Founded in 1894 by John Dewey and Pr...

The Laboratory School is presumably the most famous experimental school of the progressive education movement. Founded in 1894 by John Dewey and Pr...

An expanded narrative of the rich, unique history of the University of Chicago. One of the most influential institutions of higher learning in the ...

The Composition Commons delivers a timely take on invigorating higher education, illustrating how college composition courses can be dynamic sites ...

This handbook presents a durable, comprehensive, and up-to-date resource covering the seminal thinkers in education of past and present. Each entry...