Public Advientos

Home | My account | Logout | Showroom | About Advientos - DE | EN | ES | FR | IT

Build your Advent Calendar

3 May 2024, the calendar is ended.

(Last window on 25 December 2015)

UCL Institute of Education Special Collections

Window nº 11
The Hans Collection

Nicholas Hans (1888-1969) was born and educated in Russia, and taught at the University of Odessa. After the 1917 Revolution he settled in London and was associated with King's College. In the 1920s he began to work on the Year Book of Education, continuing this work until the outbreak of the Second World War. In 1946 he was appointed lecturer at King's College, becoming a Reader in Comparative Education in 1948. It was during this time that the collaboration with the Institute began.

The Hans Collection is mainly made up of books on comparative education and on the education systems of Europe.

For more information, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/nicolashans

The papers of Hans are kept in the Archives at the UCL Institute of Education - see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/hans for more information.

Image source: Kay, J. (1850). The social condition and education of the people in England and Europe: being the results of the primary schools , and of the division of landed property in foreign countries. London: Longman.

<center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ysiD8E_3MoI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>

Window nº 15
The Historical ILEA Collection

The Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) started life in 1965 as a special committee of the Greater London Council. Following its abolition in March 1990, a collection of books and audiovisual materials published by the ILEA Learning Resources Branch was transferred to the Institute.

The materials date from the early 1970s to the time of ILEA's abolition and include materials for use in schools and for in-service training. Some items are duplicated in the main Library collections. The Library also holds a set of ILEA Research and Statistics Branch reports from 1980 to 1990, which cover a wide range of topics, such as truancy, minority languages, special needs and examination results.

For more information, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/ilea

<center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Cr_H66oOxto" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>

Window nº 2
The Baines Collection

The Baines Collection of children's books dating from the 18th and 19th centuries was deposited with the Institute of Education by the Department of Education in 1992. Although there are a few foreign language items, most of the books are in English. There are both story books and books of general knowledge prepared for children's recreation and instruction in the 18th and 19th centuries.

The collection was named after the extended Baines family since a large proportion of the books have hand-written dedications or the names of their original owners, nineteen of who are members of the family of Miss Eyre’s mother, Lucy Dorothea Eyre (née Baines). Other books in the collection can be linked by dedication to members of the related Eyre and Percival families.

For more information, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/baines

Image source: <italic>Cat and dog, or, Memoirs of puss and the captain. </italic>(1856). London: Grant and Griffith.

<center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/28PGMCF8w5A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>

Window nº 10
The Grenfell Collection

Capt. Francis H. Greenfell amassed an extensive collection of books on all aspects of physical education published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These include books in the Scandinavian languages, French and German.

Grenfell was a naval captain in charge of physical education. After the Great War he was appointed HMI for physical education in London.

For more information, see http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/grenfell

Image source: Keep-fit" classes for women and girls: how to organise such evening classes, together with suggested course of lessons. (1933) (Rev. 2nd ed). Sunderland: Sunderland Education Committee.

<center><iframe width="350" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xLQ2RBxkgFY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>

Window nº 23
The History of Education Collection

The History of Education Collection consists of books on all aspects of education published before 1940. There about 1200 items published between the16th and 18th centuries, but the bulk of the material dates from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Included in this collection are about 150 bound volumes of 19th and 20th century pamphlets amassed by the Ministry and Departments of Education and deposited with the Institute of Education in 1992. These pamphlets form 3 series: Education miscellanies, Education pamphlets, and Tracts on education, and include works by Henry Brougham and Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth. The pamphlet series is available to view on microfilm in the Library.

In addition to these rare books, much of the History of Education Collection is made up of first editions of books relevant to education, including manuals and handbooks for teachers. There is also a collection of old textbooks.

For more information on the History of Education Collection, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/histed

Image source: Dilworth, T. (1740). A new guide to the English tongue. London: Heney and Haddon.

<center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-rl4pGOqP90" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>

Window nº 16
The Rainbow Collection

Bernarr Rainbow (1914-1998) had a distinguished career as a music teacher in High Wycombe and then later at the College of St. Mark and St. John in Chelsea, Gypsy Hill College of Education and finally at Kingston Polytechnic.

Bernarr Rainbow (1914-1998) trained at Trinity College of Music and was appointed Organist and Choirmaster of High Wycombe Parish Church and Senior Music Master at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe in 1944. In 1952 he became Director of Music at the teacher training College of S. Mark and S. John in Chelsea, transferring to Gypsy Hill College of Education in 1972 and then becoming Head of Music at Kingston Polytechnic. He retired in 1978.

Rainbow researched, wrote and published extensively on music education and historical musicology, becoming a distinguished scholar of the history of music education and gaining three postgraduate degrees from the University of Leicester. He wrote a biography of John Curwen (1816-1880), the inventor of the tonic sol-fa method of singing, and founded the Curwen Institute to promote his work.

He was President of the Campaign for the Defence of the Traditional Cathedral Choir which resisted the introduction of women and in 1996 he established the Bernarr Rainbow Award for School Music Teachers.

On his death, many of his books and papers came to the Institute. This collection consists of material on music education; it is mainly books, with a few unbound issues of periodicals, and several microfilms.

For more information on this collection, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/rainbow

The Archives at the UCL Institute of Education holds the Rainbow papers.

