History of education

This book traces the birth and evolution of the creche in France, England, Germany, Russia and Italy from the mid-nineteenth century to the eve of the Second World War, in an attempt to understand from a transnational viewpoint the history of an institution for very young children that was very different from what we know today.

This book examines the ways in which scholarly expertise was mobilized during the First World War, and the consequences of this for the inter-connected academic world that had developed in the late nineteenth century.

This book provides a lively account of one of the most important and overlooked themes in American education.

This book considers if and how oral history is 'best practice' for education.

Awarded Best Book prize by CIES Globalization and Education SIGAwarded 2nd Prize in the Society of Educational Studies Annual Book PrizeElite schools have always been social choreographers par excellence.

An essential history of the modern research universityWhen universities began in the Middle Ages, Pope Gregory IX described them as "e;wisdom's special workshop.

On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of Princeton University, leading educators and commentators participated in a symposium jointly sponsored by Princeton and The Andrew W.

An authoritative one-volume history of the origins and development of American higher educationThis book tells the compelling saga of American higher education from the founding of Harvard College in 1636 to the outbreak of World War II.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The Elements of Reconstruction (The original unabridged edition)"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

This book argues that ideas about both childhood and adolescence were transformed in English and Welsh schools after WWII.

This book argues that ideas about both childhood and adolescence were transformed in English and Welsh schools after WWII.

Believe it or not but what happened in Old Babylonia centuries ago still holds water today.

The Medieval Feudal System was introduced to England after an invasion.

War is never a happy subject.

Leonardo Da Vinci was a great man with many achievements.

As Fathers of Nations, presidents have a huge role in the socio-economic progress of countries.

Looking back into European history, you would find amazing facts about wars, empires and the early leaders' hunger for power.

You got to show your kids that there's more to history books than just long names and ancient dates to honor and remember.

This reference book is all about the troubled times in the western world with all those deaths, diseases and dark times.

On the occasion of the retirement of Paul Smeyers, this book considers the state and status of the philosophy and history of education today.

This contributed volume is devoted to the recent history and evolution of mathematics education in Eastern Europe, exploring how it was influenced by social and political changes in this part of the world.

A Cultural History of Education in Antiquity presents essays that examine the following key themes of the period: church, religion and morality; knowledge, media and communications; children and childhood; family, community and sociability; learners and learning; teachers and teaching; literacies; and life histories.

It is very important that you use entertaining lessons when discussing European history because you want to match your child's wide imagination.

Zwischen 1550 und 1567 stiegen die Universitäten Leipzig, Wittenberg und Jena zu Landständen des albertinischen bzw.

The World Today Series: The Middle East and South Asia.

American higher education was transformed between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of World War I.

Few people have been more involved in shaping postwar U.

Drawing on a wide variety of traditions and methods in historical studies, from the humanities and social sciences both, this volume considers the questions, methods, goals, and frameworks historians of education from a wide variety of countries use to create the study of the history of education.

This book examines informal modes of learning in Greece from in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, set against the backdrop of Greek nationalist interests and agendas.

The World Today Series: Latin America offers the latest available economic, demographic, political, and cultural information.

The first public orphanage in America, the Charleston Orphan House saw to the welfare and education of thousands of children from poor white families in the urban South.

Makerere University started in 1922 as a humble technical school enrolling 14 day students of Carpentry, Building and Mechanics.

The book consists of novel and empirical research in broad areas of technology and curriculum in selected African countries.

From 1910 to the 1930s, educating Africans was a major preoccupation in the metropole and in the colonies of imperial Britain.

Todo comenzó en marzo 2020.

Una evidencia –que es también frustración– recorre los sistemas educativos de América Latina: la educación para todos, aquel esfuerzo iniciado hace algunas décadas por abrir las escuelas a cada vez más niños, niñas y adolescentes, no ha logrado disminuir la desigualdad social.

Durante los seis años del gobierno de Domingo Alfredo Mercante las cuestiones educativas fueron tratadas desde distintas concepciones ideológicas.

En este libro confluyen dos prácticas sociales y políticas presentes en la historia de la América Latina reciente.

Con rigurosidad y frescura en este libro se tejen un conjunto de temas, argumentos y reflexiones sobre el proceso de institucionalización de las ciencias sociales en América Latina desde una ubicación geográfica poco frecuente.

Qué puede hacer el maestro para construir una autoridad genuina frente a la clase?

Se sabe que en cada argentino se esconden un director técnico de fútbol y también un "experto" en educación, capaz de diagnosticar los grandes problemas de la escuela y prescribir recetas mágicas para solucionarlos.

Las evaluaciones disponibles muestran que en nuestro sistema educativo se aprende poco; lo que se aprende no es lo que requiere el mundo contemporáneo; los docentes están mal formados; solo el 50% de los estudiantes termina la escolaridad obligatoria, y los jóvenes no egresan preparados para entrar al sistema laboral.

Este libro aborda la oposición entre lo nuevo y lo tradicional en educación, sin elogiar lo primero ni proponer un regreso nostálgico a lo segundo.

This book record achievements of the East Asian Institute (EAI), one of the top five think tanks in Asia under the leadership of Dr Goh Keng Swee, Professors Wang Gungwu, John Wong and Zheng Yongnian.

In an industry of higher education that measures the longevity of its leading institutions in decades and centuries, the establishment and rapid growth of the eight-year-old Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY School), National University of Singapore, is a remarkable story that deserves to be told.

This book gives a panoramic review and summary on the opening up of China's education to the outside world.