scholarly journals Back to School? Historians and the View from the Classroom

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penney Clark ◽  
Amy Von Heyking
Keyword(s):  
Educational Experiences ◽  
Classroom Culture ◽  
Curricular Change ◽  
Teacher Authority ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
History Of ◽  
Children’S Voices

In 1986, Chad Gaffield challenged historians to go “back to school” in order to better understand children’s experiences. This article addresses the historiographical approaches historians have used since 1986 to elucidate continuity and change in the contexts and cultures of schools, and the content of instruction. The history of schooling contexts reflects increasing efforts to use resources efficiently and to make schools more comfortable places to be. Studies of school and classroom culture have revealed a shift away from the centrality of teacher authority. Research on curricular change describes a process characterized by renovation rather than transformation. To what extent have historians been successful in meeting Gaffield’s challenge? Historians have sought out rich and diverse sources that illuminate how adults’ concerns and priorities shaped students’ educational experiences. Now they need to find sources that better reveal children’s voices. The article argues for attentiveness to the achievement of a multifaceted understanding of students’ experiences of state schooling over time.RésuméEn 1986, Chad Gaffield a mis les historiens au défi de « retourner à l’école » afin de mieux comprendre les expériences vécues par les enfants. Cet article aborde les approches historiographiques utilisées par les historiens depuis 1986 pour expliquer la continuité et le changement dans les contextes et les cultures des écoles, ainsi que le contenu de l’enseignement. L’histoire des contextes scolaires reflète les efforts croissants déployés afin d’utiliser les ressources de manière efficace et de rendre les écoles plus confortables. Des études sur la culture de l’école et de la classe ont révélé une distanciation face à l’importance de l’autorité des enseignants. La recherche sur l’évolution des programmes d’études décrit un processus caractérisé par la rénovation plutôt que la transformation. Dans quelle mesure les historiens ont-ils réussi à relever le défi de Gaffield? Les historiens ont cherché des sources riches et diverses qui illustrent comment les préoccupations et les priorités des adultes ont influencé les expériences pédagogiques des élèves. Ils doivent désormais trouver des sources qui rendent davantage compte de la voix des enfants. Cet article plaide pour qu’une plus grande attention soit portée à la compréhension multifacette de l’expérience des élèves de l’école publique dans le temps. 

The Experience of Poetry

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek Attridge
Keyword(s):  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Cultural Practice ◽  
Oral Traditions ◽  
English Renaissance ◽  
Ancient Rome ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Impact

The question this book addresses is whether, in addition to its other roles, poetry—or a cultural practice we now call poetry—has, across the two-and-a-half millennia from the composition of the Homeric epics to the publication of Ben Jonson’s Works and the death of Shakespeare in 1616, continuously afforded the pleasurable experience we identify with the crafting of language into memorable and moving rhythmic forms. Parts I and II examine the evidence for the performance of the Iliad and the Odyssey and of Ancient Greek lyric poetry, the impact of the invention of writing on Alexandrian verse, the performances of poetry that characterized Ancient Rome, and the private and public venues for poetic experience in Late Antiquity. Part III deals with medieval verse, exploring the oral traditions that spread across Europe in the vernacular languages, the importance of manuscript transmission, the shift from roll to codex and from papyrus to parchment, and the changing audiences for poetry. Part IV explores the achievements of the English Renaissance, from the manuscript verse of Henry VIII’s court to the anthologies and collections of the late Elizabethan period. Among the topics considered in this part are the advent of print, the experience of the solitary reader, the continuing significance of manuscript circulation, the presence of poet figures in pageants and progresses, and the appearance of poets on the Elizabethan stage. Tracking both continuity and change, the book offers a history of what, over these twenty-five centuries, it has meant to enjoy a poem.

scholarly journals VISUALIZING GERMANNESS THROUGH COSTUMES IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
FREDERICK G. CROFTS
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Holy Roman Empire ◽  
Production Networks ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
Political Landscape ◽  
History Of ◽  
Scholarly Discourse ◽  
Material Exchange

