Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2006. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.

Discussions of the Deep South often ignore Florida and neglect to note the complexities of race relations throughout the state's history. Central Florida particularly has been overlooked and historians have yet to establish firmly the history of mid-twentieth century race relations in the region. Since there are few existing written accounts of the civil rights movement in Central Florida, this study attempts to contribute to the scholarly discourse about race in the region by investigating the desegregation of Orange County public schools. The bulk of this study is devoted to the 1962 case Ellis v. Board of Public Instruction of Orange County, Florida and how the case eventually desegregated the county's schools. The desegregation process was a long and arduous effort, but progress continued steadily and ten years after the suit was initiated, the county's school system bore little resemblance to the rigidly operated dual system of just one decade prior. This thesis sheds light on a previously overlooked segment of Central Florida's history and demonstrates why the untold story of Orange County's school desegregation effort is an important part of America's nationwide civil rights movement.

This thesis examines the educational experience from 1958 to 1983 in two Washington State high schools: Bellingham High School and Garfield High School, Seattle. It focuses on what happened to the structure, curriculum content and environment within these schools, and also discusses the process of centralisation in Washington State educational administration. The period of study was bounded by two reports: James Bryant Conant's The American High School Today (January 1959), and A Nation at Risk (issued in 1983) by the U.S. Secretary of Education, Terrell Bell, and the National Commission on Excellence in Education, reports which were issued in response to the Cold War and to growing international economic competition. Conant and his generation of educators sought a system of secondary education that, by opening educational opportunities to all young Americans, would close the critical Soviet- US gap in missile and space technology, and would give the Cold War victory to the United States. However, national policies, state administration and socio-cultural change in American life all contributed to a shift in classroom emphasis away from traditional academics and measures of students' achievement during the quarter-century after Conant - a condition made clear by the National Commission in 1983. Whatever the other values of these educational reforms, they had a negative effect on student attitudes towards academic achievement, resulting in a disengagement from all aspects of school life. Despite cultural differences, the parallel institutional experiences of Bellingham and Garfield, and the similarities that emerged between the schools' administrative structures, educational goals, teaching strategies and learning styles, imply that class was also an important factor shaping the educational experience in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s.

The aim of my diploma thesis is to capture the history of secondary education and, at the same time, to link this historical development to a particular secondary school - Bohumil Hrabal Gymnasium in Nymburk. The introductory part describes the beginnings of the formation of grammar schools in our state territory. It focuses on education reforms during the Enlightenment. The second part describes the events of the 20th century. It also includes the establishment of a secondary school in Nymburk, periods of the First and Second World Wars, Prague Spring 1968, normalization period and events after 1989. The final part focuses on contemporary life in school, celebrating the establishment of the school, an overview of famous graduates and circumstances of changing the name of the school. The work also contains the testimony of witnesses - graduates and teachers.

This thesis examines history teaching in New Zealand primary schools between 1900 and 1940, situating the discussion within an intertwined framework of the early twentieth-century New Education movement, and the history of Pakeha settler-colonialism. In particular, it draws attention to the ways in which the pedagogical aims of the New Education intersected with the settler goal of ‘indigenisation’: a process whereby native-born settlers in colonised lands seek to become ‘indigenous’, either by denying the presence of the genuine indigenes, or by appropriating aspects of their culture. Each chapter explores a particular set of pedagogical ideas associated with the New Education and relates it back to the broader context and ideology of settler-colonialism. It examines in turn the overarching goals of the New Education of ‘educating citizens’, within which twentieth-century educationalists sought to mobilise biography and local history to cultivate a ‘love of country’ in primary school pupils, exploring the centrality of the ‘local’ to the experience-based pedagogy of the New Education. Next, it argues that the tendency of textbook histories to depict governments – past and present – in an overwhelmingly positive light, served important ongoing colonising functions. Next it examines the influence of the Victorian ideal of ‘character’ in textbooks, particularly during the first two decades of the twentieth century, through a pedagogy centred upon the assumption that the lives of past individuals or groups could be instructive for present generations. / By the 1920s and 1930s, the normative models of behaviour represented by character had come under challenge by the more flexible notion of ‘personality’ and its associated educational aims of expression, creativity and self-realisation, aims that emerged most clearly in relation to the use of activity-based methods to teach history. The juxtaposition of textbooks and activity-based classroom methodologies in the primary school classrooms of the 1920s and 1930s brought to light some of the broader tensions which existed within the settler-colonial ideology of Pakeha New Zealanders. The longer-term impact was a generation for whom the nineteenth-century British intrusion into Maori lands and cultures from which Pakeha New Zealanders massively profited was normalised.

