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View article: Historical methods in educational research: sources, contextualisation, periodisation and analysis
Historical methods in educational research: sources, contextualisation, periodisation and analysis Open
View article: Emancipating older learners
Emancipating older learners Open
The tension between education and emancipation is a recurrent theme in educational philosophy but remains comparatively neglected in critical educational gerontology (CEG). CEG is a philosophical strand in older adult education aiming at t…
View article: A Critical History for the Twenty-first Century? Critique, Truth, Method and Audience
A Critical History for the Twenty-first Century? Critique, Truth, Method and Audience Open
Critical perspectives have been recurrent in history of education research since the 1960s. In this article, we examine what critical histories of education can be in the twenty-first century, when scepticism towards accepted truths is wid…
View article: Gender inequality and occupational segregation in white-collar jobs in the early “quiet revolution”: new evidence from the wages of Swedish teachers (c. 1890)
Gender inequality and occupational segregation in white-collar jobs in the early “quiet revolution”: new evidence from the wages of Swedish teachers (c. 1890) Open
The relationship between gender inequality and occupational segregation is a fascinating puzzle. New microdata on all primary school teachers in Sweden in c. 1890 show that the gender wage gap in the profession was 10 percent when holding …
View article: A better use of the shoulders we stand on: meta-analyses in the history of education
A better use of the shoulders we stand on: meta-analyses in the history of education Open
Purpose This article argues that the potential of the vast amount of research, published each year in the history of education, remains untapped. Given the rapidly growing number of academic publications in the field, there is a need for r…
View article: What Makes History Nobel Prize Worthy? Claudia Goldin and the Relevance of History of Education
What Makes History Nobel Prize Worthy? Claudia Goldin and the Relevance of History of Education Open
In 2023, Claudia Goldin received the Nobel Prize for her groundbreaking research in economics. In this article, I use Goldin’s research to reflect on the role of history of education in academic research. I argue that Goldin’s remarkable a…
View article: A fragmentation of Dewey: Dewey in the political and educational reforms of China, 1910s–1920s
A fragmentation of Dewey: Dewey in the political and educational reforms of China, 1910s–1920s Open
Dewey’s influence on Chinese education has been described as a prime example of the transfer of knowledge from the West to the East. This article investigates the precise process of this transfer by re-examining two themes stressed in curr…
View article: Human capital in Europe, 1830s–1930s: A general survey
Human capital in Europe, 1830s–1930s: A general survey Open
Human capital is now widely acknowledged as one of the key determinants of economic growth. Research on how human skills accumulate and evolve through time has grown rapidly in recent years. This paper surveys it with a specific focus on E…
View article: Review (English): Katharina Sass, Politics of Comprehensive School Reforms: Cleavages and Coalitions
Review (English): Katharina Sass, Politics of Comprehensive School Reforms: Cleavages and Coalitions Open
Review: Katharina Sass. Politics of Comprehensive School Reforms: Cleavages and Coalitions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022, 318 pp.
View article: Rethinking the history of education: considerations for a new social history of education
Rethinking the history of education: considerations for a new social history of education Open
In the 2020s, there are both societal and academic reasons to reflect on the field of history of education. In this article, we focus on the issue of the social, which remains central to the field as we acknowledge that society shapes educ…
View article: Bright Nordic Lights: a revitalised interdisciplinary history of education in the massified higher education of the Nordics
Bright Nordic Lights: a revitalised interdisciplinary history of education in the massified higher education of the Nordics Open
The history of education is, and can be, many things. In this article, I argue that the history of education in the Nordic countries is marked by three phases, based on its institutional setting. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth …
View article: On older learners’ naïveté: an examination of the emancipatory function of critical older adult education
On older learners’ naïveté: an examination of the emancipatory function of critical older adult education Open
Many critical educational philosophies assume that learners are naïve and unable to critically read their social reality. Critical educational gerontology (CEG) aims to emancipate learners from oppression, to which they are oblivious. This…
View article: La fabrique des corps nationaux. Autour de l’institutionnalisation de l’éducation physique en Suisse et en Europe (XIXe-XXIe siècle)
La fabrique des corps nationaux. Autour de l’institutionnalisation de l’éducation physique en Suisse et en Europe (XIXe-XXIe siècle) Open
Apolitique sur la scène internationale sportive, le sport devient dans les écoles un puissant outil de formation (et de contrôle) de la jeunesse au service des projets politiques des gouvernements de tous bords. Obligatoire à l’école depui…
View article: Mina Svar: A tool for measuring social impact
Mina Svar: A tool for measuring social impact Open
Background Each year, numerous initiatives are carried out to improve the outcomes for youth living in vulnerable areas. However, the impact of these initiatives is rarely measured, partly because there is no reliable, valid, relevant and …
View article: Le financement de l’éducation en France et en Suède : éléments d’historiographie
Le financement de l’éducation en France et en Suède : éléments d’historiographie Open
L’histoire du financement de l’éducation : un intérêt à éclipses Depuis la fin des années 1970, le financement de l’éducation (primaire, secondaire, technique ou supérieure) suscite de nombreux débats dans des États-providence confrontés a…
View article: Educational Finance in France and Sweden: A Historiographical Overview