<center><iframe width="350" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xl5ATH3eXCo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>

Window nº 6
Geography Textbooks Collection

The Geography Textbooks Collection is a comprehensive collection of books published in Britain the teaching of geography in primary and secondary schools.

All aspects of geography are covered, including human geography, physical geography and regional geography. The earliest examples date from the mid-nineteenth century, and the latest from the 1990s.

The collection has been assembled with the help of generous gifts of material from the University of Cambridge and the University of Southampton Library, as well as from a number of individuals. These have been added to the existing collections of the Newsam Library of the Institute of Education, University of London.

For more information, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/geographytxtbks

<center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P2K5xacU6lU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>

Window nº 8
The Lauwerys Collection

Joseph Alfred Lauwerys (1902-1981) joined the staff of the Institute of Education in 1933 as Lecturer in Methods of Science; in 1941 he became a Reader in Education, before being designated Professor of Comparative Education in 1947. He remained at the Institute in this position until 1970, when he was appointed Director of the Atlantic Institute, Nova Scotia. He was an editor of the World Education Yearbook for nearly 20 years.

During his career he held many visiting professorships around the world and travelled widely as a consultant and observer of educational conditions. In particular, from 1944-1945 he was Director of Commission of Enquiry on Special Educational Problems, Conference of Allied Ministers of Education and, from 1945-1947, as an adviser and consultant, he played an important role in the establishment of UNESCO. He was also heavily involved in many different organisations for promoting international co-operation and understanding and comparative education, including the World Education Fellowship.

Building on his science background, Lauwerys also pioneered new aspects of science teaching and curriculum reform, emphasising how science should be a part of mainstream culture, and promoted the use of new educational media, including film and radio.

Lauwerys bequeathed his papers and his personal library to the Institute. The Lauwerys Collection contains an eclectic mixture of material reflecting his life's work and his leisure interests.

For more information, see: Joseph Lauweryshttp://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/lauwerys

The papers of Joseph Lauwerys are kept in the Archives at the UCL Institute of Education

<center><iframe width="350" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0IAFdVp2RlE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>

Window nº 20
The School Histories Collection

The School Histories Collection tells the stories of individual schools and their communities across Britain.

The collection includes around 1,500 books and pamphlets, dating from the early twentieth century up to the present day. (Older materials, mainly from the nineteenth century, are held in the History of Education Collection.)

Schools range from local village schools, to secondary modern, grammar, comprehensive and public schools. In some cases the schools are traced from medieval or Elizabethan days to modern times; others give more detail of recent changes and developments.

A Teacher's Guide to support enquiry into the history of schooling in the UK at Key Stages 2 and 3 is available at http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/schoolhistories

<center><iframe width="400" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nl01uxfuQfY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>

Window nº 25
<center>Happy Christmas
&
A Happy New Year!
from the Newsam Library and Archives Team</center>

<center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8LZpBjnOMYY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>

Window nº 13
The Michael Collection

Born in 1915, Dr. Ian Michael was appointed the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malawi in 1964. In November 1973, Dr. Michael become the Deputy Director of the Institute of Education. Dr. Michael was also the founding member of the Textbook Colloquium (established in 1988) which was established to promote the interdisciplinary study of textbooks, especially from a historical perspective.

In 1998, he donated to the Library his collection of books on the teaching of English grammar, together with some associated research materials and papers.

The collection consists of 680 works, dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. In addition to some 370 original texts, there are a number of facsimile editions, microfilms and photocopies.

See http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/michael for more information on this collection.

The Archives at the UCL Institute of Education has Ian Michael's research papers.

Image source: Trusler, J. (1790). Proverbs exemplified and illustrated by pictures from real life: teaching morality and a knowledge of the world. London: J. Trusler.

The book is illustrated with woodcut prints made by John Bewick, brother of the famous engraver and natural history author, Thomas Bewick.

<center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QFyPiFJOeUs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>

Window nº 4
Historical School Textbooks Collection

School textbooks are often discarded as having little intrinsic value or academic worth, but they are a fascinating resource for historians. For the historian of education, textbooks are useful sources of information on the development of the school curriculum, especially before the introduction of the National Curriculum. They also provide evidence of changing ideas on teaching methods and assessment.

School textbooks also provide much interesting evidence of other aspects of everyday life in past eras. In addition to the ‘factual’ presentation of contemporary life in text and illustrations, they often reveal prevailing attitudes which are likely to be controversial today. There is also plenty of evidence of history being whitewashed in these historical sources. The representation of race, gender and culture allows historians to place these these primary sources in their social, political and cultural contexts.

The Institute has one of the largest collections of British school textbooks, covering all educational levels, from nursery to sixth form. The collection represents all subjects in the curriculum, and has particular strengths in geography, history and science. A significant part of the textbooks date from the late 19th century onwards but the largest group date from the 1920s to 1960s.

For more information, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/historicaltxtbks

Image source: Horniblow, E. C. T. (1940). The march of time. Book 1, Stories of long ago. London: Grant Educational Co.

<center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KvmbWXNRkWo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>

Window nº 7
Grantham Number Ones

The Grantham Number Ones consists of the first issues of a variety of journals on all subjects, first published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

It was put together by Major William Wilson Grantham (1866-1942), at one time Deputy Chairman of the London County Council, and deposited at County Hall in 1933; it then passed to the Institute of Education, along with other materials from the Inner London Education Authority, in 1990.

