This handbook offers a global perspective on the historical development of educational institutions, systems of schooling, educational ideas, and educational experiences. Its 36 chapters consider the field's changing scholarship, while examining particular national and regional themes and offering a comparative perspective. Each also provides suggestions for further research and analysis.

• Acknowledgments


• Contributors


• Introduction


• John L. Rury and Eileen H. Tamura


• Part I. INTERPRETIVE FRAMES IN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY


• 1. Consensus and Revisionism in Educational History


• Gary McCulloch


• 2. The Urban History of Education


• Ansley T. Erickson


• 3. Method in the History of Education


• William Richardson


• 4. Theory in the History of Education


• Isaac Gottesman


• Part II. PRE-MODERN ROOTS


• 5. Education in Greek and Roman Antiquity


• Mark Joyal


• 6. Education in Medieval Europe


• Spencer E. Young


• 7. Education in Pre-Modern China and Japan


• Conrad Schirokauer


• 8. Pre-Colonial Indigenous Education in the Western Hemisphere and Pacific


• Adrea Lawrence


• Part III. THE RISE OF NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEMS


• 9. National Education Systems: Europe


• James C. Albisetti


• 10. National Education Systems: North America


• Nancy Beadie


• 11. National Education Systems: Australia and New Zealand


• Craig Campbell and Maxine Stephenson


• 12. National Education Systems: Latin America


• G. Antonio Espinoza


• 13. National Education Systems: Asia


• Elizabeth VanderVen


• 14. National Education Systems: Africa


• Peter Kallaway


• 15. National Education Systems: Middle East


• Heidi Morrison


• Part IV. THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN HIGHER EDUCATION


• 16. Higher Education in Modern Europe


• Vincent Carpentier


• 17. The German University and Its Influence


• Charles E. McClelland


• 18. Higher Education in Canada and the United States


• Philo Hutcheson


• 19. Higher Education in Asia


• Anthony Welch


• 20. The Professions and Professional Education


• Richard K. Neumann Jr.


• Part V. INEQUALITY AND DISCRIMINATION


• 21. Inequality in Education


• Judith Kafka


• 22. Gendering the History of Education


• Lucy E. Bailey and Karen Graves


• 23. Education and Migration in History


• Paul J. Ramsey


• 24. Race and Ethnicity in Education History


• Yoon K. Pak


• 25. Education and the African Diaspora


• Christopher M. Span and Brenda N. Sanya


• 26. Colonial Education and Anti-Colonial Struggles


• Ana Isabel Madeira and Luís Grosso Correia


• Part VI. EDUCATIONAL REFORM AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE


• 27. Conflicting Constructions of Childhood and Children in Education History


• Barbara Beatty


• 28. Religion and the History of Education


• James W. Fraser and Diane L. Moore


• 29. Progressive Education


• William J. Reese


• 30. The History of School Teachers and Administrators


• Kate Rousmaniere


• 31. Transitions from Rural to Urban Schooling


• David A. Gamson


• 32. The Modern History of Literacy


• David Vincent


• 33. Curriculum History


• Daniel Tröhler


• 34. The History of Non-formal and Informal Education


• Andrew Grunzke


• 35. The History of Technology and Education


• Sevan Terzian


• 36. The History of Transnational and Comparative Education


• Marcelo Caruso


• Index

John L. Rury is professor of Education and (by courtesy) History and African & African American Studies at the University of Kansas. He has served as president of the History of Education Society, USA, and as a vice president of the American Educational Research Association. He is an author or editor of nine books on the history of American education.
Eileen H. Tamura is professor emeritus at the College of Education, University of Hawai'i. Before her retirement, she served as chair of the Department of Educational Foundations. She served as president of the History of Education Society (USA). She is the author, coauthor, or editor of seven history books.