This article looks at two modern institutions designed to discipline and control urban bodies--the school and the asylum--and the records they produced and the young people whose moral and cognitive capacities they tended. Both institutions are the sites of past childhood stories, yet the lives experienced in them are essentially anonymous. The…

A detailed examination of the events surrounding the 1932 Kidd Report in British Columbia indicates what the controversy revealed about education in British Columbia, the role of school during the depression, social class and school relationships in the province, and finally the role of democracy in the episode. (SB)

Reviews immigration to the United States during the late 19th and early 20th century as well as during earlier periods. Topics addressed include racism, slavery, antiforeign sentiment, resurgence of ethnic pride, increase in "new" immigration, and implications for educators. (RH)

From the launch of Sputnik in 1957 until the approval of Proposition 13 in California in 1978, pressures for academic and social reform prompted numerous changes in the schools. Academic reforms were begun first, focusing on curricular revisions in reading, mathematics, and science. Social reform efforts led to the equalization of access to…

The nature of music, education, and community, and the interactions among these three factors in nineteenth-century Kansas, were studied to determine the role and function of music education in a sociocultural context. (SR)

Written in 1934, develops the notion of a scientifically constructed secondary school curriculum based on the study of social trends. (GC)

Discusses the American view of the role of education in developing Americans. Focuses on Massachusetts, the heart of early American industrialization, which gave prime importance to publicly supported education as a vehicle of social conditioning. (JOW)

Outlines the relationship between Dutch universities and teacher education in a historical context. The article examines Dutch primary and secondary education and related higher education, noting the role of universities and vocational institutions. Comments on movements of teacher education toward and away from the universities are included. (SM)

Presents a history of comprehensive school health education (CSHE). Though history records an interest in health from the beginning of time, the first movement toward CSHE occurred in the 1960s. Before the 1970s, no rigorous studies examined the effectiveness of CSHE curricula. The 1990s are witnessing strong support for CSHE. (SM)

This paper describes the curriculum that immigrant children encountered when they entered the New York City public schools at the beginning of the twentieth century. Focusing on the interaction between the curriculum and one group, East European Jews, the paper examines: (1) what the schools were attempting to teach Jewish and other immigrant…

Examines the organization of a two-tiered system of day care and education for young children from an institutional perspective, focusing on the significance of gender. The article explores the formation and development of the institutional charters of schools and school-like programs and of day-care programs. (SM)

The importance of Wilhelm von Humboldt's work in educational philosophy is little known outside of Germany and even there he is more often criticized than praised. This is unfortunate because his contributions to education and other areas had an important impact on other philosophers of his period and are well worth considering today. In his main…

Outlines briefly the organization and social role of the university in Europe during the Middle Ages. The author describes the evolution of the institutional structure from exclusively church-linked schools to self-administering educational bodies. (AM)

The value of historical descriptive analysis in comparative education is highlighted by the method's application to schooling in Burma, demonstrating how control over schooling relates to state legitimacy. Supervision of Burmese education by Theravada Buddhist monasteries--Sangha--was undermined by 19th-century British colonial administration. The…

Actions taken to counter alcoholism in Belgium toward the end of the 19th century are discussed. Why the primary school was enlisted in the fight against the social problem, what initiatives were developed, and what results were achieved are considered. (RM)