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Freedom, Democracy and Self-Government: The Progressive Case of J.H. Simpson (2024)
Journal Article
Howlett, J. (in press). Freedom, Democracy and Self-Government: The Progressive Case of J.H. Simpson. History of Education, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/0046760x.2023.2220309

This paper has as its focus the life and thinking of the educational theorist and schoolmaster J. H. Simpson (1883–1959), who was not only a reforming teacher at Rugby School but was also the first headmaster of the progressive Rendcomb College. His... Read More about Freedom, Democracy and Self-Government: The Progressive Case of J.H. Simpson.

Freedom, differentialism and the partnership method: the progressive education of Norman MacMunn (2023)
Journal Article
Howlett, J. (2023). Freedom, differentialism and the partnership method: the progressive education of Norman MacMunn. History of Education, 52(1), 56-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/0046760X.2022.2065538

This article has as its focus the life and thinking of the practitioner and theorist Norman MacMunn (1877–1925), whose experimental work in a number of schools outlined a new conception of freedom and one that drew initially upon the thinking and pra... Read More about Freedom, differentialism and the partnership method: the progressive education of Norman MacMunn.

Histories of everyday life: the making of popular social history in Britain, 1918-1979 (2022)
Journal Article
Howlett, J. (2023). Histories of everyday life: the making of popular social history in Britain, 1918-1979. History of Education, 52(1), 139-141. https://doi.org/10.1080/0046760X.2022.2070287

This splendidly written and meticulously researched book is an attempt to trace the rise and fall of popular social history in Britain, the most important manifestation of which was the ‘history (or histories) of everyday life’. Whilst such approache... Read More about Histories of everyday life: the making of popular social history in Britain, 1918-1979.

Introduction: Themes in Arts Education, 1890–1950 (2021)
Book Chapter
Howlett, J., & Palmer, A. (2021). Introduction: Themes in Arts Education, 1890–1950. In J. Howlett (Ed.), Unfolding Creativity (1-29). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75738-0_1

The introduction presents an overview of the history of arts education in English schools from 1890 to 1950. It explains and justifies the choice of exploring this further through the biographies of nine pioneers from the areas of music, drama and th... Read More about Introduction: Themes in Arts Education, 1890–1950.

Conclusion: Arts Education Today (2021)
Book Chapter
Howlett, J., & Palmer, A. (2021). Conclusion: Arts Education Today. In J. Howlett (Ed.), Unfolding Creativity (235-252). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75738-0_11

The conclusion recounts the history of arts education from 1950 to the current day. It looks at recent developments in arts education and the perceived crisis facing the subjects in English schools. It revisits the themes of progressive education, id... Read More about Conclusion: Arts Education Today.

The Governance of British Higher Education: The Impact of Governmental, Financial and Market Pressures: By Michael Shattock and Aniko Horvath. Pp198 + xxiii. London: Bloomsbury Academic. 2020. £81 (hbk). ISBN 978-1350074026 (hbk). (2020)
Journal Article
Howlett, J. (2021). The Governance of British Higher Education: The Impact of Governmental, Financial and Market Pressures: By Michael Shattock and Aniko Horvath. Pp198 + xxiii. London: Bloomsbury Academic. 2020. £81 (hbk). ISBN 978-1350074026 (hbk). British Journal of Educational Studies, 69(1), 129-131. https://doi.org/10.1080/00071005.2020.1810482

Review: Mrs Humphrey Ward and Greenian philosophy, by Helen Loader: Helen Loader, Cham, Switzerland, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, xiv + 281pp., £59.99 (hardback), ISBN 978-3030141080; £47.99 (e-book) ISBN 978-3-030-14109-7 (2020)
Journal Article
Howlett, J. (2021). Review: Mrs Humphrey Ward and Greenian philosophy, by Helen Loader: Helen Loader, Cham, Switzerland, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, xiv + 281pp., £59.99 (hardback), ISBN 978-3030141080; £47.99 (e-book) ISBN 978-3-030-14109-7. History of Education, 50(2), 284-286. https://doi.org/10.1080/0046760x.2020.1735535

Henry Caldwell Cook, Creativity and Democratic Learning (2019)
Journal Article
Howlett. (2019). Henry Caldwell Cook, Creativity and Democratic Learning. History of Education Review, 227-241. https://doi.org/10.1108/her-07-2018-0016

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to re-examine the life and work of a forgotten progressive educator – (Henry) Caldwell Cook who was an English and drama teacher at the Perse School in Cambridge, UK. By looking at his key work The Play Way (1917... Read More about Henry Caldwell Cook, Creativity and Democratic Learning.