The Grantham Number Ones provide a rich source of information on cultural, social, political and economic histories of the late 19th and early 20th century.

The formats of the journals vary from broadsheet to octavo, and the collection includes newspapers, professional and special interest periodicals, and publications produced for children.

For more information, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/no1s

<center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_6ByG7q74qg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>

Window nº 3
The BBC Broadcasts for Schools Collection

The BBC Broadcasts for Schools Collection is the BBC's own collection of pamphlets produced to accompany schools radio broadcasts from September 1926 till the late 1970s; the volumes from Summer 1958 and onwards include pamphlets for television broadcasts as well. The Collection has been on permanent loan to the Institute since 1990.

For more information, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/bbcschools

A five minute documentary on the programme can be viewed at http://bbc.in/1ywUK8K

BBC Magazine has more information on Singing Together: The radio show that got schoolchildren singing at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30210485

Image source: The image is the cover of a 24-page booklet containing seventeen songs for children to sing in the classroom along with the radio broadcast. It was provided by the BBC for the School Broadcasting Coucil for the United Kingdom in the Summer of 1952. The programme was aired on the Home Service, Mondays 11:00-11:18 a.m.

<center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VbZ7uJxn51U" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>

Window nº 18
The Louis Arnaud Reid Collection

Louis Arnaud Reid (1895-1986) came to the Institute of Education in 1947 as Britain's first Professor of the Philosophy of Education, a position he held until his retirement in 1962. He continued teaching students at the Institute's Art and Design Department after his retirement.

Reid wrote and lectured widely on aesthetics and the arts. He was a a founding member of both the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain and the British Society of Aesthetics.

The Arnaud Reid Collection consists mainly of books, but there are substantial runs of unbound periodicals.

For information on the Reid collection, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/reid

<center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Lf4geVXiYa8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>

Window nº 22
1930s Teacher Training Colleges Prospectuses

The 1930s Teacher Training Colleges Prospectuses Collection represents a variety of Teacher Training Colleges in the UK. The collection was housed with the British and Foreign School Society Collection at Brunel University Archives and came to the Institute as a donation in 2014.

In July 1929 the Labour Government announced the school leaving age would rise from 14 to 15 on 1 April 1931. This would obviously necessitate more teachers and the Board of Education asked the training colleges to expand their numbers in 1929 and 1930 which they did. However cuts then loomed again and the school leaving age rise was postponed. Attempted closures of training colleges failed following widespread protest, but in 1937 when the issue of closures was raised again three women’s colleges were closed.

A map of these colleges is here: http://bit.ly/1NeqPdd

Further information on the collection is at http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/prospectuses

<center><iframe width="350" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TXqeTYHn0p4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>

Window nº 5
Bruner and the MACOS Collection

Man A Course of Study (MACOS for short) is a social science curriculum project created in the late 1960s by a team of educationists working wiht the renowned theorist and educational psychologist Jerome S. Bruner. Bruner is probably best known for his 'Spiral Curriculum' theory which introduces complex ideas, building on the child's knowledge and experience, over a period of time.

MACOS as a curriculum was both successful and controversial. Bruner used a socio-anthropological approach to collate materials (film and images) about the Netsilik Inuits of Pelly Bay (now the Kugaaruk region of the Arctic coast of Canada, west of Hudson Bay) and their everyday life as well as the natural life surrounding them.

For more information on MACOS, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/macos

<center><iframe src="http://www.nfb.ca/film/through_these_eyes/embed/player" width="450" height="350" ></iframe>
<p style="width:450px"><a href="http://www.nfb.ca/film/through_these_eyes/" target="_blank"><em>Through These Eyes</em></a> by <a href="http://www.nfb.ca/explore-all-directors/charles-laird/" title="more films by Charles Laird" target="_blank">Charles Laird</a>, <a href="http://www.nfb.ca" target="_blank">National Film Board of Canada</a></p></center>

Window nº 12
Reverend Richard Brooke of Selby’s Library

The Brooke Collection consists of 17th and 18th century printed books in English, of a broadly educational and instructional nature. The focus is essentially moral and religious education as was common for many books of this period. However, there are many textbooks and books on the philosophy of education as it relates to moral education and the notion of childhood.

The Reverend Brooke bequeath his library to the Government's Department of Science and Art in 1864. The collection was eventually given to the Department for Education, who deposited it at the Institute of Education in 1992.

For more information, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/brooke

Image source: Rousseau, J. (1762). Émile, ou, De l’éducation. Amsterdam: J. Néaulme.

<center><iframe width="350" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/81KfDXTTtXE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>

Window nº 9
The BBC Radiovision Collection

When the BBC launched in 1922, it did so under John Reith's remit to "educate, inform and entertain" the public. In a bleak and bankrupt post Great War Britain, education was viewed by many as one of the main instruments for hope and progress.

Following on from the success of the schools radio broadcasts (which began in 1926 and continued until the late 1970), the BBC began experimenting with audio-visual presentations and the Radiovision programme was born in 1963 and established the following year. They involved two elements: a sound programme which was broadcast for schools to record and a set of slides or colour filmstrips for use with a stills projector (providing 30-45 coloured still images per programme).

This collection is the complete record of BBC School Radio's Radiovision output from 1964 to 1990, consisting of nearly 1,000 programmes on cassette/open reel tape with accompanying teachers' notes and visual materials. It was deposited on permanent loan with the Institute in 1990.

