The dominant influences that forged curriculum policy in relation to the literacy curriculum in New Zealand during the 1930s can be seen to be enmeshed in the politics of the wider context of what de Castell and Luke have identified as the "literacy ideologies of the British Empire". It was these literacy ideologies and concerns over the…

Reviews HER NATURAL DESTINY: THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN IN NEW SOUTH WALES by Noeline Kyle. States that despite inadequate coverage of women's informal education and their entrance into universities in the 1880's, Kyle presents the most comprehensive study of women's education in New South Wales. (GEA)

Ponders questions arising from items of obsolete technology found stored in an obscure part of the Prince Albert Junior and Infant School, Aston, Birmingham (England) school building. Explores how historical debris can bring the past into the present to provide insight into past teacher experiences, working practices, and culture. (MER)

Discusses the Aberdare Committee created to remedy shortcomings arising from a non-intervention policy in Welsh secondary education, eminating from the 1881 Report of the Committee on Intermedicate and Higher Education (Wales). Focuses on three commissions: the Caredon, Taunton, and Devonshire. Discusses the committee outcomes regarding English…

Focuses on Mrs. Bridges Adams who was a supporter of state maintenance committed to educational opportunity for workers' children. Focuses on her political recruitment, her contribution to the work of the London School Board (England), and her role in the struggle to save the school board system. (CMK)

Explores issues related to teachering experiences during World War II within Scotland specifically and in Britain generally. Focuses on issues that arise from a case study in a Scottish town during the early war years. Addresses the teachers' role related to keeping national morale in wartime. (CMK)

Traces the emancipatory interests of new education, defined as a critique of the educational system centered on public schools and a child-centered philosophy: (1) emancipation of 1920s English children; (2) emancipatory interest in the 1930s English family; and (3) emancipatory interest in 1940s England. (CMK)

Discusses issues surrounding the development of mass compulsory schooling and explores the possible development of a theoretical framework for analyzing the effects of such schooling. Concludes that compulsory attendance laws make little difference in rates of school attendance. Rather, social conditions create the environment in which laws become…

Examines forces leading to the establishment of Cecil Reddie's New School at Abbotsholme in Derbyshire (England). Views the school, with its emphasis upon physical fitness and practical activity, as the first modern progressive school from which many such institutions evolved. Notes that Reddie contributed to concepts of numerous subsequent…

Offers an account of the teaching of French and German in English elementary schools between 1872 and 1904. Argues that French and German became established in the curriculum during this period. Examines the decline of modern language study at the elementary level relative to the Board of Education's policy. (KO)

Reviews R. H. Tawney's educational activities on British juvenile employment during Edwardian period. Stresses Tawney's support for raising age for leaving school and providing vocational training. Presents Tawney's conclusions that students leaving elementary school for workplace increased unemployment and crime. Suggests Tawney's ideas were…

Examines the aspects of the 1944 Education Act that promoted outdoor education and the changes as the Bill passed through parliament. Reviews the practice of outdoor education and how Local Education Authorities (LEA) responded to the legislation. Demonstrates how the outdoors was incorporated into children's education as a response to social and…

Discusses "Redbrick University," the first book about British higher education to have a popular appeal, written by E. Allison Peers under the pseudonym 'Bruce Truscot.' Focuses on issues such as Peers' reasons for using a pseudonym, the reception of the book, the "redbrick" universities, and four categories of Peers' comments…

Investigates the establishment of ragged schools in nineteenth century Wales. States they dealt with the many shabbily clad, underprivileged youth found roaming the streets. Explains Wales focused on creating church and boarding schools. Concludes that other schools eventually provided welfare based services which caused ragged school's demise.…

Offers examples of progressive thoughts of male and female writers of romantic literature and poetry between 1780-1850. Depicts an era where children were believed to be better left formally uneducated and women's roles as professional writers and contributor's to progressive thought in society were largely ignored. (MER)