What can we learn from the history of education?

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“Historians remind us of what we might prefer to forget”

Johannes Westberg (University of Groningen) is one of Europe’s rising historians of education.

We talk about his recent paper: “What we can learn from studying the past: The wonderful usefulness of history in educational research”, and consider the benefits of thinking more critically about sources of evidence, drawing on historical comparisons, and how history provides a valuable ‘psychological distance’ from emotive debates.

Period9-May-2022

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  • TitleWhat can we learn from the history of education?
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletMeet the Education Researcher
    Media typePodcast
    Duration/Length/Size19 minutes
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    Date09/05/2022
    Description“Historians remind us of what we might prefer to forget”

    Johannes Westberg (University of Groningen) is one of Europe’s rising historians of education.

    We talk about his recent paper: “What we can learn from studying the past: The wonderful usefulness of history in educational research”, and consider the benefits of thinking more critically about sources of evidence, drawing on historical comparisons, and how history provides a valuable ‘psychological distance’ from emotive debates.
    Producer/Authoreil Selwyn,Monash University, Australia.
    URLhttps://soundcloud.com/eetheducationesearcher/what-can-we-learn-from-the-history-of-education-johannes-westberg
    PersonsJohannes Westberg
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  • history of education