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The ‘curious effects’ of acting: homosexuality, theatre and female impersonation at the University of Cambridge, 1900-1939 (2021)
Journal Article
Janes. (2022). The ‘curious effects’ of acting: homosexuality, theatre and female impersonation at the University of Cambridge, 1900-1939. Twentieth Century British History, 33(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/hwab036

The University of Cambridge educated a significant proportion of Britain’s elite in the early twentieth century. The homosocial environment of the colleges was similar in many ways to that of the single-sex public boarding schools which many of the u... Read More about The ‘curious effects’ of acting: homosexuality, theatre and female impersonation at the University of Cambridge, 1900-1939.

The spiritual life and educational philosophy of Lord Lytton (2021)
Journal Article
Howlett. (2021). The spiritual life and educational philosophy of Lord Lytton. History of Education, 1 - 18. https://doi.org/10.1080/0046760x.2021.1889694

This article addresses the life and educational thinking of Victor Lytton, second Earl of Lytton, who not only involved himself in a wide number of social causes but was instrumental in contributing to the development of progressive education in the... Read More about The spiritual life and educational philosophy of Lord Lytton.

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.

The Formation, Development and Contribution of the New Ideals in Education Conferences, 1914-1937 (2017)
Journal Article
Howlett, J. (2017). The Formation, Development and Contribution of the New Ideals in Education Conferences, 1914-1937. History of Education, 459- 479. https://doi.org/10.1080/0046760X.2016.1268215

This paper seeks to explore the development, impact and contribution made by the New Ideals in Education conferences, which were held between 1914 and 1937. In particular, it will examine how the group emerged from the English Montessori Society and... Read More about The Formation, Development and Contribution of the New Ideals in Education Conferences, 1914-1937.

Voluntary effort in English elementary schools, 1846 to 1870: a study of the contribution of school managers to educational developments
Thesis
Ball, N. (1970). Voluntary effort in English elementary schools, 1846 to 1870: a study of the contribution of school managers to educational developments

Before 1070, the decision as to whether to establish a public elementary school and whether to accept or reject government aid rested with private individuals, the 'promoters of schools' who are the concern of this study. Some schools, both denominat... Read More about Voluntary effort in English elementary schools, 1846 to 1870: a study of the contribution of school managers to educational developments.

The evolution of history teaching in British and French schools in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with special reference to attitudes to race and colonial history in history schoolbooks
Thesis
Glendenning, F. J. (1975). The evolution of history teaching in British and French schools in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with special reference to attitudes to race and colonial history in history schoolbooks

A consideration of the development of history teaching in Britain and France in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries demonstrates the growing acceptability of history as a school subject. World History was only approved for schools after the Second... Read More about The evolution of history teaching in British and French schools in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with special reference to attitudes to race and colonial history in history schoolbooks.

The schools of the established church in England: a study of diocesan involvement since 1944
Thesis
Kelly, S. E. (1978). The schools of the established church in England: a study of diocesan involvement since 1944

England schools in the 43 Anglican dioceses in England within the period 1972-1975 and of questionnaire responses from some 2,000 bishops, clergy, headteachers and other lay people in those dioceses, tögether with examination of post-1944 Church Asse... Read More about The schools of the established church in England: a study of diocesan involvement since 1944.

Changing patterns of educational development in Shropshire from the restoration until the first Treasury grant 1660 - 1833
Thesis
(1982). Changing patterns of educational development in Shropshire from the restoration until the first Treasury grant 1660 - 1833

This study aims to investigate the nature and extent of education in so far as it concerned Shropshire children in the period between the Restoration and the first Treasury grant to education. A vide variety of hitherto largely unexploited sources, b... Read More about Changing patterns of educational development in Shropshire from the restoration until the first Treasury grant 1660 - 1833.