Monthly Archives: August 2016
Fictional favourite
I studied History at school until A’ Level and am still interested in the way in which is taught. Upon recently rereading one of my favourite books in the Education in Literature Collection, To serve them all my days by … Continue reading
Posted in Education in Literature Collection, Library, Library and Archives, Special Collections
Tagged 1914-1918, authors, BBC TV, Boarding Schools, collections, Devon, dramatists, England, history, hsistory teachers, male teachers, novelists, novels, private schools, R. F. Delderfield, schools in TV series, shell-shock, social history, teaching, Television, West Buckland School, West Country, World War
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The provenance of the Baines Collection
This afternoon I was tidying in the Special Collections when I came across a letter relevant to the provenance of the Baines Collection. I thought I would share with you some of this information in terms of piecing together the … Continue reading
British Colonial Education Policy and the Use of Indigenous Languages
Some time ago, whilst working in the closed stacks at Emerald Street I came across sections of a newsletter in Nandi which I found by chance tucked away in one of the historical textbooks. It is dated from the early … Continue reading
Finding inspiration on a stormy weekend: Curriculum Resource ideas from the SLA
Like many institutions concerned with teacher training the UCL Institute of Education has, as part of its library, a collection of resources for use in the classroom. This collection has two roles: to show what is available to support teaching … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum Resources, Library and Archives
Tagged Curriculum Resources, education
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