The school desk: from concept to object

in History of Education (2011), 40(1), 97-117

In the authors’ aim to go beyond the ‘silent’ school desk they returned to sources such as public contracts, photographs, advertising leaflets and (the often neglected) patents kept in the municipal ... [more ▼]

In the authors’ aim to go beyond the ‘silent’ school desk they returned to sources such as public contracts, photographs, advertising leaflets and (the often neglected) patents kept in the municipal archives of Brussels. In this article, they focus on the first half of the twentieth century and two phases of the ‘life-cycle’ of the school desk, namely the design phase on the one hand and the production phase on the other hand. What desks were designed and by whom (cf. patents)? Which desks were effectively produced for use in the municipal schools of Brussels? The transition between these two phases – the place where only some designs were brought to ‘life’ – occupies a special place. The paper concludes with a case study on the school furniture of Oscar Brodsky, a designer who kindled the authors’ interest through his publicity campaign of the 1920s and 1930s. [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)

About Pedagogization: From the Perspective of the History of Education

in Smeyers, Paul; Depaepe, Marc (Eds.) Educational Research: the Educationalization of Social Problems, 3 (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 ▲]