Educational Press Research Articles

The Minority Languages of Tripura with Special Reference to Kokborok Language: A Study on the Language Demography of Tripura, India

Linguistically, Tripura is a case of one dominant language and several minority languages. This study aims to identify the minority languages endemic to Tripura, with the objective of preserving and protecting the identified languages. The present study is based on the secondary data collected from the Census of India, 2011 and Ethnologue, 2024. The descriptive research method has been used to analyse the data. The study reveals that eight minority languages are enlisted by the Directorate of Kokborok and Other Minority Languages in Tripura. The eight languages are Kokborok, Manipuri, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Kuki-Mizo, Garo, Halam, Chakma and Mogh. Out of the eight minority languages enlisted by the said directorate of Tripura, Kokborok is the only language endemic to Tripura, and other minority languages have their language core areas outside the state. The core area of Kokborok is situated in Tripura, and the periphery areas are spread in the adjacent Indian states of Mizoram and Assam and Chittagong hill tracts of Bangladesh. However, the Kokborok language is a vulnerable minority language in its core area. The language speakers account for only 25.9 per cent of the total speakers in Tripura. Even after gaining official status on January 19, 1979, the Kokborok language is not widely used in educational institutions, official circulars, press, television, courts, and financial or social institutions, weakening language vitality. Therefore, considering the endemic character of the Kokborok language, meaning that the Kokborok language holds unique traits and adaptations to environmental conditions in the region, its minority status and low language vitality, the Kokborok language needs to be preserved and protected.

Empirical Review of Vietnamese Educational Press Releases: A Discourse Analysis

Empirical Review of Vietnamese Educational Press Releases: A Discourse Analysis

Austrian women's associations in the educational press of the dualism era

In the present paper, Austrian women's associations and associations will be reviewed in the spirit of women's emancipation. During this period, many women's societies, associations, foundations and clubs were established in the territory of the Monarchy, with a very wide range of goals. In my study, I present the main Austrian women's societies in the light of the Austrian pedagogical journals of the dualism era, in the period from 1889 to 1910. In the research, I looked for the answer to the question: how often and from what perspective did the journalists and educational specialists of the time write about the necessity and usefulness of women's associations in the various pedagogical magazines? What concerned writers, teachers, and readers in relation to the activities of women's associations at the time? In the course of the research, I examined 3177 coded units of four types of Austrian educational newspapers from the era of dualism (Österreichische Lehrerinnen-Zeitung; Der Lehrerinnen-Wart and its successors: Neuzeit, Frauenleben, Neues Frauenleben; Frauen-Werke; Mittheilungen des Vereines der Lehrerinnen und Erzieherinnen in Österreich) and processed it using the method of semantic content analysis, including naming analysis.

Think tanks, redes de gobernanza y política educativa en Uruguay

This paper aims to account for the formation of governance networks with strong power to influence Uruguayan educational policies, constituted by a diversity of actors with a common interest in disputing the traditional hegemony of public education in the country.
 The starting point is a conceptual framework influenced by the post-foundationalist perspective in the social sciences, which is particularly interested in the constitution of political networks and governance networks in the framework of the promotion and definition of educational policies.
 A methodological strategy based on a network ethnography perspective (Howard, 2002) is proposed, based on the analysis of institutional documents, educational policy texts, various websites and press releases.
 The paper aims to show the incidence of two local think tanks (CERES and Eduy21) in the production of meanings and proposals that dispute the public meaning of education in Uruguay.
 The text is part of a broader research entitled "Disputes around the public nature of education in Uruguay" (Martinis, 2022), based in the Grupo de Estudios en Políticas y Prácticas Educativas of the Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación of the Universidad de la República de Uruguay.

Educational Devices: Debates and Endeavours within the Swiss Teachers’ Association SLV, 1950–1980

This article examines how and why elementary and lower secondary school teachers in Switzerland constructed audio-visual media as educational devices. The new technical solutions had to be interpreted and adapted so that they could be considered educational. The educational press and internal minutes of the Swiss Teachers’ Association SLV show the public discussions as well as internal conflicts. They allow conclusions to be drawn about the role of the teacher association in constructing educational media. They also show the part played by political and practical issues in the evaluation and development of educational media. The article ends with a conclusion that outlines the different ways in which Swiss elementary and lower secondary school teachers dealt with new teaching media.

