Founded in 1978, Histoire de l'Éducation is a peer-reviewed history journal dedicated to teaching and education in France and elsewhere. Two issues of miscellaneous contributions and two themed issues are published annually, and each issue consists of papers, scientific news, critical reviews, and reviews. It aims to publish the best research in the field of the history of education, to report on evolutions and debates in the field, to contribute to stimulating its scientific environment, and to promote study of the history of education that is in conformance with the methods and requirements of history scholarship. Histoire de l'Éducation is aimed at historians and researchers from other disciplines along with teachers, teacher trainers, and anyone who is looking to the history of education as one of the keys to understanding education's current problems.
Se soustraire à l'empire des grands. Enfance, jeunesse et agentivité (1500-1850)
Childhood, youth and agency (1500-1850)
This dossier encourages a reflection on the experiences of children and the agency of youth (between adapting and resisting) in France and the neighbouring countries over a long period of time and using a wide range of sources. It thereby aims to shed light on the way in which children took action within social structures.
École et éducation populaire en France depuis la fin du XIXe siècle
School and popular education in France since the End of the 19th Century
Since the end of the 19th c., schools, especially primary schools, have been surrounded by a network of associations that complement compulsory schooling: in addition to adult classes, there are youth clubs, holiday camps, educational films and leisure activities. What influence does this have on the school?
Regards historiques sur 40 ans de politique d'éducation prioritaire en France (1981-2020)
Historical perspectives on 40 years of priority education policy in France (1981-2020)
Priority education is 40 years old. All actors in urban and rural areas had to mobilize, work in inter-degrees and in partnership to fight school failure. The complexity and diversity of this education policy with a social purpose is reflected in contributions based on local sources.
Les réformes du financement de l'éducation. France/Suède
Educational Finance Reform. France/Sweden
The financing of education brings into play a wide range of issues - economic, but also political, social and cultural - that are addressed by many disciplines. In the field of educational history, however, it has only intermittently attracted the attention of researchers.
L'éducation des femmes adultes au XXe siècle, travailleuses, épouses et mères, citoyennes
Adult Women's Education in the 20th Century, workers women, spouses and mothers, citizens
At the crossroads of the history of the education of adults and the history of women and gender, this issue focuses on adult women's education, notably aiming at women from working-class backgrounds, in various national and temporal contexts in the whole 20th century.
Les transmissions religieuses face à la sécularisation
Religious Transmissions in the Secular Age
this special issue analyses the methods by which the various aspects of religious tradition and heritage are transmitted, in particular but not exclusively in Catholic milieus, by enlarging the perspective relative to educational institutions.
Regards sur l'histoire de l'éducation, une perspective internationale
Looking at History of Education, an international perspective
History of education is a rich field of study whose outlines vary and retrospective analysis may contribute to strengthening critical thinking. The articles in this special issue work towards this by studying research in this field and its evolution in France, Spain, Britain, Portugal and the Baltic States.
Les guerres d'antan. Reprises et ressacs ou comment les conflits passés font retour en temps de guerre (Moyen Âge-XXe siècle)
The Wars of Yesteryear. Revival and resurgence, or how past conflicts return to the fore in times of war (Middle Ages-20th century)
Femmes et cour entre le Moyen Âge et la Renaissance : nouvelles perspectives de recherche (SEMYR)
Women and Court between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance: new lines of research (SEMYR)