For more information, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/radiovision

In the short video, Mike Haworth, Senior Producer, BBC Schools Radio, 1972-1996, reminisces about the BBC Radiovision Collection and how it was used in thousands of schools in the UK.

Haworth emphasises the importance of learning from how the resources were created to engage learners and how it is possible today for teachers to create interesting learning resources for their lessons using smart phone technology.

<center><iframe width="350" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FrYvFY-Igls" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>

Window nº 21
The Comparative Education Collection

The Comparative Education Collection is made up of the contents from two separate departmental libraries at the Institute: the Comparative Education Department Library and the Department of Education in Tropical Areas Library. The collection were amalgamated in 1969.

The collection consists of books and pamphlets from all over the world, mainly from the period 1900-1980. (Later material has been added to the main Library collections and is on the open shelves). The emphasis is on educational theory and practice, but there is also supporting literature on social and economic conditions, history, etc.

See: https://prezi.com/eqdzuggrx_q0/the-evolution-of-a-department-from-the-ioes-own-archive/ for more information and the IOE LibGuide at http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/comped

Images from: Deutsches Lesebuch für höhere Schulen. Ausgabe für Mädchen, Klasse 1. (1941) (3. Aufl). Berlin: Weidmannsche Verlagsbuchhandlung Berlin.

<center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/l14WDZCnz-w" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>

Window nº 19
School Examination Papers Collection

Since the early twentieth century, public examinations for school pupils aged approximately 16 and 18 have been set by a number of independent examining boards, originally associated with universities, later set up as independent organizations by government. Each board published its own regulations and syllabuses, mark schemes, examiners' reports, statistics, and past examinations papers.

The original School Certificate and Higher School Certificate were replaced in the early 1950s by the GCE (General Certificate of Education) at Ordinary and Advanced levels. GCE 'O' level was supplemented in the 1970s with CSE (Certificate of Secondary Education) for lower attaining pupils, and the two were replaced in 1986 by the GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education.

This collection was originally assembled by the library of the DCSF (Department for Children, Schools and Families) and its predecessors. It comprises the publications of most of the major examining boards, including the AEB (Associated Examining Board), JMB (Joint Matriculation Board), University of London, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Oxford and Cambridge, and other regional groups. The earliest publications date from about 1907; the latest additions were made in the mid-1990s. Some material from organizations dealing with vocational qualifications, such as BTEC and the City and Guilds, is also included.

The IOE Archive holds IOE and LDTC exam papers and pass lists dating back to 1907.

For more information, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/schoolexams

<center><iframe width="350" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVy3xWbHiqU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>

Window nº 24
For more information on the Special Collections, please contact the UCL Institute of Education Library on +44(0) 20 7612 6080 or email us ioe.library-enquiries@ucl.ac.u

If you need to speak to a librarian, please contact Nazlin Bhimani, Research Support & Special Collections Librarian at n.bhimani@ucl.ac.uk

If you are interested in the collections held in the Archives, please email ioe.arch-enquiries@ucl.ac.uk

Image source: [Scott, Sir Walter?]The Christmas box. (1827?). London: Ainsworth. BAINES COLLECTION 70

<center><iframe width="300" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mwbw9KF-ACY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="300" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pQHX-SjgQvQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>

Window nº 17
The Official Publications Collection

The historical Official Publications Collection is the most comprehensive collection of official reports, legislation and other publications on education and related subjects for all parts of the United Kingdom.

Publications of semi-official education organisations (quangos) are included, as are those of other groups (such as political parties and trade unions), when they relate to education.

The earliest documents date from the Government's first involvement in education in the 19th century, and new items are added to the collection as they appear.

Born-digital (web-based)materials are held in the Digital Education Resource Archive, DERA, at http://dera.ioe.ac.uk

For more information, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/offpubs

<center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CC46CCvwlaw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>

Window nº 14
The Hayward Collection

F. H. Hayward was an Inspector of Schools for the London County Council from 1905-1937. He was a supporter of the secularist movement, and a leading member of the Moral Instruction League, founded in 1897 to further ethical and civic teaching on a non-theological basis in schools. He is probably best known for his 'Celebration Method' which attempted to develop the child's learning through cross-curricular activities. He was greatly influenced in his thinking by the German philosopher and educational theorist Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776–1841).

Hayward was a prolific writer and well-known to educationists during the first two decades of the 20th century. He was a passionate advocate for moral instruction and his cause was championed by Sir John Admas, the first professor of education and director of the Institute of Education at the University of London. Adams wrote thus of Hayward's contribution to education in a private letter to Hayward dated 1933:

"The more I consider you and your educational work, the more I regard you as a figure in the history of education rubbing shoulders with Comenius and Pestalozzi and rousing the writer’s wonder at the inability of your contemporaries to appreciate the value of your contribution. The time will come when light will break … and you will be raised to the pedestal which is being silently prepared for you."

The Hayward Collection makes up Hayward's personal library, and covers a wide range of subjects including early psychology, religious and moral education and education for citizenship.

For more information, see: http:libguides.ioe.ac.uk/hayward

Image source: Hayward, F. H.(1905). The educational ideas of Pestalozzi and Fröbel. London: Ralph Holland.

