Drawing on archival material and oral testimony of former students, this paper examines the lives and experiences of women in Catholic primary teacher training colleges in Ireland in the period 1922-1974. It commences with a brief overview of the historical context in which these colleges emerged, situating their development within the…

Narratives of international educational exchange programmes such as the US-sponsored Fulbright and the Commonwealth-centred Carnegie grants reveal the formative role these exchanges played in extending the geographical, scholarly, and professional boundaries of women's worlds. Notably, these award schemes influenced, shaped and expanded the career…

In this article, I review influential contributions made by writing-studies researchers to the research literature on literacy sponsorship. Through this review, I show how subsequent studies have reiterated three basic assumptions of Deborah Brandt's pioneering oral-history project. However, I also demonstrate that later writing-studies research…

Evidence from a recent study of English teaching in three London schools in the post-war era suggests that changes to curriculum and pedagogy, commonly attributed by historians to the 1960s, were well underway in the 1950s. Major changes associated with "New English" occurred when teachers began taking the lives and experiences of their…

Drawing on historical research, this paper draws attention to Dewey's oft-neglected, but no less brilliant work published in 1929, The Sources of a Science of Education. Dewey's critique of efforts in his day to seek "quick-fixes" to practical educational and curricular issues by employing premature scientific investigations and findings has…

When writers are interviewed, they do not let us in on what it is that makes them gifted or how they actually write; instead, they give us a performance in the particular imaginative mode that is theirs. They manipulate the interview situation with great style and skill. Examples are provided. (RM)

Introduces the four oral histories of counseling psychologists included in this issue of The Counseling Psychologist. The oral histories represent individuals who have made unique and significant contributions to the field of counseling psychology. A responding reaction follows these four articles. (MKA)

Describes historical collections of major psychoanalytic libraries--American Psychiatric Association, Boston Psychoanalytic Society, Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, Insititue of Living, Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society, Menninger Foundation, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic, Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic…

Discusses oral history in precolonial and more recent times in the Philippines, with particular emphasis on the activities of the Filipino institutions and scholars engaged currently in oral history projects. Projects are classified by geographical location in the Metro Manila area, in the Visayas, and in Mindanao. (DB)

Describes the development of a processing methodology for oral history tapes--the TAPE System (Timed Access to Pertinent Excerpts). Developed at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, the TAPE system is linked to a philosophy that the sound recording itself is the primary source document. (DB)

Examines significant events that have influenced the personal and professional development of pioneers in the counseling field who have been interviewed in the "Journal of Counseling and Development." Presents some of the pioneers' observations and reflections about counselor training. (ABL)

The article discusses the current status of Chicano oral history as a field of scholarly investigation, comments upon some research opportunities, and provides information regarding Chicano holdings of various oral history programs in the United States. (Author)

An avid supporter of oral history, educator historian Carter G. Woodson maintained that an understanding of the past would enlighten present generations. Illuminating Woodson's spirit and philosophy, this article is written to investigate oral history as a theory and practice used to problematize traditional assumptions of history while licensing…

Discusses problems often encountered in oral history interviews including absence of rules, authority, and training; little comprehension of the deeper meaning of words; and failure to consider the true meaning and purposes of oral interviews. Information is also presented on definition of oral history, approaches to problems,…

Focuses on sources of distortion and other inaccuracies in the work of oral historians and explains that such problems result from efforts of informants and historians to make a narrative more easily understood by the audience. Considers various efforts by oral historians to minimize distortion by using greater care and rigor in conducting,…