This work focuses on the first comprehensive describing of the history of the school in Mlazice. Everything is set within the wider framework of the development of the village and its immediate surroundings. There are also circumstances that contributed to the establishment of this school. Some chapters summarize the history of Czech education and the historical development of Mlazic and its surroundings, with an emphasis on these circumstances. The school in Mlazice was founded in 1902. Most of the materials are taken from the fund of the district archive in Mělník. Based on the preserved school chronicles from 1902-1973, the development of a small village school is shown. The history of this also reflects the individual specifics of the historical periods that the school went through.At first, only men taught here, and gradually women were added. In the last year, which is carried out in chronicles, only women have taught here. I also tried to highlight more important celebrations and other events. Most of the children of the workers went to this school, so lectures and trips at the beginning were not much organized. Chronicles also contain what donations the school has supported. These gifts were, among other things, used for children of poorer families to be able to be better educated. The...

The Hudson River School was the first cohesive art movement in the United States of America. Using the uncultivated American landscape as their subject matter, members sought to convey a moral or religious message in their work. They believed that the main function of art should be to serve God. Stemming from its roots in theology and literature, this transcendental philosophy posited that one could be closer to God by experiencing his work. If God had created nature, than the vastness and power of nature are direct reflections of His power. While many artists of the Hudson River School used mountainous scenes of the American West in order to allow their viewers to glimpse the divine, one artist, John Frederick Kensett (1816-1872) deviated from the typical Hudson River School subject matter and favored eastern seascapes over the valleys of the west. Kensett's unique perspective led him to use the ocean as a spiritual device in a way that contributed greatly to the diversity of the Hudson River School. His asymmetrical, reduced compositions resulted from his taste for simplicity, and produced a purer, tranquil atmosphere, which allow for greater reflection. Kensett was able to remain true to his tastes rather than producing generic works typical of the Hudson River School, all the while continuing to accomplish the same level of transience as more prominent artists.

This thesis is an examination of policy-making and practice in design education in England from 1837-1992. It takes a longue durée approach to the history of the development of design education to provide a new narrative which shows a pattern of recurring debates concerning the purpose of design education and how it should be taught. Using the curricula of furniture design courses at three art schools to illustrate the way policy was put into practice, this thesis argues that historical context is key to understanding why debates regarding the way designers should be trained for industry have recurred since 1837. Based on a wide variety of primary source material the thesis contributes to historiography by extending the scope of previous histories of art and design education, and also, for the first time, focuses solely on the development of design education, whilst acknowledging its place in the wider development of art and design education. Following the introduction, chapter two of this thesis examines the events which led to the 1835-6 Select Committee and argues that many of the issues raised during the Committee influenced the teaching of design education through the remainder of the nineteenth century; this is further demonstrated through chapter three. Charting the development of design education into the twentieth century through chapters four, five and six, this thesis shows that changing historical contexts, such as the development of industrial methods or wider changes in higher education, have also had an impact on design education. In the light of changing historical contexts, policy makers for design education have continually questioned what design students should be taught and how they should be taught, which accounts, in part, for the recurring nature of debates in design education.

