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Bentrovato, Denise; Van Nieuwenhuyse, Karel – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2020
Over half a century since the last wave of political decolonisation, the handling of "dark" colonial histories remains topical. Influenced by the postcolonial turn, this study aims to examine, from a novel historical and comparative perspective, evolving textbook representations of Belgian colonialism and its legacy in Belgian and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy, Educational History, Postcolonialism
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De Wilde, Lieselot; Vanobbergen, Bruno – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2015
In the past decades, a body of international research concerning residential institutions for children emerged. This article focuses on the history of the Ghent orphanages (1945-1984). First, the population of the more than 1200 children and young people resident in the orphanages between 1945 and 1984 is analysed. This analysis illustrates a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Residential Institutions, Children, Educational History
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Scholliers, Peter – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2013
This paper addresses the question of dissemination of nutritional knowledge in textbooks of household schools between 1890 and 1940. It starts by considering the nature of food recommendations in manuals that are used in Belgian household schools, and then deals with the sources that are referred to by those who give food advice, comparing the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Foreign Countries, Food, Eating Habits