There is a moment, when rifling through archives, when a subject, a substantive line of interpretation, gradually emerges. Sometimes returning over time, one recognizes the significance of an image or document that has been ignored heretofore. This was the case when looking through boxes of photographs, freely linked to schools, searching for …

Focuses on a study of adults who were part of the child migration era in the early twentieth century United Kingdom. Argues former effects on migrant children have had a negative influence in terms of personal and cultural identity. Notes suspected physical and sexual abuse of some migrant children. (KDR)

This study examines Soviet strategies for education during its first four decades as they may be deduced from the resources put at its disposal. Despite the political importance for education and for proletarian empowerment at the workplace ("vydvizhenie"), the total enrolment ratio was only one-third higher than in the Tsarist period,…

In the setting up of kindergarten systems in colonial New Zealand over the late nineteenth century, kindergarten founders such as Miss Mary Richmond in Wellington developed global links with kindergarten movements in a number of countries including England. This article examines the nature and significance of two key global interconnected networks…

"Education for all" is a demand that keeps on appearing in various historical contexts and is not just a phenomenon of the modern age. Taking the demand for "education for all" as a normative principle, this paper pursues the questions of how this demand was reflected in pedagogical reform programmes and in what way, as well as…

Investigates the field of science to examine the neglect of its interrelationship with gender and how this weakness can be resolved. States it is vital to understand the methods and sources used in educational history when examining science and gender as an intellectual part of educational history. (KDR)

Discusses the perspectives of historical text as evolving from respective historical representation. Explores methods of educational history through writings, documents, biographies, autobiographies, issues of source and technicalities, and historian viewpoints. Offers that historian's voices must be positioned critically and reflectively at the…

Details the establishment and development of the Base Education Movement (BEM) in Brazil in 1961-1967. Analyzes the political, social, and religious spheres in Brazil as to their respective impacts. Concludes the MEB and the Catholic Church worked to provide education for Brazil's socioeconomically oppressed. (KDR)

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…

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…

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.…

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)

Discusses the history of the University of Delaware by dividing its history into four time periods, focusing on its state-university relationship. Concludes there is need for more research into higher education institutions that have a state-university relationship for the benefit of providing additional comparison data about the relationship.…

Explores deaf schools in 18th and 19th century Netherlands against the background of international development. Focuses on three aspects: (1) educational methods; (2) the involvement of the state; and (3) the importance of religious education. Offers biculturalism in preceptions and practices as main differences noted among educationists. (KDR)

Explores four women's networking activities that promoted Fredrich Froebel's kindergarten pedagogy from 1840-1900. Describes how the movemen created Froebelian organizational infrastructures, affecting national and religious boundaries and providing a support system for middle class members, political lobbies, leadership, and recognition for…