Monthly Archives: October 2012
Trick or treat?
Anyone for some Kidney’s Shiraz? No, how about some Witches Froth then? If I had to pick one of the Halloween themed recipes from this 1978 Gloucester School calendar I think I’d play it safe and stick with the gingerbread! This … Continue reading
Group Study Rooms online booking system now available
The Newsam Library has just opened two Group Study Rooms for use by IOE students. Hourly slots are bookable up to a maximum of two hours per group per day. Available slots are coloured green and booked slots are coloured … Continue reading
New collection guide and gallery – Papers of Sir Fred Clarke
I just finished a new guide on the collection of Sir Fred Clarke, former Director of the IOE. The collection provides an insight into Clarke’s educational interests and ideologies, while also painting a picture of family life for an academic … Continue reading
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Tagged adult education, biography, Christianity, education, family life, Fred Clarke, IOE, personal papers, vocational education
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Appeal to London teachers – Interested in using primary sources in the classroom?
Are you interested in using primary sources in the classroom but not sure where to start? Our plan to develop one of our collections as a teaching resource for Key Stages 3 and 4 could be the place to start. … Continue reading
Resources that schools can get and we can’t…
Although the Library has a range of audiovisual and other resources available to PGCE students, see for example our Audiovisual Resources Online LibGuide, there are some sources only available to schools which might be worth keeping an eye out for … Continue reading
On slaveholder societies
You might question whether the country I grew up in still exists: the old Federal Republic of Germany. What has certainly gone is the country a few miles further east: a State socialist experiment known as the Democratic Republic of … Continue reading
Doctoral Students: Open Days at the British Library
The British Library regularly opens its doors to PhD students and we recommend you go to one of the Doctoral Open Days advertised below if you are unfamiliar with the BL’s collections. The Open Days are arranged so that you … Continue reading
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Tagged British Library, collections, Doctoral, open days, PhD, research, researcher
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New books on women in old times
Have you ever heard of Hannah Woolley, who in the 17th century kept a school at age fourteen and later lived on writing about domestic science? Or of Elizabeth Elstob, who in the 18th century was one of the foremost … Continue reading
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Tagged biography, history of education, women, women's education, women's employment, women's rights
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