Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Contributors
Introduction
John L. Rury and Eileen H. Tamura

Part I. INTERPRETIVE FRAMES IN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

1. Consensus and Revisionism in Educational History
Gary McCulloch

2. The Urban History of Education
Ansley T. Erickson

3. Method in the History of Education
William Richardson

4. Theory in the History of Education
Isaac Gottesman

Part II. PRE-MODERN ROOTS

5. Education in Greek and Roman Antiquity
Mark Joyal

6. Education in Medieval Europe
Spencer E. Young

7. Education in Pre-Modern China and Japan
Conrad Schirokauer

8. Pre-Colonial Indigenous Education in the Western Hemisphere and Pacific
Adrea Lawrence

Part III. THE RISE OF NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEMS

9. National Education Systems: Europe
James C. Albisetti

10. National Education Systems: North America
Nancy Beadie

11. National Education Systems: Australia and New Zealand
Craig Campbell and Maxine Stephenson

12. National Education Systems: Latin America
G. Antonio Espinoza

13. National Education Systems: Asia
Elizabeth VanderVen

14. National Education Systems: Africa
Peter Kallaway

15. National Education Systems: Middle East
Heidi Morrison

Part IV. THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN HIGHER EDUCATION

16. Higher Education in Modern Europe
Vincent Carpentier

17. The German University and Its Influence
Charles E. McClelland

18. Higher Education in Canada and the United States
Philo Hutcheson

19. Higher Education in Asia
Anthony Welch

20. The Professions and Professional Education
Richard K. Neumann Jr.

Part V. INEQUALITY AND DISCRIMINATION

21. Inequality in Education
Judith Kafka

22. Gendering the History of Education
Lucy E. Bailey and Karen Graves

23. Education and Migration in History
Paul J. Ramsey

24. Race and Ethnicity in Education History
Yoon K. Pak

25. Education and the African Diaspora
Christopher M. Span and Brenda N. Sanya

26. Colonial Education and Anti-Colonial Struggles
Ana Isabel Madeira and Luís Grosso Correia

Part VI. EDUCATIONAL REFORM AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE

27. Conflicting Constructions of Childhood and Children in Education History
Barbara Beatty

28. Religion and the History of Education
James W. Fraser and Diane L. Moore

29. Progressive Education
William J. Reese

30. The History of School Teachers and Administrators
Kate Rousmaniere

31. Transitions from Rural to Urban Schooling
David A. Gamson

32. The Modern History of Literacy
David Vincent

33. Curriculum History
Daniel Tröhler

34. The History of Non-formal and Informal Education
Andrew Grunzke

35. The History of Technology and Education
Sevan Terzian

36. The History of Transnational and Comparative Education
Marcelo Caruso

Index

About the Author

John L. Rury is professor of Education and (by courtesy) History and African & African American Studies at the University of Kansas. He has served as president of the History of Education Society, USA, and as a vice president of the American Educational Research Association. He is an author or editor of nine books on the history of American education.

Eileen H. Tamura is professor emeritus at the College of Education, University of Hawai 'i. Before her retirement, she served as chair of the Department of Educational Foundations. She served as president of the History of Education Society (USA). She is the author, coauthor, or editor of seven history books.

Reviews

"Historians and university librarians should add this handbook to their collections. They will be giving themselves and graduate students a handy and comprehensive reference that all of us can use to further the scholarship in the history of education field." -- Jason Ellis, Historical Studies in Education/Revue d'histoire de l'éducation