History of Education

This volume provides an authoritative survey of Greek and Roman education above the primary school level from the fourth century B.C onwards. Special attention is given to the teaching of philosophy, and there are also chapters on the liberal arts, in particular grammar and rhetoric, and on professi..

This title, first published in 1995, explores the history of the American Missionary Association (AMA) – an abolitionist group founded in New York in 1846, whose primary focus was to abolish slavery, to promote racial equality and Christian values and to educate African Americans. This title will be..

This title, first published in 1995, explores the history of the American Missionary Association (AMA) – an abolitionist group founded in New York in 1846, whose primary focus was to abolish slavery, to promote racial equality and Christian values and to educate African Americans. This title will be..

History of Early Childhood Education presents a thorough and elegant description of the history of early childhood education in the United States...

First published in 1974, this is a comprehensive history of Nigerian Education, from early times right through to the time of publication. No one was better qualified than the author to provide such a book, and in doing so he gave due emphasis to the beginnings of Education in its three main stages ..

Organized chronologically this volume examines education in England in the early twentieth century by discussing education through the ages, from pre-history to 1919. The author’s proposals were radical at the time of original education, although they embrace concepts which are now taken for granted..

Organized chronologically this volume examines education in England in the early twentieth century by discussing education through the ages, from pre-history to 1919. The author’s proposals were radical at the time of original education, although they embrace concepts which are now taken for granted..

This volume presents a systematic reflection on the forms and the limitations of English children’s knowledge about the Holocaust and of English Holocaust education resources by reporting ground-breaking empirical research conducted by the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education. These research findings ..

This is a wide-ranging interdisciplinary collection that sheds new light on the neglected history of home-schooling 1750-1900, and raises new questions about the objectives, form and content of education in the past and today. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Oxford Revie..

Hope Deferred, initially published in 1965 traces the history of girls’ education from Anglo-Saxon England to modern times, telling the story largely through the leading personalities whose opinions and prejudices shaped this history. It outlines the progress of popular education and the work of the..

Hope Deferred, initially published in 1965 traces the history of girls’ education from Anglo-Saxon England to modern times, telling the story largely through the leading personalities whose opinions and prejudices shaped this history. It outlines the progress of popular education and the work of the..

Frances Mary Buss, who began her teaching career at fourteen, was only twenty-three when she founded the North London Collegiate School, the forerunner and model of Girls’ High Schools throughout the country. Her friend Dorothea Beale was for nearly fifty years Principal of Cheltenham Ladies College..