There is an abundance of cross-national quantitative studies of 'what works' in education
and teacher education in the international literature. However, there is a paucity of cross …

The first biographical study of Nano Nagle, the foundress of he Presentation order of nuns,
that positions her within Irish social history, and assesses her vast international legacy …

Historische Bildungsforschung hat seit dem Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts die traditionelle
„Geschichte der Pädagogik “abgelöst und sich zu einem methodisch und theoretisch …

This exploratory study set out to quantitatively address the concept of Bildung and its
associated dimensions of self-determination, co-determination and solidarity per the …

The origins of historical research into childhood are usually traced to the publication of
Philippe Ariès's 1960 study, translated into English as Centuries of childhood. Here, Ariès …

Education policy is a core element of the modern state's sovereignty and autonomy.
Education serves the state as a means of integrating society through culture and ideology …

This book vividly reconstructs the social world of upper middle-class Belfast during the time
of the city's greatest growth, between the 1830s and the 1880s. Using extensive primary …

This chapter focuses on early modern Europe, in particular on the most widespread
institution in European education: the school. It explores the relevance of schools to the …

Older Irish Catholics remember a metaphysical space or place called Limbo. This was the
destination of unbaptized infants. They could never enter Heaven because the stain of …

Shifts in landownership affect not only its concentration among individuals but, by changing
the identity of the local economic elite, its distribution among groups. We study how the …