<center><iframe width="350" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8EGAcDMSX-s" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>

Window nº 1
<centre>About the Special Collection</center>

The Newsam Library at the UCL Institute of Education holds 27 Special Collections of books and pamphlets relating to education. These are discrete, mainly historical collections of published books and documents reflecting the history of education.

The collections vary in size and coverage. Some have been built up from a variety of sources such as the History of Education Collection and contain teachers handbooks, manuals and early textbooks.

Others are the personal libraries of individual educationists such the collections belonging to the school inspectors, Captain Francis H. Grenfell (Physical Education) and F. H. Hayward (Moral Education).

Although there are many 18th and 19th century books, the majority of the collection dates from the 1920s onwards. These modern collections represent the history of state-funded education in England.

For more information on the collections, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/specialcollections

<center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9dmy0KRj0-o" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>

We wish you a Happy Xmas & Best Wishes for the New Year

[Re-start] [ Go to window 25]

We would be glad to accept your support for Advientos project. Thank you!

Window nº 25

Happy Christmas
&
A Happy New Year!
from the Newsam Library and Archives Team

Advientos Windows

Window nº 1 1-12-2015	About the Special Collection The Newsam Library at the UCL Institute of Education holds 27 Special Collections of books and pamphlets relating to education. These are discrete, mainly historical collections of published books and documents reflecting the history of education. The collections vary in size and coverage. Some have been built up from a variety of sources such as the History of Education Collection and contain teachers handbooks, manuals and early textbooks. Others are the personal libraries of individual educationists such the collections belonging to the school inspectors, Captain Francis H. Grenfell (Physical Education) and F. H. Hayward (Moral Education). Although there are many 18th and 19th century books, the majority of the collection dates from the 1920s onwards. These modern collections represent the history of state-funded education in England. For more information on the collections, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/specialcollections
Window nº 2 2-12-2015	The Baines Collection The Baines Collection of children's books dating from the 18th and 19th centuries was deposited with the Institute of Education by the Department of Education in 1992. Although there are a few foreign language items, most of the books are in English. There are both story books and books of general knowledge prepared for children's recreation and instruction in the 18th and 19th centuries. The collection was named after the extended Baines family since a large proportion of the books have hand-written dedications or the names of their original owners, nineteen of who are members of the family of Miss Eyre’s mother, Lucy Dorothea Eyre (née Baines). Other books in the collection can be linked by dedication to members of the related Eyre and Percival families. For more information, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/baines Image source: Cat and dog, or, Memoirs of puss and the captain. (1856). London: Grant and Griffith.
Window nº 3 3-12-2015	The BBC Broadcasts for Schools Collection The BBC Broadcasts for Schools Collection is the BBC's own collection of pamphlets produced to accompany schools radio broadcasts from September 1926 till the late 1970s; the volumes from Summer 1958 and onwards include pamphlets for television broadcasts as well. The Collection has been on permanent loan to the Institute since 1990. For more information, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/bbcschools A five minute documentary on the programme can be viewed at http://bbc.in/1ywUK8K BBC Magazine has more information on Singing Together: The radio show that got schoolchildren singing at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30210485 Image source: The image is the cover of a 24-page booklet containing seventeen songs for children to sing in the classroom along with the radio broadcast. It was provided by the BBC for the School Broadcasting Coucil for the United Kingdom in the Summer of 1952. The programme was aired on the Home Service, Mondays 11:00-11:18 a.m.
Window nº 4 4-12-2015	Historical School Textbooks Collection School textbooks are often discarded as having little intrinsic value or academic worth, but they are a fascinating resource for historians. For the historian of education, textbooks are useful sources of information on the development of the school curriculum, especially before the introduction of the National Curriculum. They also provide evidence of changing ideas on teaching methods and assessment. School textbooks also provide much interesting evidence of other aspects of everyday life in past eras. In addition to the ‘factual’ presentation of contemporary life in text and illustrations, they often reveal prevailing attitudes which are likely to be controversial today. There is also plenty of evidence of history being whitewashed in these historical sources. The representation of race, gender and culture allows historians to place these these primary sources in their social, political and cultural contexts. The Institute has one of the largest collections of British school textbooks, covering all educational levels, from nursery to sixth form. The collection represents all subjects in the curriculum, and has particular strengths in geography, history and science. A significant part of the textbooks date from the late 19th century onwards but the largest group date from the 1920s to 1960s. For more information, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/historicaltxtbks Image source: Horniblow, E. C. T. (1940). The march of time. Book 1, Stories of long ago. London: Grant Educational Co.
Window nº 5 5-12-2015	Bruner and the MACOS Collection Man A Course of Study (MACOS for short) is a social science curriculum project created in the late 1960s by a team of educationists working wiht the renowned theorist and educational psychologist Jerome S. Bruner. Bruner is probably best known for his 'Spiral Curriculum' theory which introduces complex ideas, building on the child's knowledge and experience, over a period of time. MACOS as a curriculum was both successful and controversial. Bruner used a socio-anthropological approach to collate materials (film and images) about the Netsilik Inuits of Pelly Bay (now the Kugaaruk region of the Arctic coast of Canada, west of Hudson Bay) and their everyday life as well as the natural life surrounding them. For more information on MACOS, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/macos Through These Eyes by Charles Laird, National Film Board of Canada