ABSTRACT Examining the understudied collection of costume images from Heidelberg Calvinist, lawyer, and church councillor Marcus zum Lamm's (1544–1606) ‘treasury’ of images, the Thesaurus Picturarum, this article intervenes in the historiography on sixteenth-century German national imaginaries, emphasizing the import of costume books and manuscript alba for national self-fashioning. By bringing late sixteenth-century ethnographic costume image collections into scholarly discourse on the variegated ways of conceiving and visualizing Germany and Germanness over the century, this article sheds new light on a complex narrative of continuity and change in the history of German nationhood and identity. Using zum Lamm's images as a case-study, this article stresses the importance of incorporating costume image collections into a nexus of patriotic genres, including works of topographical-historical, natural philosophical, ethnographic, cartographic, cosmographic, and genealogical interest. Furthermore, it calls for historians working on sixteenth-century costume books and alba to look deeper into the meanings of such images and collections in the specific contexts of their production; networks of knowledge and material exchange; and – in the German context – the political landscape of territorialization, confessionalization, and dynastic ambition in the Holy Roman Empire between the Peace of Augsburg and the Thirty Years War (1555–1618).

Post-Slavery? Post-Segregation? Post-Racial? A History of the Impact of Slavery, Segregation, and Racism on the Education of African Americans

2015 ◽  
Vol 117 (14) ◽  
pp. 53-74
Author(s):  
Christopher M. Span
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
Source Analysis ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Archival Data ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Impact

This chapter details how slavery, segregation, and racism impacted the educational experiences of African Americans from the colonial era to the present. It offers a historical overview of the African American educational experience and uses archival data and secondary source analysis to illustrate that America has yet to be a truly post-slavery and post-segregation society, let alone a post-racial society.

scholarly journals Islam Dibawa Masuk oleh Orang Nusantara: Dari Data Terserak Buzurgh Al-Ramahurmuzi, ‘Ajaibul Hind: Kisah-Kisah Ajaib di Daratan dan Lautan Hindi

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 239-252
Author(s):  
Idris Masudi
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Cultural Relations ◽  
Indian Ocean Region ◽  
Ibn Khaldun ◽  
Science Culture ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
Golden Triangle ◽  
Ocean Region ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Indian Ocean

Studies of the archipelago (nusantara) on the notes of foreign travelers written in the 9th and 10th of centuries are still quite rare.  Indeed, there have been several studies on the notes of travelers such as Ma Huan (China), Tome Pires (Portuguese), Ibn Bathuthah (Arabic), and some others. But, these studies revolve around the notes of travelers after the 10th of century.  Meanwhile, notes of travelers who came to the archipelago (nusantara) in the century before 10 AD have not got serious attention yet. This book is a travel note's report which captures various activities in India, China and Southeast Asia. This book also contains a history about how Islam met in the Sarandib area.  There are many interpretations of sarandib accurate location today. The findings of Keram Kevonian in his research on the names of regions in the Indian Ocean region using Armenian language sources stated that Sarandib means Swarnadipa which was no other than Sumatra. Keywords: nusantara, records of travelers, islamization, sarandib Reference: Balka, Ilyas. The Geoghraphy of The Islamic Word As Seen By Ibn Khaldun. Oman: Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs, t.thn. Buzurg ibn Syahriyar Ramahurmuz. Kitab Ajayib al-Hind; Barruhu wa Bahruhu, wa Jazairuhu, Penerjemah: Arsyad Mokhtar. Malaysia: Pulau Pinang-Malaysia, 2015. Fatimi, S.Q. Islam Comes to Malaysia. Singapore: Malaysian Sociological Institute, 1963. —. Two Letters From Maharaja to The Khalifah: A Study in the Early History of Islam in the East. t.thn. Freeman-Grenville, G.S.P. “ Some Thought on Buzurg Ibn Shahriyar Al-Ramahormuzi: The Book of The Wonders India.” Paideuma Journal, 1982: no. 28. Hasymy, A. Sejarah masuk dan berkembangnya Islam di Indonesia. Bandung: Al-Maarif, 1981. Kevonian, Keram. Suatu Catatan Perjalanan di Laut Cina, dalam buku Lobu Tua Sejarah Awal Barus, editor Claude Gulliot, Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia, 2015. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia, 2015. Kratovsky, Ignatius. Istoria Arabskoi Geograficheskio Literatury, Tarikh Al-Adab al-Jugrafi al-'Arabiy, penerjemah: Shalahuddin 'Utsman Hasyim,. Teheran: Al-Idarah al-Tsaqafah, t.thn. Nurcholis, Nanang. “The Golden Triangle (India-China-Indonesia) Maritime Cultural Relations (A Critical Analysis on Kitab ‘Ajaib alHind by Buzurg Ibn Shahriyār (d.399 H/1009 M).” Proceeding of the International Seminar and Conference 2015: The Golden Triangle (Indonesia-India-Tiongkok) Interrelations in Religion, Science, Culture, and Economic. Semarang: Unwahas, 2015. Ramahurmuz, Buzurg Ibn syahriyar. Kitab Ajaib al-Hind: Barruhu wa Bahruhu, wa Jaziruhu. Paris: Leiden-E.J. Brill, 1883. Shimada, Ryuoto. “Southeast Asia and International Trade: Continuity and Change in Historical Perspective.” Dalam Paths to the Emerging State in Asia and Africa Springer, oleh Keijiro Otsuka dan Kaoru Sugihara (Ed), Chapter III. Berlin: Springer, 2019. Syakir, Mahmud. al-Tarikh al-Islamy; al-Tarikh al-Muashirah fi al-Qarah al-Hindi. Beirut: al-Maktab al-Islamy, 1991.

