Event overview
Historical perspectives from the UK, Australia and New Zealand on the design of a new primary school for Cambridge.
History of Education Series
This lecture will consider how certain ideas and practices espoused by a trans-national collective of educators, architects, artists, politicians and administrators in the middle decades of the 20th century, that sought to facilitate a liberated childhood and education, connect strongly with what matters today for children and young people. Drawing from evidence from England, Australia and New Zealand defining ‘education for living’ and ‘education through art’, it will be suggested that these ideas were close in their radical critique to visions of possible educational contexts suggested by pupils in the 2001 survey (UK) The School I’d Like. These historical and contemporary perspectives will then be considered in the light of a new primary school that has been designed for the University of Cambridge.
Dr Catherine Burke is a Reader in the History of Childhood and Education at the University of Cambridge, UK. She is an historian currently exploring cultural and material histories of education and childhood in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. Her current research includes an examination of the relationship between innovation in teaching and the design of formal and informal learning spaces; the view of the child and young person in the design of education; and the history of 20th century school architecture. A major focus of the research is bringing an historical awareness to current initiatives to 'transform' education via school building renewal.
She edits the Sources and Interpretations section of the History of Education Journal and is president of the History of Education Society, UK.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 29 Feb 2016 | 4:30pm - 6:30pm |
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