Tag Archives: fiction
The ‘gloomy sky’ and the ‘ruddy glow’ of Dickens’ London
“It was a Sunday evening in London, gloomy, close and stale… Nothing to see but streets, streets, streets. Nothing to breathe but streets, streets, streets.” A ‘Dickensian’ world has become a figure of speech, evoking grim workhouses and haunted graveyards, frosty … Continue reading
Posted in History of Education
Tagged Charles Dickens, child labour, childhood, Christmas, exhibitions, fiction, London, museums, novels, orphans, poverty, social history, Victorians
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Focus on DERA (Digital Education Resource Archive): literacy and reading
The IOE Library has always collected documents published by government and other relevant bodies in the areas of education, training, children, and families. Today, the Official Publications Collection here at the Library is the largest of our special collections and … Continue reading
When books are banished or school is trademarked: dystopian novels in our libraries
Did you know that Senate House, the striking high-rise building next to the main UCL campus, features in two different very dark futuristic novels: The day of the triffids by John Wyndham (1951) and 1984 by George Orwell (1949)? Orwell’s Ministry of Truth … Continue reading
Two items from the Baines Collection at the IOE Library: The Lilliputian Library or Gulliver’s Museum
As we highlight the Baines Collection in our Special Collections Advent Calendar today, I thought it would be appropriate for me to write about two items from the collection based on some material I had prepared when I recently showcased our Special Collections … Continue reading
Don’t judge a collection by its title
You could potentially be missing out on a great read or an entertaining DVD if you find the name ‘Education in Literature Collection’ off putting. The criteria for inclusion in the Collection is ‘novels, poetry, plays and DVDs about the … Continue reading
Posted in Education in Literature Collection, Library, Library and Archives
Tagged 1950s, Alan Bennett, America, biographies, Boarding Schools, Britain, crime, DVDs, fiction, girls, Grammar Schools, India, John Carey, laughter, LGBT, novels, Oxford University, plays, poetry, Science Fiction, South Africa, special collections, Yemen
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S. F. Said writes about the opening of the Children’s Book Corner in the Newsam Library at UCL IOE
On 30th March, the children’s author, S.F. Said, opened the Children’s Book Corner in the Newsam Library at the UCL Institute of Education. The brainchild of Sue McGonigle, Tutor in Primary Education and Sally Perry, Curriculum Resources Librarian, the Children’s … Continue reading
Hesse’s romantic and sinister tale of boarding school life
Merciless cramming according to an obsolete curriculum… constant fighting and bullying at a boys’ boarding school… pressure from peers and pressure from parents… vast social differences and social mobility through achievement… ardent friendship and careless betrayal… overpowering desire and fear … Continue reading
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Tagged Education in Literature Collection, fiction, Hesse, history of education, literature, novels, World Book Night
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Wintery Chills in the Curriculum Resources Collection
In spite of all its concrete and glass the UCL IOE Library is a remarkably cosy place to be at this time of year, but when it came to sourcing materials on the chilly subject of Winter and Cold Weather … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum Resources
Tagged Books, Cold, Curriculum Resources, fiction, Non-Fiction, Seasons, Winter
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A new lease of life for the Literature Collection
The library has, for many years, maintained a small collection of books called the ‘Literature Collection’ which contains a few hundred works of fiction with some kind of educational theme. Classic examples include Malcolm Bradbury’s ‘The History Man’, ‘Lucky Jim’ … Continue reading
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