History of Education Review: Volume 44 Issue 1

Race, citizenship and national identity in The School Paper, 1946-1968

The purpose of this paper is to explore representations of Aboriginal people, in particular children, in the Victorian government’s school reader The School Paper, from the end of…

Prophet or fool? The professional position and role of historians of education

– The purpose of this paper is to explore the professional dilemmas of historians of education in the USA.

Teaching “other people’s children” in Australia from the 1840s to contemporary times

The purpose of this paper is to explore Australian educators’ work with “other people’s children” (OPCs) (Delpit, 2006) from the informal education market of the 1840s to the mass…

Making the middle class: schooling and social class formation

As the Australian working class continues its decline, sociological and historical scholarship has begun to focus more on the middle class. The purpose of this paper is to explore…

Seeking the voices of Catholic Teaching Sisters: challenges in the research process

– The purpose of this paper is to encourage historical research on the educational work of Catholic Sisters in Australia which includes the Sisters’ perspectives.

The elite education of Lieutenant Arthur Wheen, MM

The purpose of this paper is to explore the educative experiences of Arthur Wesley Wheen – his socialisation and indoctrination within a devout family, on the one hand, and his…

The great unraveling; restructuring and reorganising education and schooling in Victoria, 1980-1992

The purpose of this paper is to trace the restructure of the Victorian Education Department in Australia during the years 1980-1992. It examines how the restructuring of the…

Theory into practice in Australian progressive education: The Enmore Activity School

The purpose of this paper is to scrutinize the avowedly progressive curriculum delivered in the 1930s at the Enmore Activity School. Through this examination it delineates a gap…

Way College: 1892-1903

The Principal’sOffice:A Social History of the American School Principal

Mass Hysteria in Schools: A Worldwide History Since 1566

A History of the Modern Australian University

Introduction to the History of Education Review Special IssueEducation for all? Access, equity and exclusivity in the history of education