History of Education Review: Volume 44 Issue 2

Nietzsche, Social Darwinism and the Chair of Music at Melbourne University: A reply to Matthew Lorenzon

The purpose of this paper is to challenge Matthew Lorenzon’s contention that the late 1890s outcry demanding Melbourne University music professor G.W.L. Marshall-Hall’s removal…

UNSW and the establishment of the Faculty of Military Studies at the Royal Military College, Duntroon: 1965-1968

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in the establishment of the Faculty of Military Studies (FMS) at the Royal Military…

“What to do about schools?”: The Australian Radical Education Group (RED G)

The Australian Radical Education Group (RED G) was created in June 1976, which in turn launched a magazine for radical(ising) teachers, the Radical Education Dossier (RED), that…

Great projects and crude realities: Advances and retreats of the educational policy in contemporary Spain

– The purpose of this paper is to analyze the circumstances that have conditioned the development of education in Spain from the enlightenment to the present day.

Ethel A. Stephens’ “at home”: art education for girls and women

The purpose of this paper is to explore the professional biography of Ethel A. Stephens, examining her career as an artist and a teacher in Sydney between 1890 and 1920. Accounts…

Drawing the boundary lines of science education: Subject associations and Swedish pre-service biology teacher education 1960-1990

The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze how the Swedish Association of Biology Teachers (ABT) and some other subject associations helped form pre-service biology…

Taking the lead in science education reform in NSW, 1957-1964: Wyndham, Messel, Robson and Menzies

The purpose of this paper is to examine how Harry Messel, Harold Wyndham, L.C. Robson and Robert Menzies were instrumental in bringing about substantial change in science…

Administration and gender in Eretz Israel: Profiles and career paths of women in educational administration during the late Ottoman period, 1889-1914

The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse the significance of the incidence of female principals in the urban sector of Eretz Israel, against the background of growing…

University Unlimited: The Monash Story

Seeking Wisdom: A Centenary History of The University of Western Australia