History of education Books

Book SynopsisIn the first book of its kind, two of Sicily's leading historians and lecturers outline strategies and resources available in English for professors and other instructors wishing to introduce students to the world's most conquered island. Sicily boasts a cosmopolitan heritage, yielding lessons perfectly suited to our complex times. This guide is not only for educators. It's useful for anybody seeking sources of accurate information about Sicily, a place which over the centuries has been politically connected to Asia and Africa as well as Europe. The authors consider Sicilian Studies as a multifaceted field in itself, not merely a specialized niche within the broad field of Italian Studies. Most of the text consists of succinct descriptions or reviews of books and (in a few cases) articles useful to those seeking to learn about Sicily. The book includes a lengthy chapter setting forth the history of Sicily, along with numerous maps and a 3000 year timeline. This makes it very useful even for teachers who may be unfamiliar with Sicily yet interested in teaching about it. In addition to a consideration of how to teach about Sicilian history, archeology, literature and even cuisine and the Sicilian language, this book offers candid, practical suggestions for those planning study tours or courses in Sicily. This guide is more than a blueprint. It presents a pragmatic concept of what this field can be. This is based on experience. Over the years, the authors have advised professors on how to formulate such courses, and they have occasionally presented lectures to university students. The point of view, as well as the advice, is impartial, unbiased, because the authors are not beholden to any specific academic publisher or institution. Never before have so many works about Sicily covering the island's lengthy history in English been described in a single volume. Chapters are dedicated to foundational principles, historiographical concepts and the history of Sicily, followed by the consideration of works on ancient, medieval and modern Sicily, special topics (women's studies, genealogy, the Mafia), the Sicilian language, the arts (art, film, literature, music), culinary topics and, finally, study tours. At 250 pages, it is fairly concise, with no space wasted, yet highly informative. This guide makes it possible to teach a course related to Sicily even if your institution lacks an Italian Studies department. Its publication was long overdue.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1: Introduction : Purpose of the Work.- Chapter 2: The Space Race, National Defense, and Failures in Science.- Chapter 3: Access and Equity: The Charge for Higher Education in the Civil Rights Movement.- Chapter 4: Campus Unrest and Violence.- Chapter 5: Bleak Perspectives: A Nation at Risk.- Chapter 6: Breaking the Cycle: Economic Struggles and Financing Higher Education.- Chapter 7: Uncle Sam Knows Best: Higher Education in a Neoliberal State.- Chapter 8: Anti-intellectualism in a Divided Nation.- Chapter 9: The Future of Higher Education in American Democracy.

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Book SynopsisThis Companion to Twelfth-Century Schools provides a comprehensive update and new synthesis of the last three decades of research. The fruit of a contemporary renewal of cultural history among international scholars of medieval studies, this collection draws on the discovery of new texts, the progress made in critical attribution, the growing attention given to the conditions surrounding the oral and written dissemination of works, the use of the notion of a “community of learning”, the reinterpretation of the relations between the cloister and the urban school, and links between institutional history and social history. Contributors are: Alexander Andrée, Irene Caiazzo, Cédric Giraud, Frédéric Goubier, Danielle Jacquart, Thierry Kouamé, Constant J. Mews, Ken Pennington, Dominique Poirel, Irène Rosier-Catach, Sita Steckel, Jacques Verger, and Olga Weijers. See inside the book.Trade Review"The history of education and science in the Middle Ages is certainly one of the most dynamic fields of research of the past two decades [...] Specialists guide you through their areas of expertise, staying close to the sources. Without exception, they cite from publications in several languages, classics as well as current literature. All authors succeed in providing the urgently needed "update", as promised by the volume’s editor Cédric Giraud […] Thus, this anthology consolidates recent research on the development of education and science in the 12th century, and also pinpoints debates that have yet to take place." (translated from German) Anne Greule, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, in Francia Recensio 2020.1 DOI: 10.11588/frrec.2020.1.71475 „Die Geschichte von Bildung und Wissenschaft im Mittelalter gehört sicher zu den dynamischsten Forschungsfeldern der vergangenen zwei Jahrzehnte […] Spezialistinnen und Spezialisten, die souverän und quellennah durch ihr Themengebiet führen. Ausnahmslos rezipieren sie Publikationen in mehreren Sprachen, Klassiker ebenso wie aktuelle Literatur. Allen Autorinnen und Autoren gelingt es, das vom Herausgeber Cédric Giraud angekündigte, dringend benötigte »Update« bereitzustellen […] Somit konsolidiert der Sammelband einerseits die jüngst erzielten Forschungsergebnisse zur Bildungs- und Wissenschaftsentwicklung im 12. Jahrhundert, weist aber auch auf noch zu führende Debatten hin.“ Anne Greule, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, in Francia Recensio 2020.1 DOI: 10.11588/frrec.2020.1.71475Table of ContentsAbbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction: Schools and the “Renaissance of the Twelfth Century”  Cédric Giraud 1 The Schools and Intellectual Renewal in the Twelfth Century: A Social Approach  Constant J. Mews 2 The Institutional Organization of the Schools  Thierry Kouamé 3 The World of Cloisters and Schools  Jacques Verger 4 Submission to the Authority of the Masters: Transformations of a Symbolic Practice during the Long Twelfth Century  Sita Steckel 5 Methods and Tools of Learning  Olga Weijers 6 Reading and Educating Oneself in the 12th: Hugh of Saint-Victor’s Didascalicon  Dominique Poirel 7 The Trivium in the 12th Century  Frédéric Goubier and Irène Rosier-Catach 8 Teaching the Quadrivium in the Twelfth-Century Schools  Irene Caiazzo 9 Medical Education in the 12th Century  Danielle Jacquart 10 The Beginnings of Law Schools in the Twelfth Century  Ken Pennington 11 The Literary Genres of “Theology”  Cédric Giraud 12 Sacra Pagina: Theology and the Bible from the School of Laon to the School of Paris  Alexander Andrée Select Bibliographie Index Nominum

