Tag Archives: Colonial Department
New archive foyer display
I’ve just finished a visual timeline of the Colonial Department and its successors for the IOE foyer. If you’re interested, but can’t make it here to see it in the flesh, I’ve attemped a a quick Prezi version… .prezi-player { … Continue reading
From the IOE to world politics
Just a quick one before I forget. This afternoon I found a file on a man named Abubakar Tafewa Balewa. Abubakar was a student at the IOE Colonial Department, 1945-1946. I started cataloguing the file from the back (oldest item) … Continue reading
The Department of Education in Developing Countries: insights into change
Ooh, I’m a bad blogger. I really meant to give some updates on things I came across in the records of the Colonial Department, but realised the other day that I’ve almost finished with them now, but forgot to write anything. … Continue reading
From the Colonial Department to the Department of Education in Tropical Areas
Just found a letter from previous Institute Director, GB Jeffery, to Professor Margaret Read, regarding the proposed name change of the Colonial Department to the Department of Tropical Education. Jeffery states “‘Tropical education’, if it means anything at all, means education … Continue reading
The IOE’s colonial past
I recently started cataloguing the records of the Colonial Department, which include some of the oldest Institute records we hold in the archive. I won’t try to sum up the entire history of the department in this post as it … Continue reading
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