History of Education Review: Volume 40 Issue 1

The mythic campus and the professorial life: A. Scott Carter's pictorial map of the University of Toronto, 1937

In 1937, a pictorial fine art map of the University of Toronto was designed and painted by artist Alexander Scott Carter. The map was commissioned by Vincent Massey, then High…

“We know no such profession as a university teacher”: New Zealand academics' teaching capabilities and student performance in the years of academic boom and student strife

The historical study aims to trace moves towards professionalising university teaching in the era of post‐war expansion in higher education using the University of Auckland, New…

Locating curriculum integration within the historical context: Innovations in Aotearoa New Zealand state schools, 1920s‐1940s

This study seeks to trace the development of curriculum integration and related curricula designs in state schools in Aotearoa/New Zealand (NZ) during the “New Education” era…

“A long way to go before we win the battle” : The propaganda war over the Picot report and Tomorrow's Schools

During the late 1980s New Zealand, in common with a number of other nations, underwent a controversial restructuring of its public sector, including education. The radical nature…

Travelling the Empire: The “School Empire Tours” and their significance for conceptual understandings (1927‐1939)

The purpose of this paper is to provide fresh insights into the meaning and experience of an imperial education and the evolving concept of empire itself in Britain during the…

Looking Back from the Centre: A Snapshot of contemporary New Zealand Education

Beyond the Lecture Hall: Universities and Community Engagement from the Middle Ages to the Present Day

Made in Queensland: A New History

History of Education Review: a new ERA?

A new company descriptor takes us into a new era