O presente estudo teve o propósito de narrar a história do Colégio Regina Coeli, nos anos de 1948 a 1980, localizado em Veranópolis, buscando analisar as motivações e possíveis transformações decorrentes da passagem de uma escola confessional para uma comunitária, atentando para as culturas escolares. A escolha do recorte temporal está relacionada a fatos importantes, sendo demarcado o ano de 1948 para o início do estudo, pois foi neste ano que a escola passou a denominar-se Regina Coeli, com a inauguração do prédio construído especificamente para o colégio. A data limite de 1980 foi determinada levando-se em consideração dados sobre a direção da escola, que depois de ter passado da condição de confessional católica para comunitária, em 1969, continuou sendo administrada por Irmãs de São José até o ano de 1976. A partir de 1977, passou a ser dirigida por leigos, tendo tido dois diretores até 1980. Considerando essa delimitação, para a construção da narrativa, analisaram-se as culturas escolares, no que diz respeito aos espaços, aos sujeitos e aos saberes escolares. Pautada nos pressupostos teóricos da História Cultural, utilizou-se como metodologia a análise de documentos, referentes ao Colégio Regina Coeli, e a história oral, através de entrevistas com sujeitos que participaram da instituição de ensino objeto dessa pesquisa. Os documentos dizem respeito às atas de reuniões, ao “Relatório da verificação para efeito da concessão de „inspeção preliminar‟ Ginásio Regina Coeli”, às fotografias, aos livros de matrículas e aos jornais. As entrevistas foram realizadas com dois ex-diretores, duas Irmãs de São José (uma ex-professora e uma ex-aluna) e duas ex-alunas, que atuaram também como professoras na escola. A narrativa foi organizada em cinco capítulos, iniciando com as considerações iniciais, onde se detalha o processo de pesquisa, apresentando os objetivos e a metodologia adotada para a realização do estudo. Em seguida, apresenta-se um breve contexto histórico e educacional de Veranópolis, apontando aspectos do desenvolvimento social, político, cultural, econômico e educacional. Na sequência são narrados aspectos da cultura escolar do Colégio Regina Coeli, referente aos sujeitos, espaços e saberes, no período em que a escola, com o estatuto de confessional católica, era administrada pelas Irmãs de São José, compreendendo o período de 1948 a 1969, mas citando também aspectos do período anterior, de 1917 a 1947, em que a escola denominava-se São José. Depois, abordam-se as motivações e o processo de transição de estatuto da escola, de confessional católico para comunitário, bem como aspectos das culturas escolares em relação aos sujeitos, espaços e saberes escolares do período de 1969 a 1980. Para concluir, são expostas as considerações finais, que permitem compreendem que as transformações nas culturas escolares do Colégio Regina Coeli, decorrentes da transição de estatuto de escola confessional católica para comunitária, foram graduais, pois as Irmãs continuaram no Colégio Regina Coeli até o ano 2000, momento em que foram observados maiores tensionamentos. Diante dos resultados obtidos e da narrativa construída, evidencia-se a importância dessa pesquisa para a comunidade veranense e para os estudos na área da história da educação. / Submitted by Marcelo Teixeira (mvteixeira@ucs.br) on 2014-05-30T12:29:32Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Marina Matiello.pdf: 5675507 bytes, checksum: 8ce21f2fc3e08bd32d64214be3921691 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-05-30T12:29:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Marina Matiello.pdf: 5675507 bytes, checksum: 8ce21f2fc3e08bd32d64214be3921691 (MD5) / The present study aimed to tell the history of Regina Coeli School, in the years 1948 to 1980, located in Veranopolis, seeking to analyze the motivations and possible changes resulting from the transition of a confessional school for a community school, noting the school cultures. The choice of time frame is related to important facts, which marked the year 1948 for the beginning of the study, it was this year that the school was renamed to Regina Coeli, with the inauguration of the building built specifically for school. The date of 1980 was determined taking into account data about the school board, which after changing the condition of catholic confessional to community in 1969, kept being administrated by the Sisters of São José by the year 1976. From 1977, it began to be directed by lays, having two directors until 1980. Considering this delimitation, for the construction of the narrative, it was analyzed the school cultures, regarding the spaces, the subjects and school knowledge. Guided the theoretical principles of Cultural History, it was used as methodology the documental analysis, referring to Regina Coeli School, and oral history through interviews with people who participated in the educational institution object of this research. The documents relate to the meeting minutes, the "Verify Report for effect of concession of „preliminary inspection' Gym Regina Coeli", photographs, registration books and newspapers. Interviews were conducted with two former principals, two Sisters of São José (a former teacher and a former student) and two former students, who also acted as teachers in school. The narrative is organized into five chapters, starting with the initial considerations, which details the research process, presenting the objectives and methodology adopted for the study. Then, it presents a brief historical and educational background of Veranópolis, pointing aspects of social, political, cultural, economic and educational development. Following are narrated aspects of school culture of Regina Coeli School, referring to the subjects, spaces and knowledges, in the period in which the school, with the status of Catholic confessional, was administered by the Sisters of São José, covering the period 1948-1969 but also citing aspects of the previous period, from 1917 to 1947, when the school was called São José. Then, discuss the motivations and the transition process of the statute of the school, from Catholic confessional to community, as well as aspects of school cultures in relation to the subjects, spaces and school knowledge of the period 1969-1980. To conclude, the final considerations are exposed, allowing understand that changes in school cultures Regina Coeli School, arising from the transition of statute of Catholic Confessional school for Community School were gradual, as the Sisters continued in Regina Coeli College until 2000, at which time there was a higher tensions. Based on these results and the narrative constructed, highlights the importance of this research to the Veranense community and to the studies in the field of history of education.