All Outputs (30)

Education in Britain: 1944 to the present (2016)
Journal Article
Howlett, J. (2017). Education in Britain: 1944 to the present. History of Education, 46(3), 410-411. https://doi.org/10.1080/0046760X.2016.1208290

Selected Poetry and Prose of Edmond Holmes (2016)
Book
Howlett, J. (2016). Selected Poetry and Prose of Edmond Holmes. Rowman & Littlefield

This book represents the first scholarly gathering together of the long-neglected poetry of the School Inspector, educationalist and philosopher Edmond Holmes (1850 – 1936). Alongside a generous selection from Holmes’s six volumes of poetry there is... Read More about Selected Poetry and Prose of Edmond Holmes.

Secondary school education in Ireland: histories, memories and life stories, 1922–1967 by Tom O’Donoghue and Judith Harford (2016)
Journal Article
Howlett, J. (2017). Secondary school education in Ireland: histories, memories and life stories, 1922–1967 by Tom O’Donoghue and Judith Harford. History of Education, 46(1), 139-141. https://doi.org/10.1080/0046760x.2016.1173241

There is something quite apt about the cover of this book, as the image of a bare wooden classroom adorned with antiquated chalk slates, ink-well and a fading globe indicate something of the nature of Irish secondary education which, until as late as... Read More about Secondary school education in Ireland: histories, memories and life stories, 1922–1967 by Tom O’Donoghue and Judith Harford.

The Old Boys: The Decline and Rise of the Public School. (2016)
Journal Article
Howlett, J. (2016). The Old Boys: The Decline and Rise of the Public School. Journal of British Studies, 55(1), 203-204. https://doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2015.180

Connecting histories of education: transnational and cross-cultural exchanges in (post) colonial education (2015)
Journal Article
Howlett, J. (2015). Connecting histories of education: transnational and cross-cultural exchanges in (post) colonial education. Cambridge Journal of Education, 45(4), 558-560. https://doi.org/10.1080/0305764X.2015.1093743

Being a historian: an introduction to the professional world of history (2015)
Journal Article
Howlett, J. (2015). Being a historian: an introduction to the professional world of history. History of Education, 251 - 255

Being a historian: an introduction to the professional world of history and History in the making (2014)
Journal Article
Howlett, J. (2015). Being a historian: an introduction to the professional world of history and History in the making. History of Education, 44(2), 251-255. https://doi.org/10.1080/0046760x.2014.969331

As historians of education it ultimately befits us, more so perhaps than those working in cognate historical fields, to consider the purpose of our scholarship. The interchanges at the turn of the century between Gary McCulloch and William Richardson... Read More about Being a historian: an introduction to the professional world of history and History in the making.

Progressive Education : A critical introduction (2013)
Book
Howlett, J. (2013). Progressive Education : A critical introduction. Bloomsbury Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781472553188

Sustainable School Transformation: An Inside-Out School Led Approach explores how we can best build a truly world class education system. It presents a theoretical and practical case for an alternative approach that combines the rigour of traditional... Read More about Progressive Education : A critical introduction.

Education policy (2013)
Journal Article
Howlett, J. (2013). Education policy. British Journal of Educational Studies, 61(4), 494-495. https://doi.org/10.1080/00071005.2013.843936

Harriet Finlay-Johnson and the little school on the Downs
Book Chapter
Howlett, J. Harriet Finlay-Johnson and the little school on the Downs. In British Pioneers in Arts Education: Unfolding creativity from 1890-1950