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Book SynopsisThis previously unpublished 1931 dissertation by Gaines Post covers the interaction of the papacy with multiple universities from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and makes his research and observations available on a range of topics, such as papal intervention and influence in the areas of licensing to teach, scholarly privileges, financial support, and dispensations for study.Trade Review''This volume represents a still-valuable work of scholarship and an appropriate tribute to a major scholar of the previous century.'' Paul Knoll, in Reinassance Quarterly , LXXII, NO.1 (2018). "This book originated as the dissertation of Professor Gaines Post (d.1987), written under the direction of Charles Homer Haskins at Harvard University and approved in 1931. [...] We have Professor William J. Courtenay to thank for bringing this book to print. Courtenay's editorial interventions in the text appear light; he offers the book both as an original contribution to research into the rise of the universities but also as a window into the research conducted by Charles Homer Haskins and his students at Harvard'. [...] Post's careful and patient narrative of the emerging legal relationships complements these later analyses with the timely reminder that legal, juridical, and material conditions played significant roles in the formation of the university cultures". Robert J. Porwool, in Sixteenth Century Journal vol. 1, n.2, 2019.Table of ContentsPreface List of Abbreviations Introduction Part 1: The Papacy and the Constitution of the Universities 1 The Twelfth Century—Alexander III and the Licentia docendi 2 The License-System of the University of Paris in the Thirteenth Century 3 The License-System in Universities of Ecclesiastical Origin Influenced by Paris 4 The License-System in Universities of Secular Origin 5 The License-System: Conclusion; the Licentia ubique docendi 6 Jurisdiction 7 The Papacy and the Internal Development of the Universities Part 2: The Papacy and the Members of the Universities Introduction to Part 2 8 The Papacy and the Masters  §1 Masters’ Salaries in the Mediaeval Universities  §2 Patronage of Masters 9 The Papacy and the Students  §1 Ecclesiastical Benefices  §2 House-Rents  §3 Colleges 10 Conclusion: The Papacy and the Founding of the Universities Bibliography Indices

