History of Education Review: Volume 42 Issue 1

Theorising missionary education: the Bolivian Indian Mission 1908‐1920

Hugh Morrison

Education was an enduring feature of the modern Protestant missionary movement. Historiographically, however, scholarship on the subject is often fragmented geographically and…

Negotiating the benefits of knowledge: Two British scientists in Australian post‐war universities

Hannah Forsyth

The purpose of this paper is to explore the origins of tensions between the benefits (such as technologies and skills) and the substance of knowledge (often described as “pure…

Poor laws and schooling in Stockholm

Kerstin Holmlund

The purpose of this paper is to utilize illustrative examples from the industrialisation period in Sweden to analyse the interlace between poor legislation and school legislation.

Being special: memories of the Australian public high school, 1920s‐1950s

Josephine May, Helen Proctor

The first state high schools in New South Wales (NSW) were restricted to children with high academic ability. The purpose of this paper is to explore the lived experience of over…

Guthrie Wilson and the trans‐Tasman educational career

Malcolm David Prentis

Guthrie Wilson (1914‐1984) was one example of the trend of migration of teachers from New Zealand public schools to Australian private schools. The purpose of this paper is to…

Caroline Pratt's political, toy manufacturing, and educational life, 1896‐1921

Jeroen Staring

The purpose of this paper is to explore the political, toy manufacturing, and educational activities of Caroline Louise Pratt (1867‐1954), founder of the Play School (later…

Teachers and their Times: History and the Teachers Federation

Harry Smaller

Reforming New Zealand Secondary Education: The Picot Report and the Road to Radical Reform

Tanya Fitzgerald

Going to School in Oceania

Lauren Johnson