Blackwell History of Education Collection: Electronic Journal of Education History

Purpose
The purpose of the Blackwell E-Journal of Education History is to create a learning community of scholars, teachers, museum practitioners, and local history "buffs" by providing a forum for sharing new knowledge and practices.

Journal editors encourage variety in presentation format, including but not limited to scholarly essays, symposia, dramatic dialogues, and poetry.

Four Themes

Historical Museums
Theory and practice in all aspects of museum work with a focus on education. Examples: partnerships, management of volunteers, and programming

Research Methods
Ethical and practical issues related to the collection of historic artifacts and memories.

Educational Programming
Museum facilities and collections for classroom instruction, for community continuing education, and for university students.

Educational Histories
Writing about informal and formal education, life histories, and institutional histories.

Articles (click on the title to read the article)

Yuval Dror, Oranim & Haifa University, Israel
Progressive Informal Education Interpreted by the Founders of Kibbutz Education in Eretz Israel (Palestine), 1918-1948

James A. Dunn, Cornell University
Can a Study of the History of American Education Inform Contemporary Educational Reform?

R.V. Farrell, Florida International University
The Conquest of Minds: Lessons and Strategies from Latin American Educational History

V. Susan Fodor, Laczkó Dezsó Museum, Hungary
Presenting Hungarian Educational History in Museums

Henry W. Hodysh, The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Reinventing the Educational Past: The Implications of Autobiography as History and Text

Kathleen A. Murphey, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
Teaching Our Educational Heritage to Teachers

E-mail questions and comments to
the Blackwell Museum (blackwell@niu.edu)