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May, Josephine – History of Education Review, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the clubs and club memberships of 491 elite women in three eastern Australian states in the 1930s. It is the second part of a descriptive analysis of these women's biographical sketches in Who's Who-type collections, now out of copyright, published in Australia in the 1930s: Victoria (1934), New…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Advantaged, Females, Clubs
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Frantsman-Spector, Alin; Shoshana, Avihu – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2023
This article examines the life stories of adults in Israel who were defined as 'at-risk children' in their childhood and removed from their homes by court order to therapeutic boarding schools against the backdrop of 'inadequate parenting,' 'neglect,' and/or 'abuse.' The findings reveal how graduates experienced their forced removal from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Early Experience, Educational Experience
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Niknafs, Nasim – International Journal of Music Education, 2020
Even though scholars have pointedly embraced ethical matters in music education within the global context, there has been relatively little attention paid to the concept of cosmopolitanism. While keeping in mind that the concept of cosmopolitanism is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon that can be read and implemented in many ways, the aim of…
Descriptors: Music Education, Collectivism, Cultural Pluralism, Ethics
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Wilson, Ron; Taylor, Kay Ann – Educational Considerations, 2020
George Washington Carver is known primarily for his life and work at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. This historical research provides insight prior to that time and into his journey from Missouri to several towns in Kansas, and then to Iowa. The intersection of race, education, and philanthropy combined to guide the culmination of his life's…
Descriptors: Biographies, Racial Discrimination, African Americans, Critical Theory
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Beck, Bernard – Multicultural Perspectives, 2020
Two current biopic movies, "Harriet" and "The Irishman," present the life stories of real people who have been involved with slavery and organized crime. These images contradict the virtuous image of America that is fundamental to our sense of national identity and patriotism. Could this contradiction lead to oppositional…
Descriptors: Films, Biographies, Slavery, Crime
Paolo Geovanny Fabre Merchan – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Teachers' continuous improvement and its impact on student academic achievement has been the focus of initiatives and efforts toward reform and research throughout the history of education, particularly in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. The purpose of this study was to examine whether a professional development program grounded…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Adult Learning, Communities of Practice, Self Concept Measures
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Craig, Cheryl J.; Li, Jing; Kelley, Michaelann – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2022
This inquiry explores the scholarly influence of Elliot Eisner by examining how ideas derived from his scholarship have spread. The study begins with Eisner's bio-sketch and a literature review on the history of ideas and the use of knowledge in education, followed by descriptions of this paper's research method and data sources. The analysis…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Art, Aesthetics, Research Methodology
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Hoencamp, Marloes; Exalto, John; de Muynck, Abraham; de Ruyter, Doret – History of Education, 2022
Philipp Abraham Kohnstamm (1875-1951) was one of the founders of Dutch educational science and a key figure in the New Education movement in the Netherlands. This article has three aims: first, to depict Kohnstamm as an insightful example in the process of sharing and adopting ideas around New Education and the implementation of these ideas in the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Montessori Method, Decision Making
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Scott-Brown, Sophie – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2022
The first British New Left formed in response to a crisis in international and British socialism. Although never a formal movement, its associated members set themselves the tasks of, first, confronting the rapid change transforming social life at both global and national scales, and second, articulating a new political culture able to accommodate…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Educational Philosophy, Foreign Countries, Social Systems
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Fang, Zhihui; Gresser, Valerie; Cao, Peijuan; Zhang, Huibin – Written Communication, 2022
Factual writing is a key macrogenre of American K-12 schooling that is also valued in workplace and society. This study examined the genre and register features of two subgenres of factual writing--biography and report--composed by 48 sixth-grade students in a curriculum unit on scientists and science-related careers aimed at developing students'…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Biographies, Reports, Writing (Composition)
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Mac Cumhaill, Clare; Wiseman, Rachael – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2022
Elizabeth Anscombe, Mary Midgley, Iris Murdoch and Philippa Foot all studied at Oxford University during the Second World War. One of their wartime tutors was Donald MacKinnon. This paper gives a broad overview of MacKinnon's philosophical outlook as it was developing at this time. Four talks from between 1938 and 1941--'And the Son of Man That…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Educational Philosophy, Social Justice, Ethics
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Cynthia Morawski; Jessica Sokolowski – International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity, 2024
The body biography, a visual and written life-size composition to study characterization, makes use of a variety of materials such as markers, crayons, and found material from wrapping paper to remnants of string and yarn. In this study, three teachers were invited to implement the body biography practice as part of their delivery of the English…
Descriptors: Human Body, Biographies, Art Activities, Art Products
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Lynn McAlpine; Andrew G. Gibson; Søren S. E. Bengtsen; Tessa DeLaquil – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2024
Globally, the issue of research impact has grown as governments articulate policies around research as a contributor to economic and societal development, often through an econometric justification. This has triggered much discussion amongst humanities scholars in public formally-reasoned peer-reviewed texts that are rarely empirically-based. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, College Faculty, Educational History
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Elizabeth Wilson – Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College, 2024
This study examines Gazeta Matematica's (GM) influence on mathematics education in Romania from 1895-1945. Analyzing 13 articles from GM's archives, this research explores discussions on mathematics methodology and didactic issues and highlights Ion Ionescu's contributions. Findings reveal tensions between idealized rigorous pedagogy and practical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Archives, Educational History
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Leung, Halina; Burwell, Kim – Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, 2023
The purpose of this study is to explore the life and work of Pierre Sancan (1916-2008), an exemplary piano teacher who, like many masters in the apprenticeship tradition, is chiefly remembered today by his pupils alone. An all-round musician, Sancan had early success as a composer when he won the Prix de Rome in 1943, and enjoyed a flourishing…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Teachers, Musical Instruments, Musicians
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