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Reeder, David – History of Education, 2002
Pays tribute to Brian Simon (1915-2002), a leading educationist in the United Kingdom, who dedicated his life to educational causes. States Simon was founding president of the International Standing Congress for the History of Education (ISCHE). (KDR)
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational History, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
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Anderson, Anne – History of Education, 2002
Examines the 1880s era of female volunteer instructors who made it their mission to teach art to the poor. Focuses on the contributions of the Home Arts and Industries Association as an example. Describes multiple benefits that this organization provided. (KDR)
Descriptors: Art Education, Culture, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational History
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Kollar, Rene – History of Education, 2002
Discusses Catholic convent schools in 19th century England. Focuses on a perceived viewpoint that Protestant females would convert to Catholicism if they were taught by Catholic nuns. Considered nuns as substandard teachers using poor curriculum. Concludes anti-Catholicism waned as a strong force during the early 20th century, minimizing criticism…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Catholics, Educational History, Educational Research
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Kuhlberg, Mark – History of Education, 2002
Focuses on the University of Toronto (Canada) forestry faculty; university president Robert Falconer's firing of W. N. Millar, an outspoken professor; and the politically sensitive university climate during early 20th century. Dissention over Millar's firing brought focus on limited academic freedom of speech and caused further restriction of…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Educational History, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
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Dunseath, Tessa – History of Education, 2002
States Norwegian Nazi leader, Vidkun Quisling, attempted to control dissenting Norwegian teachers by developing a compulsory union. Reports Nazi beliefs centered on controlling teachers, curriculum, and textbooks as a key to success. Notes Norwegian teachers' refusal to comply with the union scheme stymied Norwegian Nazi leaders' plans for…
Descriptors: Civil Disobedience, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Research
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Crook, David; McCulloch, Gary – History of Education, 2002
Discusses three key benefits of using a comparative approach to the history of education: (1) establish detailed insight into comparisons and contrasts; (2) enhance understanding of influences and interaction; and (3) generate or inform overarching theory and general patterns. (KDR)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational History, Educational Research, Globalization
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Taylor, William – History of Education, 2002
States caution in comparison of education among countries. Urges consideration based on the structure, processes, and outcomes based on in-depth knowledge and understanding of the respective educational systems. Concludes that comparative studies should be based on sound methodology, careful description, and analysis to validly interpret perceived…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational History, Educational Policy
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Cowen, Robert – History of Education, 2002
Explores the theme of time as it relates to comparative education. Divides the issue of time into categories of linearities, universalisms, and convergences. Discusses the concept of unit ideas, defining them as: praxis, space, time, the state, culture and identity, educational system, and transfer. (KDR)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational History, Educational Research, Historians
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Goodman, Joyce – History of Education, 2002
Notes a lack of recognition for Sarah Austin, an English educationist, who translated the work of Victor Cousins, a French comparative educationist. Male educationists were promoted as founding fathers of education history in the 19th century. Discusses social and women's politics as factors in considering female educators of value in comparative…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational History, Educational Research, Females
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Armstrong, Felicity – History of Education, 2002
Discusses the historical development of special education in England and France using Michel Foucault's distinction between traditional and effective history. States attitudes and practices relating to difference are culture specific. Concludes that a variety of means should be used in challenging and interpreting other positions taken when…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Comparative Education, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination
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Larsen, Marianne A. – History of Education, 2002
Discusses the expected knowledge base of British Victorian elementary teachers in the rational and scientific study of pedagogy and didactics. Concludes comparative research has revealed prevalence of similar pedagogic discourse in Great Britain and North American schools. (KDR)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Didacticism, Educational History, Educational Research
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Dombkowski, Kristen – History of Education, 2002
Discusses the educational history of kindergarten in England and the United States during 1850-1918. Focuses on kindergarten teacher education and advocates of the program as pivotal promoters for including kindergarten as an accepted curriculum in both countries, in spite of any hinderances from either country's regulatory and government bodies.…
Descriptors: British Infant Schools, Comparative Education, Educational History, Educational Research
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Lowe, Roy – History of Education, 2002
Discusses three areas related to history of education: (1) comments on significant changes in the academy and what it means to historians; (2) reviews shifts in wider society that transformed society's perceptions of history; and (3) reflects on changing ways historians study and approach educational history. (KDR)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Research, Higher Education
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Danushevskaya, Anna V. – History of Education, 2002
Focuses on the humanist ideal of nobility and humanist views about the type of education that would produce noblemen. Details the life and education of William Cecil, also known as Viscount Cranborne, as it pertains to humanist education culture established in the 16th and 17th centuries. (KDR)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
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Benson, Malcolm J. – History of Education, 2002
Focuses on a scholarly, seventeenth century, religious society of Jansenists who founded the Port-Royal des Champs in Paris (France). States their writings and teachings were considered heretical. Finds Port-Royal's ideas later became popular culminating in the acceptance of Latin and language translation curricula. (KDR)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Research, Foreign Countries