Window nº 6 6-12-2015	Geography Textbooks Collection The Geography Textbooks Collection is a comprehensive collection of books published in Britain the teaching of geography in primary and secondary schools. All aspects of geography are covered, including human geography, physical geography and regional geography. The earliest examples date from the mid-nineteenth century, and the latest from the 1990s. The collection has been assembled with the help of generous gifts of material from the University of Cambridge and the University of Southampton Library, as well as from a number of individuals. These have been added to the existing collections of the Newsam Library of the Institute of Education, University of London. For more information, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/geographytxtbks
Window nº 7 7-12-2015	Grantham Number Ones The Grantham Number Ones consists of the first issues of a variety of journals on all subjects, first published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was put together by Major William Wilson Grantham (1866-1942), at one time Deputy Chairman of the London County Council, and deposited at County Hall in 1933; it then passed to the Institute of Education, along with other materials from the Inner London Education Authority, in 1990. The Grantham Number Ones provide a rich source of information on cultural, social, political and economic histories of the late 19th and early 20th century. The formats of the journals vary from broadsheet to octavo, and the collection includes newspapers, professional and special interest periodicals, and publications produced for children. For more information, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/no1s
Window nº 8 8-12-2015	The Lauwerys Collection Joseph Alfred Lauwerys (1902-1981) joined the staff of the Institute of Education in 1933 as Lecturer in Methods of Science; in 1941 he became a Reader in Education, before being designated Professor of Comparative Education in 1947. He remained at the Institute in this position until 1970, when he was appointed Director of the Atlantic Institute, Nova Scotia. He was an editor of the World Education Yearbook for nearly 20 years. During his career he held many visiting professorships around the world and travelled widely as a consultant and observer of educational conditions. In particular, from 1944-1945 he was Director of Commission of Enquiry on Special Educational Problems, Conference of Allied Ministers of Education and, from 1945-1947, as an adviser and consultant, he played an important role in the establishment of UNESCO. He was also heavily involved in many different organisations for promoting international co-operation and understanding and comparative education, including the World Education Fellowship. Building on his science background, Lauwerys also pioneered new aspects of science teaching and curriculum reform, emphasising how science should be a part of mainstream culture, and promoted the use of new educational media, including film and radio. Lauwerys bequeathed his papers and his personal library to the Institute. The Lauwerys Collection contains an eclectic mixture of material reflecting his life's work and his leisure interests. For more information, see: Joseph Lauweryshttp://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/lauwerys The papers of Joseph Lauwerys are kept in the Archives at the UCL Institute of Education
Window nº 9 9-12-2015	The BBC Radiovision Collection When the BBC launched in 1922, it did so under John Reith's remit to "educate, inform and entertain" the public. In a bleak and bankrupt post Great War Britain, education was viewed by many as one of the main instruments for hope and progress. Following on from the success of the schools radio broadcasts (which began in 1926 and continued until the late 1970), the BBC began experimenting with audio-visual presentations and the Radiovision programme was born in 1963 and established the following year. They involved two elements: a sound programme which was broadcast for schools to record and a set of slides or colour filmstrips for use with a stills projector (providing 30-45 coloured still images per programme). This collection is the complete record of BBC School Radio's Radiovision output from 1964 to 1990, consisting of nearly 1,000 programmes on cassette/open reel tape with accompanying teachers' notes and visual materials. It was deposited on permanent loan with the Institute in 1990. For more information, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/radiovision In the short video, Mike Haworth, Senior Producer, BBC Schools Radio, 1972-1996, reminisces about the BBC Radiovision Collection and how it was used in thousands of schools in the UK. Haworth emphasises the importance of learning from how the resources were created to engage learners and how it is possible today for teachers to create interesting learning resources for their lessons using smart phone technology.
Window nº 10 10-12-2015	The Grenfell Collection Capt. Francis H. Greenfell amassed an extensive collection of books on all aspects of physical education published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These include books in the Scandinavian languages, French and German. Grenfell was a naval captain in charge of physical education. After the Great War he was appointed HMI for physical education in London. For more information, see http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/grenfell Image source: Keep-fit" classes for women and girls: how to organise such evening classes, together with suggested course of lessons. (1933) (Rev. 2nd ed). Sunderland: Sunderland Education Committee.
Window nº 11 11-12-2015	The Hans Collection Nicholas Hans (1888-1969) was born and educated in Russia, and taught at the University of Odessa. After the 1917 Revolution he settled in London and was associated with King's College. In the 1920s he began to work on the Year Book of Education, continuing this work until the outbreak of the Second World War. In 1946 he was appointed lecturer at King's College, becoming a Reader in Comparative Education in 1948. It was during this time that the collaboration with the Institute began. The Hans Collection is mainly made up of books on comparative education and on the education systems of Europe. For more information, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/nicolashans The papers of Hans are kept in the Archives at the UCL Institute of Education - see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/hans for more information. Image source: Kay, J. (1850). The social condition and education of the people in England and Europe: being the results of the primary schools , and of the division of landed property in foreign countries. London: Longman.