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Book SynopsisPaul F. Grendler, noted historian of European education, surveys Jesuit schools and universities throughout Europe from the first school founded in 1548 to the suppression of the Society of Jesus in 1773. The Jesuits were noted educators who founded and operated an international network of schools and universities that enrolled students from the age of ten through doctoral studies. The essay analyzes the organization, curriculum, pedagogy, culture, financing, relations with civil authorities, enrollments, and social composition of students in Jesuit pre-university schools. Grendler then explains Jesuit universities. The Jesuits governed and did all the teaching in small collegiate universities. In large civic-Jesuit universities the Jesuits taught the humanities, philosophy, and theology, while lay professors taught law and medicine. The article provides examples ranging from the first Jesuit school in Messina, Sicily, to universities across Europe. It features a complete list of Jesuit schools in France.Trade Review“Grendler has provided a concise, readable, and informative introduction to a complex topic. […] Jesuit Schools is a highly accessible and informative resource on early Jesuit education that will benefit students and scholars alike.” Sam Zeno Conedera, S.J., Saint Louis University. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 73, No. 1 (Spring 2020), pp. 326–328. “An eminent historian of Renaissance education, Grendler has produced a much-needed outline and analysis of an under-studied topic. It is intended for a more academic audience, while its brevity makes it suitable for an undergraduate or general reader. […] Despite the challenges of a varied and multi-language source base, and a Europe-wide scope, Grendler has produced a thoroughly detailed and useful but, above all, interesting and readable work.” Emily Chambers, University of Nottingham. In: History of Education [DOI: 10.1080/0046760X.2019.1651408 (published online 8 Aug. 2019)] “Grendler is a specialist of the history of education in early modern Italy. A complement to his more voluminous works on that topic, this handbook quickly orients the reader to two types of Jesuit educational institutions in Europe: schools and universities.” Thomas Worcester, S.J., Regis College, Toronto. In: Journal of Jesuit Studies, Vol. 7, No. 4 (2020), pp. 661–663. “This short work is an accessible, direct, and clear survey of Jesuit education before the suppression that links the universities to the foundational work of the schools. It aims at an academic readership, but it would be suitable for use in college courses. By highlighting the schools, the book makes original contributions and also points the way to fertile sources and questions for research. In these ways, both the specialist and the novice can profit by it.” Robert J. Porwoll, Gustavus Adolphus College. In: Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 53, No. 1 (2022), pp. 238⁠–⁠239.Table of ContentsJesuit Schools and Universities in Europe, 1548–1773  Paul F. Grendler  Abstract  Keyword  Part 1: Schools  Part 2: Universities  Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAfter their restoration of 1814, the Jesuits made significant contributions to the natural sciences, especially in the fields of astronomy, meteorology, seismology, terrestrial magnetism, mathematics, and biology. This narrative provides a history of the Jesuit institutions in which these discoveries were made, many of which were established in countries that previously had no scientific institutions whatsoever, thus generating a scientific and educational legacy that endures to this day. The article also focuses on the teaching and research that took place at Jesuit universities and secondary schools, as well as the order’s creation of a worldwide network of seventy-four astronomical and geophysical observatories where particularly important contributions were made to the fields of terrestrial magnetism, microseisms, tropical hurricanes, and botany.Trade Review“By establishing the who’s who and what’s what of modern Jesuit science, Udías is effectively clearing the ground for other scholars, much in the spirit of the series in which it appeared […]. For those who are venturing for the first time on the territory of modern Jesuit science, I recommend this work as a mine of research topics.” - Jean-Olivier Richard, University of Toronto, in: Journal of Jesuit Studies, Vol. 7, No. 4 (2020), pp. 694-697Table of ContentsJesuits and the Natural Sciences in Modern Times, 1814–2014  Agustín Udías  Abstract  Keywords  1 Introduction  2 A New Beginning  3 Science in the Training of Jesuits and the Tension between Scholastic Philosophy and Modern Science  4 Science in Jesuit Universities, Colleges, and Secondary Schools  5 The New Observatories  6 The Earth’s Magnetism  7 Jesuit Meteorological Stations  8 Tropical Hurricanes  9 Earthquakes and Seismology  10 The Tradition in Mathematics  11 The New Naturalists and Biologists  12 Jesuit Scientists in Non-Jesuit Institutions  13 Recent Developments  14 Jesuit Scientists and Ignatian Spirituality  15 Conclusion  Bibliography

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Book SynopsisFocusing on Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, Religious Education and the Anglo-World historiographically examines the relationship between empire and religious education. The analysis centres on three formative eras in the development of religious education in each case: firstly, the foundational moments of publicly funded education in the mid- to late nineteenth centuries when policy makers created largely Protestant systems of religious education, and frequently denied Roman Catholics funding for private education. Secondly, the period from 1880-1960 during which campaigns to strengthen religious education emerged in each context. Finally, the era of decolonisation from the 1960s through the 1980s when publicly funded religious education was challenged by the loss of Britishness as a central ideal, and Roman Catholics found unprecedented success in achieving state aid in many cases. By bringing these disparate national literatures into conversation with one another, Stephen Jackson calls for a greater transnational approach to the study of religious education in the Anglo-World.Table of ContentsReligious Education and the Anglo-World The Impact of Empire, Britishness, and Decolonisation in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand  Stephen Jackson Abstract Keywords  1 Introduction  2 The Founding Moments of Publicly Funded Religious Education in the Anglo-World  3 The Intensification of Religious Education in the Era of Recolonisation  4 The Crisis and Transformation of Religious Education in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand  5 Concluding Remarks  Acknowledgements  Bibliography

