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Tunc, Yasin – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2018
The two decades following the establishment of the Turkish Republic witnessed the growth of the pervasive fear that vagrant and homeless children and child delinquents presented a threat to the physical, mental, and economic well-being of the nascent Turkish nation. Newspapers of the period regularly touched upon the issue, alerting the public and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Homeless People, Delinquency, Children
Barton, Karen S. – Geography Teacher, 2019
This work presents a new teaching module for understanding the geographical dimensions of historical events in Africa. This case study focuses in particular on the Joola shipwreck in Senegal in order to illustrate geographic areas of study including the rural-urban divide, colonial geopolitics, cultural diversity, and West Africa's physical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction, Geographic Concepts, College Instruction
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Mitch, David – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2016
Historians of the rise of popular education have often emphasised the role of national governments as sources of funding. However, for the case of England work by W.K. Jordan among others with probate records suggests that by the English Civil War substantial philanthropic funding was available for education. The presence of this philanthropy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Educational Finance, Private Financial Support
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Clay, Rebecca – Journal of International Education and Leadership, 2015
Can you make James Joyce's short story "Eveline" contemporary and create a modern short story based on Joyce's work? The purpose of this study was to provide a context to Joyce's short story "Eveline," illustrate the journey of my fiction writing, and expand the conversation on using classical fiction as a guide to modern short…
Descriptors: Literary Genres, Twentieth Century Literature, Fiction, Creative Writing
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Oliverio, Stefano – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2014
Starting from a suggestion of Stephen Toulmin and through an interpretation of the criticism to which Neurath, one of the founders of the Vienna Circle, submits Descartes' views on science, the paper attempts to outline a pattern of modernity opposed to the Cartesian one, that has been obtaining over the last four centuries. In particular, it…
Descriptors: Science Education, Scientific Principles, Philosophy, Modern History
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Henricks, Thomas S. – American Journal of Play, 2016
The author reviews historical attempts--mostly by European thinkers--to characterize modernity and its relationship to play. He discusses ideas from Friederich Schiller to Brian Sutton-Smith, all to set the ground for a theory of play in the modern world. Emphasizing the ideas of Max Weber--in particular his theory of rationalization and its…
Descriptors: Play, Modern History, Theories, Child Development
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Persianis, Panayiotis – Cogent Education, 2021
The aim of this paper is to present and explain the long and bitter contestation between two poles over the orientation, the aims and the content of education as well as the form of the Greek language to be used in the school textbooks. During the last seventy years (1750-1821) of the Ottoman rule of Greece the poles were cultural but were…
Descriptors: Greek, Textbooks, Educational History, Social Systems
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Francesca Robertson; Jason Barrow; Magdalena Wajrak; Noel Nannup; Caroline Bishop; Alison Nannup – Qualitative Research Journal, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the idea that, in the last few decades, collaborative inquiry methods have evolved along a similar trajectory to dual lens research. Dual lens research, known in various contexts as both ways, two-eyed seeing Old Ways New Ways, and Koodjal Jinnung (looking both ways), is designed to generate new…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Inquiry, Research Methodology, Indigenous Knowledge
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Giles, Graham – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2014
This article proposes a reading of Michel de Certeau's "The Writing of History" which derives an understanding of the concept of practice as authoritative to the establishment and development of Enlightenment rationality. It is seen as a new form of legitimation established in the redeployment of religious "formalities" in…
Descriptors: Philosophy, Theory Practice Relationship, Modern History, Politics
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González-Delgado, Mariano – History of Education, 2017
The Holocaust was one of the most significant events of contemporary history and still has great relevance for current times. This paper analyses the portrayal of the Holocaust in secondary education history textbooks in Spain. As this type of research has grown in the international arena, the need to review critically this event in Spanish…
Descriptors: Educational History, Foreign Countries, History Instruction, Textbooks
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Hamilton, David – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2015
This essay offers an account of the beginnings of modern schooling. The Latin word "schola" began to mean "school" in the ninth century. But early practices associated with this newly distinct social phenomenon took several centuries to become codified, institutionalized and recognized. Until that happened, school was a label…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Change, Academic Standards, Modern History
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Qadri, Muhammad Ahmed – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
Leading a team or group is a real skill that takes time, thought, and dedication. Leadership is the most studied aspect of organization because it is the one overarching topic that makes the difference between success and failure. At times it may seem overwhelmingly complex, but by focusing on some fundamentals a team can be led with confidence…
Descriptors: Leadership, Leaders, Leadership Effectiveness, Leadership Role
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William L. Smith; Ryan M. Crowley – History Teacher, 2018
Due to its direct approach and its detailed analysis of race, the "A More Perfect Union" (AMPU) speech makes for a likely primary source to be included in a lesson addressing Obama's racial significance. As social studies teacher-educators who draw from critical perspectives on race and racism, the authors hope to see Obama's speech used…
Descriptors: Modern History, History Instruction, Lesson Plans, Racial Attitudes
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Gao, Hongchen – International Education Studies, 2019
Finding a unique way to help students better accept between traditional Chinese Painting and Modern and Contemporary Art is an increasing concern in primary school art teaching. The purpose of this study is to investigate fine art education field according to analyze the current situation of Chinese traditional painting and calligraphy together…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Painting (Visual Arts), Culturally Relevant Education, Art Education
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Caruso, Marcelo – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2014
Not only in education, but also in other social practices, the history of "internationalisation" is correlative to the history of "nationalisation". In this broad sense, this article outlines four main constellations of the links between education and nationalisation/internationalisation dynamics. After a brief description of…
Descriptors: Educational History, Global Approach, International Education, Nationalism
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