History of education Books

Book SynopsisWhile human capital theories have focused on how schools and colleges supply the skills for economic growth, Green shows how the forming of citizens and national identities through education has often provided the necessary condition for both economic and social development.Trade ReviewStanding Conference of Studies in Education Annual Book Awards Winner - Second Prize 'A seminal book' - Anne Corbett, Times Educational Supplement 'A courageous and challenging book' - Roy Lowe, History of Education 'Andy Green has written a very good book indeed.' - Roger Dale, Journal of Education Policy 'A vital contribution to our understanding of the changing role of the state in education provision. It should be read widely.' - Clyde Chitty, Forum 'learned, thought-provoking and well written.' - Patrick Harrigan, Historical Studies in Education 'The book is eminently readable, and well argued and documented.' - Witold Tulasiewicz, Comparative Education 'Green has provided a work of such depth and scope that historians and sociologists might ignore at their own considerable loss.' - Dianne Snow, Comparative Education 'Andy Green's recently updated analysis of the relationship between nation states and the education systems that they establish or support is widely regarded as a classic sociology of education text.' - British Educational Research Association (BERA) 40 @ 40 "The new edition of this book by Professor Andy Green is path-breaking in filling the gap of research on the intricate interplay of educational systems and state ... It should not be missed by any scholar who is in the field of comparative and international education, history, sociology, political science, and/or developmental studies, and by practitioners in educational policy, politics and development ... In just one volume the broad, historical overview is provided of the interaction between of educational systems and state formation." - Jun Li, Chinese University of Hong Kong "Nevertheless, it is not the successful articulation between economics and education that most interests Andy Green, but rather the role played by education in the state formation of developmental states. To the extent that these states' principal goal is an economic one, these two levels are often confused, and it is perhaps Green's insistent attempts to separate them that is one of his work's most interesting contributions." - EinzelbelsprechungTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. The Uneven Development of National Education Systems 3. The Social Origins of National Education Systems 4. Education and State Formation 5. Education and Statism in Continental Europe 6. The U.S. Experience: Education, Nationhood and the Decentralized State 7. English Education and the Liberal State 8. Postscript: Education and State Formation in East Asia

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Book SynopsisMiles Taylor is Professor of Modern History at the University of York, UK.Jill Pellew is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, Univeristy of London, UK.Trade ReviewA highly readable, well-informed and authoritative account of a crucial period in the development of higher education in the UK and globally. * Jon Nixon, Visiting Professor, Middlesex University, UK *With so much valuable first-hand insight, this book will undoubtedly serve as a useful reference on the ways in which different countries and their academics responded to the challenge of creating universities for the mid twentieth century, as a starting point for those looking to take a more comparative approach to this period in higher education. * Oxford Magazine *This welcome book brings together the perspectives of several historians who look at higher education’s recent past, back about 60 years. ... Most compelling is the tone of the contributing authors. * Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education *By focusing on the new campuses of the 1960s, and seeking to explain how higher education has evolved into the mass phenomenon that it has become today, this book addresses a significant gap. ... [T]his volume is highly recommended to anyone interested in educational development and its politics. * H-Soz-Kult *Utopian Universities is unquestionably an authoritative and key text in the study of post-war higher education and suggests some exciting future directions of inquiry for the field. ... Utopian Universities will be an invaluable foundation to build on. * History Workshop Journal *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Contributors Maps Preface Laurie Taylor (University of York, UK) Introduction Jill Pellew (Institute of Historical Research, University of London, UK) and Miles Taylor (University of York, UK) 1. Keele: Post-War Pioneer Miles Taylor (University of York, UK) 2. Learning From Redbrick: Utopianism and Architectural Legacy of the Civic Universities William Whyte (University of Oxford, UK) 3. Sussex: Cold War Campus Matthew Cragoe (University of Lincoln, UK) 4. The University of East Anglia: From Mandarins to Neoliberalism John Charmley (St Mary’s University, UK) 5. Oxford on the Ouse?: The Founding of the University of York 1960 to 1973 Allen Warren (University of York, UK) 6. Great Expectations: Sloman’s Essex and Student Protest in the 'Long 1960s' Caroline Hoefferle (Wingate University, North Carolina, USA) 7. The New and the Old: the University of Kent at Canterbury Krishan Kumar (University of Virginia, USA) 8. Social History Comes to Warwick Carolyn Steedman (University of Warwick, UK) 9. Innovation and Evolution: Lancaster Learning, 1964-74 Marion McClintock (Lancaster University, UK) 10. Failed Utopia? The University of Stirling from the 1960s to the Early 1980s Holger Nehring (University of Stirling, UK) 11. The New University of Ulster and the Northern Ireland Crisis Tom Fraser and Leonie Murray (Ulster University, UK) 12. Science and the New Universities Jon Agar (UCL, UK) 13. The New British Campus Universities of the 1960s and Their Localities: The Culture of Support and the Role of Philanthropy Jill Pellew (University of London, UK) 14. California Dreaming: Clark Kerr and the State University Christopher Newfield (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) 15. The Other 60s: Academic Administrators as Agents of Change in Canadian Higher Education Paul Axelrod (York University, Canada) 16. From Progressive Pedagogy to ‘Capitalist Fodder’: the New Universities in Australia Hannah Forsyth (Australian Catholic University, Australia) 17. Jawaharlal Nehru University: A University for the Nation Rajat Datta (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India) and Shalini Sharma (Keele University, UK) 18. From American Dream to Nightmare on The Left: Student Revolts, the ‘Wild Nursery’ and the Slums: The University of Nanterre, 1962-71 Victor Collet (University of Paris X, France) 19. The Reform Universities of West Germany: Bochum, Konstanz and Bielefeld Stefan Paulus (University of Augsburg, Germany) 20. Utopian Universities of the British Commonwealth Miles Taylor (University of York, UK) Afterword Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisExamines the aesthetic event of education. This title takes a broader view of aesthetics and argues that teaching and learning are themselves aesthetic performances. It focuses on several questions: What are the possibilities and limitations of building analogies between teachers and artists, education and specific aesthetic forms? And, more.Trade Review"In this book Tyson Lewis provides a penetrating analysis of the work of Jacques Ranciere as it pertains to the theory and practice of education. The book is an engaging, compelling, highly original and much needed intervention in current discussions about education, politics and democracy." - Gert Biesta, University of Stirling, UKTable of ContentsTable of Contents; Introduction:; The Aesthetics of Education; Chapter One:; From Stultification to Emancipation: Althusser avec Ranciere; Chapter Two:; Aesthetic Forms: Teaching, Theatre, and Democracy; Chapter Three:; The Beautiful and the Sublime in the Pedagogy of the Oppressed; Intermission:; Equality, Freedom, and Emancipation: A Case for Pedagogical Dramaturgy; Chapter Four:; The Aesthetics of Curiosity; Chapter Five:; The Knowledge of Ignorance; Chapter Six:; The Future of the Image in Critical Pedagogy; Chapter Seven:; Freire's Last Laugh; Conclusion:; Death and Democracy in Education: Freire's Easter.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the development of educational practices and institutions in medieval Iceland, including important questions of language use and social impact.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: Pre-Christian and Secular Education Chapter 2: Clerical and Christian Education I: Contexts and People Chapter 3: Clerical and Christian Education II: The Latin and Bilingual Curriculum Chapter 4: Vernacular Grammatica Conclusion Bibliography Index of Names General Index

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