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Prochner, Larry; May, Helen; Kaur, Baljit – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2009
In the context of missionary endeavours of the early nineteenth century there were considerable similarities in the religious and education blueprints for providing the "blessings of civilisation" to the young native "heathen" child in various parts of the British Empire. The three case studies presented illustrate a relatively…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Schools, Foreign Countries, Religious Cultural Groups
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Whitehead, Kay; Peppard, Judith – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2006
This paper examines the grammar of schooling and educational innovations that were being promulgated transnationally in the 1920s and 1930s. First, the paper explores how some elements of the grammar of schooling such as age grading, year-long courses of study and annual employment contracts for teachers were mediated by local circumstances in…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Courses, Teacher Employment, Progressive Education