Educational press in Iraq. (The New Teacher) magazine as a model

التربية والإعلام دعامتان أساسيتان تساهمان معاً ويرميان لهدف واحد، رقي وازدهار وبناء الإنسان والمجتمع. لقد اسهمت الصحافة التي تعرف بـ (الصحافة المدرسية) بنشر كل ما يتعلق بالأنشطة والفعاليات داخل المدرسة، أما الصحافة الأوسع من ذلك فهي (الصحافة التربوية) التي تقوم بشر الأخبار والبحوث والدراسات والموضوعات التي لها علاقة بالعملية التعليمية والعمل على تطوير وتعزيز قدرات المعلمين وإغناء المناهج الدراسية بالحديث منها. جاء بحثنا الصحافة التربوية في العرق مجلة (المعلم الجديد) أنموذجاً كونها من أقدم الصحف والمجلات التربوية في العراق والتي بلغ عمرها (68) سنة بدءاً من شباط 1935 وانتهاءً بعددها الأخير من المجلد(47) في شباط 2003، ولطول مدة صدورها وتعاقب أنظمة سياسية وما نتج عنها من توجيهات مختلفة تحدد هدف بحثنا لمعرفة مدى تأثرها من خلال التزامها بنشر الموضوعات والدراسات والبحوث لتربويين ومفكرين عراقيين وعرب واجانب بما يتناسب والتوجيهات السياسية والتربوية والفكرية للانظمة المتعاقبة على العراق.

PERIODICAL ORGANS AND PUBLICATION OF SECULAR EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE IN THE CHUVASH LANGUAGE IN KAZAN IN 1905–1914

In the conditions of “narrowing” the field of using the national languages of the Middle Volga region peoples, the study of historical experience of their use as a channel of cultural modernization and westernization of the society in the pre-revolutionary period is a topical subject of research. The purpose of the work is to analyze retrospectively the activities to translate and publish secular educational material and periodical press in the Chuvash language in Kazan in the late-imperial period (1905–1914). Liberalization of Caesarism’s internal politics during the First Russian Revolution, as well as emancipation of social consciousness of the national intelligentsia created favorable conditions for the appearance of the first periodicals and secular literature in the Chuvash language. One of the education centers, where at this time new Chuvash editions began to be published, was Kazan. The first Chuvash newspaper “Khypar” was published there as well as annual calendars, the Translation Commission under Kazan educational district organized translation and printing secular educational literature.
 
 Within the framework of this study, for the first time in the Russian historiography, the author makes an attempt to assess the role of Kazan in the formation of the Chuvash secular educational book and newspaper periodicals in pre-revolutionary period, he studies the activity of the Translation Commission under Kazan Educational District on compiling and printing secular educational literature, he shows the repertoire, the circulation and the years of Chuvash editions release. As a result of the study, it was concluded that the formation of secular book printing and the appearance of the first periodic organs in the Chuvash language played a significant role in the birth of the national movement and the growth of self-awareness in the Chuvash people.

In the Spotlight-Established Researcher.

In the Spotlight-Established Researcher.

فاعلیة استراتیجیة حوض السمک فی تدریس مادة علم الاجتماع لتنمیة ثقافة الحوار لدى طالبات الصف الثانی الثانوی العام

المستخلص: يهدف البحث إلى تعرف مدى فاعلية استراتيجية حوض السمک لتنمية ثقافة الحوار لدى طالبات الصف الثاني الثانوي العام ، وقد تطلب البحث قيام الباحثة بإعداد دليل المعلم وکتاب الطالب ، وتطبيق أداة البحث وهى اختبار ثقافة الحوار أختبار مواقف وقد شملت عينة البحث (60) طالبة بمدرسة الشهيد البطل عبدالباسط حسن عبدالباسط التابعة لإدارة المعصرة التعليمية بمحافظة القاهرة ؛ وتم تقسيمها إلى مجموعتين متساويتين تجريبية وضابطة . وقد أظهرت نتائج البحث فاعلية استراتيجية حوض السمک لتنمية ثقافة الحوار لدى طالبات الصف الثاني الثانوي الدارسات لمادة علم الاجتماع . The effectiveness of an aquarium strategy in teaching sociology to develop a culture of dialogue for second-Year high school students” Abstract: The research aims to investigate the effectivenees of an aquarium Strategy in teaching Sociology to develop culture of dialogue for secondary School girls studying the Sociology subject. The Research has required from the researcher to prepare the second and the third units from sociology book. The research required preparing the teacher’s guide and the student book in addition to applying the search tool: the culture of dialogue tes “ a situations test “ . the research sample included (60) girl at the martyr hero Abdel baset Hassan Abdel baset secondary school in the administration of the educational press and the sample was divided into two equal group , an experimental group and control one . The results of the research showed the effectivenees of an aquarium Strategy in teaching Sociology to develop culture of dialogue for secondary School girls studying the Sociology subject.

