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'Nobody's Ideal': Augustine Birrell, William Walsh and the Evolution of the Irish Universities Act, 1908
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Walsh, John – History of Education, 2022
This paper explores the process of negotiation, lobbying and parliamentary debate that brought the Irish universities legislation into being in the early 1900s against a backdrop of political and religious conflict. The complex interaction between British ministers and Catholic bishops before and throughout the legislative process dictated the…
Descriptors: Debate, Universities, Educational Legislation, Political Attitudes
Education for Reconciliation? Understanding and Acknowledging the History of Teaching First Nations Content in Victoria, Australia
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Hradsky, Danielle – History of Education, 2022
Contemporary Australian curricula require teachers to promote reconciliation through the teaching of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures and languages. Engaging with First Nations knowledges and histories in education comes with a very complex and historically layered legacy. This paper examines the role of education in the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Policy, Conflict Resolution, Indigenous Populations
Peace through History? The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Inquiry into European Schoolbooks, 1921-1924
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Irish, Tomás – History of Education, 2016
In 1924 the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace published a volume investigating the teaching of school history in former belligerent states in Europe. The project sought to reconcile former enemies through mutual understanding and educational exchange and reflected a widely held belief that although the military conflict had finished, its…
Descriptors: Peace, Educational History, Teaching Methods, History Instruction