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Book SynopsisFrom the sixteenth through to the eighteenth century, printed disputations were the main academic output of universities. This genre is especially attractive as it deals with the most significant cultural and scientific innovations of the early modern period, such as the printing revolution and the development of new methods in philosophy, education and scholarly exchange via personal networks. Until recently, academic disputations have attracted comparatively little scholarly attention. This volume provides for the first time a comprehensive study of the early modern disputation culture, both through theoretical discussions and overviews, and numerous case studies that analyze particular features of disputations in various European regions.Trade Review“The text on the cover text of this collection of nearly a thousand pages explains that “from the 16th through the 18th century, printed disputations were the main academic output of universities.” The three editors confirm this claim with thirty-two case studies by different authors, investigating the topic of early modern printed disputations.” “Research on disputations, occupying as it does a somewhat marginal place in historical scholarship, is rendered more accessible to a wider audience through the use of English especially because of the book’s concentration on some more peripheral regions of Europe. This should be applauded.” “ One can only hope that this avenue of research will be continued because there is still so much to discover, which, thanks to the progressing digitization of the sources, is now much easier.” Christoph Sander, Bibliotheca Hertziana, in Journal of Jesuit Studies, 8.Table of ContentsList of Figures, Graphs and Tables Notes on the Editors Notes on the Contributors 1 Introduction  Meelis Friedenthal, Hanspeter Marti and Robert Seidel 2 Burden of Proof in Post-Medieval Disputation: Early Leibniz and Disputation Handbooks  Donald Felipe 3 Formen und Funktionen des Thesenblattes: Programm, Plakat und Memorialbild  Sibylle Appuhn-Radtke part 1: Britain 4 In Search of the Truth: Mid-Sixteenth Century Disputations on the Eucharist in England  Lucy R. Nicholas 5 Disputations at Seventeenth-Century Oxford  Tommi Alho 6 Singing the Study of Sound: Literary Engagement with Natural Philosophy in the Act and Tripos Verses of Oxford and Cambridge  William M. Barton part 2: France 7 Printed Theses in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century France  Laurence Brockliss 8 Un même portrait pour deux thèses dédiées à Marie Leczinska  Véronique Meyer part 3: Germany, Austria and Switzerland 9 The Disputational Culture of Renaissance Astronomy: Johannes Regiomontanus’s “An Terra Moveatur An Quiescat”  Alberto Bardi and Pietro Daniel Omodeo 10 Surgical Disputations in Basel at around 1600  Ulrich Schlegelmilch 11 The Scientific Revolution in Marburg  Sabine Schlegelmilch 12 On the Early Reception of John Brown’s Medical Theory on the Example of Doctoral Dissertations Defended in Jena in 1794–1795  Arvo Tering 13 Learned Artisans and Merchants in Early Eighteenth-Century Latin Dissertations  Sari Kivistö 14 David Pareus’s Collected Disputations as a Theological Commonplace Book: Disputation as a Medium of Basic Dogmatics and Religious Controversy  Gábor Förköli 15 The Good Arts, the Bad Arts, and Nature According to Georg Stengel (1584–1651)  Joseph S. Freedman 16 Progress or Conservatism? Eighteenth-Century Disputations and Dissertations at the University of Innsbruck between (Catholic) Enlightenment and Josephinism  Isabella Walser-Bürgler 17 Bismi ’llāhi … Three Dissertations by Johann Michael Lange on Editions and Translations of the Koran  Reinhold F. Glei 18 Being Entitled to Dispute: On Disputations in Duisburg in the Second Half of the 17th Century  Jan-Hendryk de Boer 19 Forms of Disputation and Didactics: Examples from Philosophy Lessons at Westphalian Grammar Schools in the 17th and Early 18th Century  Stephanie Hellekamps and Hans-Ulrich Musolff 20 Tradition, Synthesis, and Innovation: An Early Eighteenth-Century Dissertation on Dialects Presented in Wittenberg  Raf Van Rooy 21 The Programma in Relation to Disputations/Dissertations at the Faculty of Law of Leipzig University around 1750  Annamaria Lesigang-Bruckmüller 22 Who Needs Albertina Dissertations in Russia? Königsberg Dissertations from the Early Modern Age in the Russian State Library (Moscow)  Daria Barow-Vassilevitch 23 Form, Function and Publication of the Zurich Dissertations before the Founding of the University (1833)  Urs B. Leu part 4: Scandinavia and the Baltics 24 Ramism, Metaphysics and Pneumatology in the Swedish Universities of the First Half of the 17th Century  Meelis Friedenthal 25 Corollaries and Dissertations  Bo Lindberg 26 Dedicatory Practices in Early Uppsala Dissertations  Peter Sjökvist 27 Disputing and Writing Dissertations in Greek: Petrus Aurivillius’ Περὶ τῆς ἀρετῆς (Uppsala, 1658)  Tua Korhonen 28 Greek Disputations in German and Swedish Universities and Academic Gymnasia in the 17th and Early 18th Century  Janika Päll 29 Translation in University Dissertations: A Study of Swedish (and Finnish) Dissertations of the 19th Century and Earlier  Johanna Akujärvi 30 Johann Brever and Herodotus’ Histories in the Disputations of the Riga Academic Gymnasium  Kaarina Rein 31 ‘Monstrum Rationis Status’: Reason of State as Radical Philosophy at Uppsala University 1743–1747  Andreas Hellerstedt 32 Atlantic Uppsala: Paganism and Old Norse Literature in Swedish University Disputations  Bernd Roling 33 Disputations and Dissertations in the Early Modern Swedish Gymnasium  Axel Hörstedt Index Nominum

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