Educational Finance in France and Sweden: A Historiographical Overview Open
View article: Were there national school systems in the nineteenth century? The construction of a regionalised primary school system in Sweden
Were there national school systems in the nineteenth century? The construction of a regionalised primary school system in Sweden Open
The nation-state remains fundamental to our understanding of nineteenth-century schooling, which is commonly referred to in terms of national school systems or national education systems. While nineteenth-century school systems were often …
View article: “Arm the Schoolmistress!” Loneliness, Male Violence, and the Work and Living Conditions of Early Twentieth-Century Female Teachers in Sweden
“Arm the Schoolmistress!” Loneliness, Male Violence, and the Work and Living Conditions of Early Twentieth-Century Female Teachers in Sweden Open
Starting in the late nineteenth century, the teaching profession became increasingly feminized. This article examines the results of this process, exploring the working and living conditions of rural female primary school teachers with a f…
View article: What We Can Learn From Studying The Past: The Wonderful Usefulness of History in Educational Research
What We Can Learn From Studying The Past: The Wonderful Usefulness of History in Educational Research Open
Why should educational researchers study the history of education? This article suggests that this research is of immediate relevance to current issues of education and may therefore serve a wide variety of purposes. The main argument is t…
View article: Educational Finance Reform
Educational Finance Reform Open
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View article: ISCHE 42 - Looking from Above and Below: Rethinking the Social in the History of Education – Book of Abstracts
ISCHE 42 - Looking from Above and Below: Rethinking the Social in the History of Education – Book of Abstracts Open
ISCHE 42 was conducted as a virtual conference due to the covid-19 pandemic. In adapting to this situation, the conference period was extended to two weeks, June 14-25, 2021, with a preconference on June 11, 2021. The abstracts for this co…
View article: Schooling and State Formation in Early Modern Sweden by Bengt Sandin
Schooling and State Formation in Early Modern Sweden by Bengt Sandin Open
Reviewed by: Schooling and State Formation in Early Modern Sweden by Bengt Sandin Johannes Westberg Schooling and State Formation in Early Modern Sweden. By Bengt Sandin. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. xxvi + 420 pp. Cloth €9…
View article: Winning the war by losing the battle? The marketization of the expanding preschool sector in Sweden
Winning the war by losing the battle? The marketization of the expanding preschool sector in Sweden Open
This article analyzes how childcare vouchers were introduced in the context of the Swedish welfare state by examining vital political decisions from the prohibition of publicly funded private preschools in 1984 and onwards. Basing our argu…
View article: The transnational dissemination of the infant school to the periphery of Europe: the role of primary schools, religion, travels, and handbooks in the case of nineteenth-century Sweden
The transnational dissemination of the infant school to the periphery of Europe: the role of primary schools, religion, travels, and handbooks in the case of nineteenth-century Sweden Open
The infant school was a nineteenth-century innovation with British roots that quickly achieved an international reputation. This article contributes to the study of the transnational dissemination of the infant schools by examining the cas…
View article: Child Labour, Parental Neglect, School Boards, and Teacher Quality: School Inspector Reports on the Supply and Demand of Schooling in Mid-nineteenth-century Sweden
Child Labour, Parental Neglect, School Boards, and Teacher Quality: School Inspector Reports on the Supply and Demand of Schooling in Mid-nineteenth-century Sweden Open
By examining the state school inspector reports of 1861–1863, which provide rich insights into the local conditions of schooling in Sweden, this article sheds further light on the wide range of factors that weakened school enrolment and at…
View article: Child Labour, Parental Neglect, School Boards, and Teacher Quality: School Inspector Reports on the Supply and Demand of Schooling in Mid-nineteenth-century Sweden
Child Labour, Parental Neglect, School Boards, and Teacher Quality: School Inspector Reports on the Supply and Demand of Schooling in Mid-nineteenth-century Sweden Open
By examining the state school inspector reports of 1861–1863, which provide rich insights into the local conditions of schooling in Sweden, this article sheds further light on the wide range of factors that weakened school enrolment and at…
View article: Why do training regimes for early childhood professionals differ? Sweden and Switzerland compared
Why do training regimes for early childhood professionals differ? Sweden and Switzerland compared Open
In Europe, there are many different ways in which early childhood education and care professionals are trained. This article investigates how these different forms came into being. Comparing two small, prosperous European countries, Sweden…
View article: Combining Global and Local Narratives: A New Social History of the Expansion of Mass Education?
Combining Global and Local Narratives: A New Social History of the Expansion of Mass Education? Open
This article discusses how an increased interest in the global, the international and the cross-national may be informed by the recently renewed focus upon the social and economic history of education. The history of school buildings in a …
View article: What Were the Main Features of Nineteenth Century School Acts? Local School Organization, Basic Schooling, a Diversity of Revenues and the Institutional Framework of an Edu- cational Revolution
What Were the Main Features of Nineteenth Century School Acts? Local School Organization, Basic Schooling, a Diversity of Revenues and the Institutional Framework of an Edu- cational Revolution Open
This article explores the main features of the provision, organization and funding of nineteenth century European school acts. It indicates that these school acts promoted schooling that was basic, rather than compulsory, and provided a fr…
View article: Lärares mångsyssleri under 1800-talets andra hälft
Lärares mångsyssleri under 1800-talets andra hälft Open