Window nº 12 12-12-2015	Reverend Richard Brooke of Selby’s Library The Brooke Collection consists of 17th and 18th century printed books in English, of a broadly educational and instructional nature. The focus is essentially moral and religious education as was common for many books of this period. However, there are many textbooks and books on the philosophy of education as it relates to moral education and the notion of childhood. The Reverend Brooke bequeath his library to the Government's Department of Science and Art in 1864. The collection was eventually given to the Department for Education, who deposited it at the Institute of Education in 1992. For more information, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/brooke Image source: Rousseau, J. (1762). Émile, ou, De l’éducation. Amsterdam: J. Néaulme.
Window nº 13 13-12-2015	The Michael Collection Born in 1915, Dr. Ian Michael was appointed the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malawi in 1964. In November 1973, Dr. Michael become the Deputy Director of the Institute of Education. Dr. Michael was also the founding member of the Textbook Colloquium (established in 1988) which was established to promote the interdisciplinary study of textbooks, especially from a historical perspective. In 1998, he donated to the Library his collection of books on the teaching of English grammar, together with some associated research materials and papers. The collection consists of 680 works, dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. In addition to some 370 original texts, there are a number of facsimile editions, microfilms and photocopies. See http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/michael for more information on this collection. The Archives at the UCL Institute of Education has Ian Michael's research papers. Image source: Trusler, J. (1790). Proverbs exemplified and illustrated by pictures from real life: teaching morality and a knowledge of the world. London: J. Trusler. The book is illustrated with woodcut prints made by John Bewick, brother of the famous engraver and natural history author, Thomas Bewick.
Window nº 14 14-12-2015	The Hayward Collection F. H. Hayward was an Inspector of Schools for the London County Council from 1905-1937. He was a supporter of the secularist movement, and a leading member of the Moral Instruction League, founded in 1897 to further ethical and civic teaching on a non-theological basis in schools. He is probably best known for his 'Celebration Method' which attempted to develop the child's learning through cross-curricular activities. He was greatly influenced in his thinking by the German philosopher and educational theorist Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776–1841). Hayward was a prolific writer and well-known to educationists during the first two decades of the 20th century. He was a passionate advocate for moral instruction and his cause was championed by Sir John Admas, the first professor of education and director of the Institute of Education at the University of London. Adams wrote thus of Hayward's contribution to education in a private letter to Hayward dated 1933: "The more I consider you and your educational work, the more I regard you as a figure in the history of education rubbing shoulders with Comenius and Pestalozzi and rousing the writer’s wonder at the inability of your contemporaries to appreciate the value of your contribution. The time will come when light will break … and you will be raised to the pedestal which is being silently prepared for you." The Hayward Collection makes up Hayward's personal library, and covers a wide range of subjects including early psychology, religious and moral education and education for citizenship. For more information, see: http:libguides.ioe.ac.uk/hayward Image source: Hayward, F. H.(1905). The educational ideas of Pestalozzi and Fröbel. London: Ralph Holland.
Window nº 15 15-12-2015	The Historical ILEA Collection The Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) started life in 1965 as a special committee of the Greater London Council. Following its abolition in March 1990, a collection of books and audiovisual materials published by the ILEA Learning Resources Branch was transferred to the Institute. The materials date from the early 1970s to the time of ILEA's abolition and include materials for use in schools and for in-service training. Some items are duplicated in the main Library collections. The Library also holds a set of ILEA Research and Statistics Branch reports from 1980 to 1990, which cover a wide range of topics, such as truancy, minority languages, special needs and examination results. For more information, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/ilea
Window nº 16 16-12-2015	The Rainbow Collection Bernarr Rainbow (1914-1998) had a distinguished career as a music teacher in High Wycombe and then later at the College of St. Mark and St. John in Chelsea, Gypsy Hill College of Education and finally at Kingston Polytechnic. Bernarr Rainbow (1914-1998) trained at Trinity College of Music and was appointed Organist and Choirmaster of High Wycombe Parish Church and Senior Music Master at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe in 1944. In 1952 he became Director of Music at the teacher training College of S. Mark and S. John in Chelsea, transferring to Gypsy Hill College of Education in 1972 and then becoming Head of Music at Kingston Polytechnic. He retired in 1978. Rainbow researched, wrote and published extensively on music education and historical musicology, becoming a distinguished scholar of the history of music education and gaining three postgraduate degrees from the University of Leicester. He wrote a biography of John Curwen (1816-1880), the inventor of the tonic sol-fa method of singing, and founded the Curwen Institute to promote his work. He was President of the Campaign for the Defence of the Traditional Cathedral Choir which resisted the introduction of women and in 1996 he established the Bernarr Rainbow Award for School Music Teachers. On his death, many of his books and papers came to the Institute. This collection consists of material on music education; it is mainly books, with a few unbound issues of periodicals, and several microfilms. For more information on this collection, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/rainbow The Archives at the UCL Institute of Education holds the Rainbow papers.
Window nº 17 17-12-2015	The Official Publications Collection The historical Official Publications Collection is the most comprehensive collection of official reports, legislation and other publications on education and related subjects for all parts of the United Kingdom. Publications of semi-official education organisations (quangos) are included, as are those of other groups (such as political parties and trade unions), when they relate to education. The earliest documents date from the Government's first involvement in education in the 19th century, and new items are added to the collection as they appear. Born-digital (web-based)materials are held in the Digital Education Resource Archive, DERA, at http://dera.ioe.ac.uk For more information, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/offpubs