Introduction

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
GEORGINA HERRMANN ◽  
JOE CRIBB
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Cultural Continuity ◽  
Alexander The Great ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
History Of ◽  
Religious Iconography

This introductory chapter discusses the coverage of this book, which is about the history of Central Asia after its conquest by Alexander the Great and before the introduction of Islam. It explores the role of the nomads in the shaping of Central Asia, describes major cities and the arrangement of buildings, and explores the region's experience with a series of invasions. The chapter analyses the role of money as a marker of cultural continuity and change and discusses religious iconography and temples.

Prostitution and Trafficking in the Age of HIV/AIDS

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saheed Aderinto
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Regulatory Agencies ◽  
Colonial History ◽  
National Agency ◽  
Girl Child ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
Contemporary Politics ◽  
History Of ◽  
Illicit Sexuality ◽  
Hiv Aids

This epilogue links the colonial history of sexuality with the contemporary politics of HIV/AIDS and girl-child trafficking in Nigeria. The continuity and change in the institutional response to illicit sexuality mirrored the transformative process in the core structures of Nigeria's political and economic ordering. Unlike in the 1940s, when the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the CWO were chiefly responsible for policing prostitution, postcolonial Nigeria witnessed the emergence of new organizations like the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP), which monitors sexual exploitation of underage girls. Indeed, the character, intensity, and composition of regulatory agencies have changed to meet the new challenges of urbanization, HIV/AIDS, underdevelopment, and the globalization of sex in post-independence Nigeria.

Continuity and Change in the International History of Maritime South East Asia

1968 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. D. Cowan
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
East Asian ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Modern History ◽  
International History ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
Asian Society ◽  
History Of ◽  
East Asian Society ◽  
Dividing Line

That view of the history of maritime South East Asia which fixed a rigid dividing line in 1511 or 1600, and regarded the assertion of European dominance in the area as marking the frontier between traditional and modern history, has long ago been discredited and discarded. It led to the treatment of the earlier history of Malaya and Indonesia as a mere prelude to the coming of the Europeans, or at least as an era without relevance to later events, to which special criteria must be applied. The later history was treated predominantly as the story of European activities and rivalries, and purely western criteria were applied even to indigenous themes. All this is now regarded as unscientific, and labelled ‘Europe-centric’. Few, if any, contemporary historians would challenge this judgment so far as the internal history of Malaya and Indonesia and their component parts are concerned, and, though there is still ample room for discussion as to its application in practice, this paper does not seek to re-open the debate. It is concerned not so much with the development of maritime South East Asian society, or with the history of individual states within what are now Malaysia and Indonesia, as with the relations of these states with each other.

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