Auf den Spuren von Diskurs, Traum und Wirklichkeit der architektonischen Formgebung in Decrolys Ermitage

in Zeitschrift fur Pädagogik. Beiheft (2011), 57(6), 928-951

The contribution is divided into three parts; first, [it tries] ... to uncover the Decrolyians'discourse concerning school architecture. On the basis of original sources, [the authors] ... look at the ... [more ▼]

The contribution is divided into three parts; first, [it tries] ... to uncover the Decrolyians'discourse concerning school architecture. On the basis of original sources, [the authors] ... look at the manner in which Decroly's and his disciples' thoughts on school buildings expressed themselves in the material heritage. Subsequently, Decroly's own school location is described and the question is raised as to how the developed environment was integrated into the pedagogical practice. In the final section, we study the utopian blue-print by the architects Renaat Braem (who nowadays is still considered one of the most important representatives of modern architecture and modern urban development in Belgium) and Jack Sokol, dating back to 1946. This had been a megalomaniacal project which was described both by the archtitects mentioned above and by the Decrolyians as a break with the existing school buildings, the ancient temples of pedagogy, in which one professed one's faith in the old didactics. It links up with the body of thought of an international plea which had been discussed during the first half of the 20th century, mainly in reform-pedagogical circles. The fact that the Decrolyians did, in the end, not realize their project of a renewable architecture was not so much the result of their persistent skepticism regarding one or the other school-architectonic determinism, which would transport the school building beyond the pre-eminence of its flexible use within the framework of the active method, it was simply due to limited financial resources. [less ▲]

Remembering the schoolmaster's blood-red pen. The story of the exercise books and the story of the children of the time (1950-1970)

in Meda, J.; Montino, D.; Sani, R. (Eds.) School Exercise Books: a Complex Source for a History of the Approach to Schooling and Education in the 19th and 20th Centuries (2010)

Van wildemannen, brave zwartjes en geëvolueerden: Over de mogelijke impact van de Congoconnectie op het Belgische onderwijs

in Viane, V.; D. Van Reybrouck; Ceuppens, B. (Eds.) Congo in België. Koloniale cultuur in de metropool (2009)

Uit de marge van de onderwijsgeschiedenis: schoolschriften als lieux de mémoire (1950-1970)

in Van Gorp, A.; Bakker, N.; Braster, S. (Eds.) et al Materiële schoolcultuur: over artefacten als bron in de onderwijsgeschiedenis (2009)

Ethnohistory of the primary school in Flanders: A step towards the theoretical understanding of the structural and cultural processes, behind schooling and educationalizing

in Filosofiya Obrazovaniya (2008), (1), 122-135

Expériences scolaires au Congo Belge. Etude exploratoire

in Annales Aequatoria (2006), 27

Sur base de huit interviews d'anciens élèves de l'enseignement colonial au Congo belge, cette étude explore les effets que les processus pédagogiques coloniaux ont eu sur les élèves. Mots-clés: Congo ... [more ▼]

Sur base de huit interviews d'anciens élèves de l'enseignement colonial au Congo belge, cette étude explore les effets que les processus pédagogiques coloniaux ont eu sur les élèves. Mots-clés: Congo belge; éducation coloniale; expériences scolaires; histoire. On the basis of eight interviews with Congolese citizens, each reflecting on their individual school careers, this study explores the effects of colonial educational processes in the former Belgian Congo. [less ▲]