Window nº 18 18-12-2015	The Louis Arnaud Reid Collection Louis Arnaud Reid (1895-1986) came to the Institute of Education in 1947 as Britain's first Professor of the Philosophy of Education, a position he held until his retirement in 1962. He continued teaching students at the Institute's Art and Design Department after his retirement. Reid wrote and lectured widely on aesthetics and the arts. He was a a founding member of both the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain and the British Society of Aesthetics. The Arnaud Reid Collection consists mainly of books, but there are substantial runs of unbound periodicals. For information on the Reid collection, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/reid
Window nº 19 19-12-2015	School Examination Papers Collection Since the early twentieth century, public examinations for school pupils aged approximately 16 and 18 have been set by a number of independent examining boards, originally associated with universities, later set up as independent organizations by government. Each board published its own regulations and syllabuses, mark schemes, examiners' reports, statistics, and past examinations papers. The original School Certificate and Higher School Certificate were replaced in the early 1950s by the GCE (General Certificate of Education) at Ordinary and Advanced levels. GCE 'O' level was supplemented in the 1970s with CSE (Certificate of Secondary Education) for lower attaining pupils, and the two were replaced in 1986 by the GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education. This collection was originally assembled by the library of the DCSF (Department for Children, Schools and Families) and its predecessors. It comprises the publications of most of the major examining boards, including the AEB (Associated Examining Board), JMB (Joint Matriculation Board), University of London, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Oxford and Cambridge, and other regional groups. The earliest publications date from about 1907; the latest additions were made in the mid-1990s. Some material from organizations dealing with vocational qualifications, such as BTEC and the City and Guilds, is also included. The IOE Archive holds IOE and LDTC exam papers and pass lists dating back to 1907. For more information, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/schoolexams
Window nº 20 20-12-2015	The School Histories Collection The School Histories Collection tells the stories of individual schools and their communities across Britain. The collection includes around 1,500 books and pamphlets, dating from the early twentieth century up to the present day. (Older materials, mainly from the nineteenth century, are held in the History of Education Collection.) Schools range from local village schools, to secondary modern, grammar, comprehensive and public schools. In some cases the schools are traced from medieval or Elizabethan days to modern times; others give more detail of recent changes and developments. A Teacher's Guide to support enquiry into the history of schooling in the UK at Key Stages 2 and 3 is available at http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/schoolhistories
Window nº 21 21-12-2015	The Comparative Education Collection The Comparative Education Collection is made up of the contents from two separate departmental libraries at the Institute: the Comparative Education Department Library and the Department of Education in Tropical Areas Library. The collection were amalgamated in 1969. The collection consists of books and pamphlets from all over the world, mainly from the period 1900-1980. (Later material has been added to the main Library collections and is on the open shelves). The emphasis is on educational theory and practice, but there is also supporting literature on social and economic conditions, history, etc. See: https://prezi.com/eqdzuggrx_q0/the-evolution-of-a-department-from-the-ioes-own-archive/ for more information and the IOE LibGuide at http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/comped Images from: Deutsches Lesebuch für höhere Schulen. Ausgabe für Mädchen, Klasse 1. (1941) (3. Aufl). Berlin: Weidmannsche Verlagsbuchhandlung Berlin.
Window nº 22 22-12-2015	1930s Teacher Training Colleges Prospectuses The 1930s Teacher Training Colleges Prospectuses Collection represents a variety of Teacher Training Colleges in the UK. The collection was housed with the British and Foreign School Society Collection at Brunel University Archives and came to the Institute as a donation in 2014. In July 1929 the Labour Government announced the school leaving age would rise from 14 to 15 on 1 April 1931. This would obviously necessitate more teachers and the Board of Education asked the training colleges to expand their numbers in 1929 and 1930 which they did. However cuts then loomed again and the school leaving age rise was postponed. Attempted closures of training colleges failed following widespread protest, but in 1937 when the issue of closures was raised again three women’s colleges were closed. A map of these colleges is here: http://bit.ly/1NeqPdd Further information on the collection is at http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/prospectuses
Window nº 23 23-12-2015	The History of Education Collection The History of Education Collection consists of books on all aspects of education published before 1940. There about 1200 items published between the16th and 18th centuries, but the bulk of the material dates from the 19th and 20th centuries. Included in this collection are about 150 bound volumes of 19th and 20th century pamphlets amassed by the Ministry and Departments of Education and deposited with the Institute of Education in 1992. These pamphlets form 3 series: Education miscellanies, Education pamphlets, and Tracts on education, and include works by Henry Brougham and Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth. The pamphlet series is available to view on microfilm in the Library. In addition to these rare books, much of the History of Education Collection is made up of first editions of books relevant to education, including manuals and handbooks for teachers. There is also a collection of old textbooks. For more information on the History of Education Collection, see: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/histed Image source: Dilworth, T. (1740). A new guide to the English tongue. London: Heney and Haddon.
Window nº 24 24-12-2015	For more information on the Special Collections, please contact the UCL Institute of Education Library on +44(0) 20 7612 6080 or email us ioe.library-enquiries@ucl.ac.u If you need to speak to a librarian, please contact Nazlin Bhimani, Research Support & Special Collections Librarian at n.bhimani@ucl.ac.uk If you are interested in the collections held in the Archives, please email ioe.arch-enquiries@ucl.ac.uk Image source: [Scott, Sir Walter?]The Christmas box. (1827?). London: Ainsworth. BAINES COLLECTION 70
Window nº 25 25-12-2015	Happy Christmas & A Happy New Year! from the Newsam Library and Archives Team