THE QUESTION ABOUT THE MATICAL FEATURES OF PEDAGOGIC JOURNALISTIC IN 1860–1917

The article presents the results of a comprehensive study of materials about public schools in pedagogic journalism of the mid-19th – the early 20th centuries. The pedagogic experience is generalised through the analysis of journal publications and a catalogue of articles about public schools, created a thematic periodisation of the educational press is developed. The idea substantiated is that the task of the pedagogic journalism (1860–1917) is to study the work of public schools, to form the theoretical and practical foundations of pedagogy, and to determine the prospects for the development of education. In connection with the emergence of competitive pedagogic publications between the participants in the pedagogic process, the quickest implement communicative communication, which made possible to modernise education, became possible. Pedagogic journalism of 1860–1917 revealed the problems of the formation and development of public schools, thanks to its materials, the further course of public education was determined.

ВАСИЛЬ ЩУРАТ – РЕКТОР УКРАЇНСЬКОГО ТАЄМНОГО УНІВЕРСИТЕТУ

У статті висвітлено діяльність Українського таємного університету у Львові впродовж 1921– 1925 рр. На основі дослідження різних джерел показано непрості умови функціонування цього й інших нелегальних вищих навчальних закладів, де здобували освіту українці Галичини. Особливу увагу приділено важливій ролі ректора цієї інституції Василя Щурата у творенні української вищої школи. Український таємний університет співпрацював з Вільним університетом у Празі, вони обмінювалися досвідом при вирішенні важливих питань, та все ж умови, у яких розвивалися університети, були різними

Between New Education and Idealistic vision: Giuseppe Lombardo Radice and the Arduous Path of L’Educazione Nazionale in Italy (1927-1933).

Opening the issue of Pour l’ère nouvelle (January 1927), Adolphe Ferrière announced that L’Educazione Nazionale, directed by Giuseppe Lombardo Radice, would be the Italian partnership of the educational press officially committed with the New Education Fellowship. The strong relation between the two scholars was based on a shared vision of education as really focused on the release of children’s natural energies. The cultural mission of the Italian journal was not an easy one to accomplish, due to the increasingly heavy atmosphere characterizing the Italian public life, signed by the turning of Fascism into an authoritarian Regime. Up to the turning point of the thirties the review often tried to draw attention onto several themes and figures related to the progressive expansion of the New Education. Unfortunately, the involution of Fascism hindered the journal’s activity, finally forcing its closure in 1933.

The humanities meet STEM: Five approaches for humanists

With STEM education garnering an increasing share of educational budgets and press, humanities teachers should consider how to respond to the growing power of math and science. Should humanists read the writing on the wall and tether themselves to the economic engine of STEM? Or should humanists separate themselves, retreating securely into their own disciplinary homes? Middle ground options, including critique of and partnership with STEM, are available as well. This article lays out five postures or approaches that humanists should weigh as they consider how to proceed. Drawing from various case studies, including medical humanities, digital humanities, and innovative interdisciplinary curricula, the article fleshes out the advantages and limitations of each approach.

Intermediate School Students’ Participation in School Press in Kuwait

The idea of this study has been emerged from the importance of school press in enriching and enhancing the educational press, and it also contributes in detecting talents early. The researcher has conducted this study on a random sample of 360 students from intermediate school in Kuwait. The results have revealed that the majority of students in Kuwaiti schools participate in school press as the get the required encouragement from their parents to write in school press, the students also ensured that these activities do not affect their study level negatively. The results indicate that the course newspaper is the most popular activity, in which most students always participate, and the rest of students sometimes do. Also, this study has shown that; there is a significant correlation between students’ participation rate in the activity of school press and their interest to read public newspapers and magazines, and that elder students have more interest to participate in school press, so, Students’ participation rate in the activity of school press varies significantly depending on the gender and grade.

