Introduction
Richard Aldrich, Emeritus Professor of the History of Education
at the Institute of Education, University of London, is the
leading exponent of the application of historical perspectives
to current educational issues.
He has contributed some 15
books and 80 articles to the field, has been presented with
two festschriften, Whitehead and O’Donoghue, eds, 2004 and Crook
and McCulloch, eds, 2007 and was profiled in Historia de la
Educación in 2008.
Richard’s acclaimed article,
‘Education for survival: an historical perspective’, first
published in History of Education, is included in the
‘Routledge Education Class of 2011’ and can be downloaded
without charge from that site. Publications in 2012 include a
new Routledge edition of School and Society in Victorian
Britain (first published by Garland in 1995), a Japanese
translation of
A Century of Education and a chapter on ‘Enlightenment,
evolution and education’ in a book edited by Sjaak Braster and
published by Peter Lang.
Richard has served as
►ccPublic
Orator, Chair of the Academic Board, President of
►ccthe Senior Common Room and Head of the History,
►ccHumanities and Philosophy
Department of the Institute of
►ccEducation
►ccPresident
of the International Standing Conference for the
►ccHistory
of Education
►ccPresident
of the UK History of Education Society
►ccVice-President
of the British and Foreign School Society
►ccAssociate
Editor for the Oxford Dictionary of National
►ccBiography
►ccChair
of the AIM25 Steering Committee
►ccA
Director of the GTC Company and Trust
►ccVice-Chairman
of Governors and Trustees of Cranbrook
ccccSchool
►ccVisiting
professor, consultant and lecturer in more than 20
►cccountries
►ccMember
of the editorial boards of numerous international
►ccand national
academic journals
Recent Major Publications by Richard Aldrich
►ccLessons
from History of Education: The Selected Works of
►ccRichard Aldrich (2006)
►ccPublic
or Private Education? Lessons from History (ed.
►cc2004)*
►ccThe
Institute of Education 1902-2002, A Centenary History
►cc(2002)*
►ccA
Century of Education (ed. 2002)*
►ccEducation
and Employment: The DfEE and its Place in
►ccHistory
(co-author
2000)*
* Times Educational
Supplement book of the week |
Lessons from History of Education: The Selected Works of Richard Aldrich (2006) (Routledge World
Library of Educationalists series)
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leading
exponent of the application of historical perspectives
to current educational issues |
History, Politics and Policy-making in Education:
a festschrift presented to Richard Aldrich (2007)
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Email:
r.aldrich@ioe.ac.uk
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