1 -ABSTRACTS- Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.............................................................................................................3 ISCHE 30 Sponsors......................................................................................................3 ISCHE 30 Grants and Supporters................................................................................3 CONFERENCE INFORMATION....................................................................................................4 Conference Theme........................................................................................................4 Organizational Committee...........................................................................................5 Program Committee.....................................................................................................6 Publication....................................................................................................................6 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS..............................................................................................................7 Biographical Notes.......................................................................................................7 Abstracts of Plenary Lectures.....................................................................................10 ABSTRACTS........................................................................................................................12 PANELS.............................................................................................................................86 STANDING WORKING GROUPS...............................................................................................97 INDEX OF PARTICIPANTS.....................................................................................................101 2 Acknowledgments ISCHE 30 Sponsors International Standing Conference for the History of Education History of Education Society (USA) Office of the Provost, Rutgers University-Newark Department of Urban Education, Rutgers-Newark School of Public Administration and Affairs, Rutgers-Newark Institute on Education Law and Policy, Rutgers-Newark ISCHE 30 is financially supported by generous grants or in-kind support from the following: Office of the Provost, Rutgers University-Newark History of Education Society (USA) Peter Lang Publishing (USA) Routledge Publishers (UK) School of Public Administration and Affairs, Rutgers-Newark Department of Urban Education, Rutgers-Newark Office of Campus and Community Relations, Rutgers-Newark The organizers would like to especially thank the following individuals without whom the conference could not have occurred: Melissa Rivera, Assistant Dean, School of Public Affairs and Administration LaChone McKenzie, Administrative Assistant, Department of Urban Education Diane Hill, Director of Campus and Community Relations Yvette Ortiz-Beaumont, Administrative Assistant, Campus and Community Relations Diana Hutyk, Undergraduate Intern, Campus and Community Relations And most importantly, Tara Davidson, Conference Administrator, whose tireless and outstanding organizational skills, in the midst of doctoral coursework, teaching, the successful completion of her doctoral qualifying examinations and the completion of her dissertation proposal, have been crucial to the planning and implementation of the conference. 3 Conference Information Conference Theme Education and Inequality: Historical Approaches to Schooling and Social Stratification The theme of ISHCE 30: Education and Inequality: Historical Approaches to Schooling and Social Stratification allows for papers that examine education and inequality from the 19th century to the present from comparative, international, and national perspectives. Proposals are invited that examine national and local case studies, and comparative and cross-cultural comparisons that focus on a number of sub themes: • The role of education in reducing or reproducing social inequality during specific historical periods. • The development of educational reforms and policies that have been designed to reduce educational achievement gaps and reduce social inequality. • The politics of education during different historical periods over the reduction of educational inequalities. • The effects of globalization on the historical development of educational systems and their effects on educational and social inequalities. • The historical effects of schooling on different groups, including race, social class, gender, and ethnicity. • The development of opportunity and access in K-12 and higher education for different groups, including race, social class, gender and ethnicity. • The role of teachers and administrators in providing or limiting access and opportunity for different groups, including race, social class, gender and ethnicity. • The development of curriculum and pedagogic practices to reduce educational inequalities, including teaching practices, curriculum development, professional development, and other practices. 4 Organizational Committee ISCHE 30 is be co-hosted by the Department of Urban Education, School of Public Affairs and Administration, the Institute on Education Law and Policy, Rutgers University-Newark, co-sponsored by the History of Education Society (USA), the Ph.D. Program in Urban Systems (a joint program at Rutgers-Newark, New Jersey Institute of Technology and University Medical and Dental School of New Jersey), the Office of Campus and Community Relations, Rutgers-Newark, with generous financial support from the History of Education Society (USA), the Office of the Provost, Rutgers University- Newark, Peter Lang Publishing (USA) and Routledge Publishers (UK). Members of the local organizing committee are: • Professor Alan Sadovnik (Co-Organizer, Rutgers-Newark) • Dr. Christina Collins (Co-Organizer, Rutgers-Newark and Harvard University) • Professor Benjamin Justice (Co-Organizer, Rutgers-New Brunswick) • Professor Susan Semel (Co-Organizer, City College of New York) • Professor Jamie Lew (Rutgers-Newark) • Professor Carolyne White (Rutgers-Newark) • Board of Governors Professor Paul Tractenberg (Rutgers-Newark) • Board of Governors Professor Marc Holzer (Rutgers-Newark) Members of the local organizing committee for Postgraduate and graduate student programming are: • Tara Davidson (Postgraduate/Graduate Student, Rutgers-Newark) • Peijia Zha (Postgraduate/Graduate Student, Rutgers-Newark) • Diane Hill (Postgraduate/Graduate Student, Rutgers-Newark) • Emily Jones (Postgraduate/Graduate Student, Rutgers-Newark) • Andre Keeton (Postgraduate/Graduate Student, Rutgers-Newark) • Angela Garretson (Postgraduate/Graduate Student, Rutgers-Newark) • Kaili Baucum (Postgraduate/Graduate Student, Rutgers-Newark) • Jermaine Monk (Postgraduate/Graduate Student, Rutgers-Newark) • Deena Khalil (Postgraduate/Graduate Student, Rutgers-Newark) • Edaine Murray (Postgraduate/Intern, IELP, Rutgers-Newark) • Diana Hutyk (Undergraduate Student, Rutgers-Newark) 5 Program Committee Program planning and paper reviewing were carried out in close cooperation between the local organizing committee, the History of Education Society (USA) and the ISCHE Academic Board. Members of this board are: • Professor Alan Sadovnik (Co-Chair, Rutgers-Newark) • Professor Susan Semel (Co-Chair, City College of New York) • Dr. Christina Collins (Co-Chair, Rutgers-Newark and Harvard University) • Professor Benjamin Justice (Co-Chair, Rutgers-New Brunswick) • Professor Harold Weschler, New York University, President HES, 2008 Additional reviewers included: • Professor Amita Gupta, City College of New York • Professor Jamie Lew, Rutgers University-Newark • Professor Carolyne White, Rutgers University-Newark • Professor Terrie Epstein, Hunter College • Professor Wayne Urban, University of Alabama • Professor Ronald Butchart, University of Georgia • Professor Kate Rousmaniere, Miami University • Professor William Wraga, University of Georgia • Professor Ken Gold, College of Staten Island • Professor Barbara Beatty, Wellesley College • Professor Judith Kafka, Baruch College • Professor Michael James, Connecticut College • Professor Bethany Rogers, College of Staten Island • Professor Brian Carolan, College of Staten Island • Professor Jason Beech, University de San Andres (Buenos Aires) • Professor Silvina Gvirtz, University de San Andres (Buenos Aires) • Professor Mona Siegel, University of California, Sacramento • Professor Arthur Powell, Rutgers University-Newark Publication A selection of papers presented at ISCHE 30 will be published in a special issue of Paedagogica Historica. Scholars whose proposals have been accepted are encouraged to submit their complete papers to the local organizing committee to be considered for inclusion. Deadline for submission of papers is August 30, 2008. An electronic version of the paper should be sent as email attachment to: [email protected] Four-hard copies should be sent to: Prof. Alan Sadovnik Rutgers University-Newark Department of Urban Education 110 Warren Street, 165 Bradley Hall Newark, New Jersey 07102 USA 6 Keynote Speakers Biographical Notes Joyce Goodman, University of Winchester, UK Dr. Goodman is Professor and Dean in the Faculty of Education at the University of Winschester. Her research interests are in history of education, particularly in ways women have exercised authority in and through education. She has recently completed a three-year project on women and the governance of girls’