Professional autonomy of elementary school teachers in the second half of the nineteenth century. The case of Slovenia

This article analyses the means and boundaries of the professional autonomy that elementary school teachers enjoyed in the second half of the nineteenth century in the territory of modern-day Slovenia, previously part of the Austrian and Austro-Hungarian Empires. While their work had been regulated in great detail since the Elementary School Act of 1774, which laid down even the contents and methods of teaching to be employed, the subsequent 1869 Act stipulated that teachers could become members of school boards as a means of providing them with an opportunity to influence education policies. Teachers were required to attend teachers’ conferences where, among other things, participants discussed successful teaching methods and developed detailed curricula and lesson plans. Teachers expected these changes to bring them greater autonomy, as well as a say in school policies and greater public confidence in their professional authority. This paper contains an analysis of whether or not these expectations were met. Our analysis of school board and teachers’ conference reports published in the Slovenian educational press shows that in this period an important shift occurred in the way that teaching effectiveness was ensured and teachers’ work supervised. A system was put in place which at the same time facilitated and monitored the implementation of teachers’ ideas, and ensured and restricted their professional freedom. There was a significant change in authoritarian techniques, which quickly developed yet still facilitated the growth in teachers’ professional authority, as teachers gained power and space to fight the authorities for recognition of their status and ideas.

La prensa católica argentina ante la Ley Federal de Educación (1993-1999)

The purpose of this study is to analyze the response of the Catholic Church in Argentina to the educational reform undertaken by the government of Carlos Menem in the 1990's. It offers an interpretation of the Catholic position on the basis of a review of the Catholic educational press, represented by the CONSUDEC newspaper, published by the Catholic Superior Council of Education. It highlights the general reception given to the Federal Education Law and the changes and continuities which occurred in the 1990's. It then analyzes two questions which are fundamental for understanding the link between the Church and the educational system: on the one hand, religious education, and on the other, the definition of the concept public. It likewise discusses the auspicious but critical welcome the Church gave to the reform and the limits of its political support after the educational crisis at the end of that decade.

Making do with media: teachers, technology, and tactics of media use in American classrooms, 1919–1946

ABSTRACTIn the last century, teachers have come under pressure to incorporate new media technologies into their lessons. Comparing educational research, press coverage, and teachers' firsthand accounts of mediated instruction between 1919 and 1946, this article highlights a historic discrepancy between anticipated and actual uses of media in classrooms. Drawing on de Certeau's theory of “making do,” the author argues that teachers' efforts to balance high technologies with simpler, more do-it-yourself varieties of media in their lessons constituted critical forms of participation in educational media culture and small acts of resistance against industrial, top-down efforts to streamline, modernize, and technologize their work.

The French Republic: History, Values, Debates, eds. Edward Berenson, Vincent Duclert and Christophe Prochasson

The French have a particular fondness for ‘encyclopaedias’ and ‘dictionaries’ of historical events. For the most part, these are aimed squarely at a student audience. Publishers know that they have a captive market in the army of lycéens revising for nationwide baccalauréat exams and (a rather smaller number of) students preparing grande école entrance exams or the dreaded agrégation. The target audience usually means that these books prioritise accessible synthesis over historiographical originality. Occasionally, as with François Furet and Mona Ozouf’s famous Dictionnaire critique de la Révolution française (1988), they make a mark on academic scholarship, but it is much more common for them to be consigned to library shelves for the benefit of hundreds of overworked students. It is hardly surprising, then, that this should have been exactly what happened to Christophe Prochasson and Vincent Duclert’s remarkable Dictionnaire critique de la République, published by the educational press Flammarion in 2002. It ran to 1,300 pages, contained 200 articles by over 100 experts, and represented some of the sharpest scholarship in the field. No-one was ever likely to read it from start to finish, but it served its function exceptionally well: it was an outstanding reference tool and simultaneously made a scholarly contribution to a civic debate surrounding republicanism that has run through French politics since the early 1980s. Nevertheless, it was not an obvious candidate for an English edition. There is not the same tradition of encyclopaedias in the English-speaking world and few British or American publishers would normally be willing to subsidise the cost of so much translation without knowing that there was a vast audience of potential readers. Clearly, Edward Berenson and Cornell University Press were acutely aware of this problem. Their solution was to use the original French volume as little more than a starting-point. They reused twenty entries from the French volume but they also supplemented these with twenty newly-commissioned articles by English-language scholars. The end result is a modest 300-page book that is much closer to an edited volume than a pedagogical tool.

Educational Press for Remote Experimentation Applied in the Spring to Study Hooke’s Law

Educational Press for Remote Experimentation Applied in the Spring to Study Hooke’s Law

Internationalism and the Third World (Photographs in the Hungarian Educational Press in the 1960’s)

Internationalism and the Third World (Photographs in the Hungarian Educational Press in the 1960’s)