In less than a month, historians of education will descend en masse on Indianapolis for the 2014 History of Education Society Annual Meeting. The recently finalized conference schedule promises not to disappoint our twin desires to provoke discussions about methodology and promote innovation.
We are excited to foreground and highlight methodological discussions at this year’s meeting; the conference schedule suggests we are not alone in this effort. In order to generate methodological grist — in this case, the kind of forward motion that can come when minds collaborate around questions and conceptual issues central to the methods of our field — we have taken a first step.
We have assembled a “Methodology Guide.” The guide gathers and organizes conference sessions which most readily represent themselves as methodologically inclined. Our guide utilizes the following categories to help give shape to this year’s meeting:
♦ Oral History
♦ Teaching Methods
♦ Digital Approaches
♦ Quantitative Research
♦ Ethnohistory
♦ Biography
♦ Multiple Research Methods
♦ Publishing
Of course, this guide is inherently incomplete. We hope it is used as a means for gathering and communicating. In this spirit, should you notice missing sessions or become aware of other important methodological discussions, please share them.
During the conference, we will also be tweeting about methodological innovations, questions, and new directions. Follow us @edhistories and join the conversation #HES2014.
We are looking forward to sharing in a great conference with all of you!
Thursday, November 6 |
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| 4:30-6:00PM PANORAMA A {Multiple Research Methods} |
♦ Finding and Funding Our Work: Lessons from New(er) Historians of Education ♦Chair: Michael Hevel, University of Arkansas Local Archives and Reconstructing “Official” History Jon Hale, College of Charleston Exploring the History of Education at U.S. Presidential Libraries DeeAnn Grove, University of Iowa Using Legal Sources in the History of Education Ethan Hutt, University of Maryland Securing Archive Travel Fellowships Michael Hevel, University of Arkansas |
Friday, November 7 |
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| 8:30-10:00AM PANORAMA B {Oral History} |
♦ Exploring Participants’ Memories and Students’ Understanding of History to Better Represent Historical Change ♦Chair and Discussant: Barbara Beatty, Wellesley College Using Memory to Study the History of Education in the American South during the Civil War and Reconstruction Ben Davidson, New York University Not in My Backyard: Race, Integration, and Opposition to Demographic Change in a Working-Class Kansas City Suburb, 1964-1990 Aaron Rife, Wichita State University “Heirs of Conquest”: Historical Proximity, Usable Pasts, and Guatemalan Youth Understandings of the Spanish Conquest Deirdre Dougherty, Rutgers University Beth Rubin, Rutgers University |
| 8:30-10:00AM Library {Biography} |
♦ Biographical Portraits in African American Philanthropy ♦Chair: Andrea Walton, Indiana University Giving Along the Way: Placing Madam C.J. Walker’s Philanthropy in Historical Context Tyrone Freeman, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Mary Cable (1881-1944): A Teacher’s Contributions to Shaping Local Philanthropic Institutions
Father Boniface Hardin, OSB, (1933-2012): Priest as Philanthropist Nancy Chism, Indiana University Discussant: Noah Drezner, Teachers College, Columbia University |
| 8:30-10:00AM OHIO {Ethnohistory} |
♦ American Indian Education History: New Work and Methodological Insights for the History of Education ♦Chair: Adrea Lawrence, University of Montana American Indian Histories as Education History
Epic Learning in an Indian Pueblo: A Framework for Studying Multigenerational Learning in the History of Education
Education as Arikara Spiritual Renewal and Cultural Evolution
Negotiating the History of Education: How Histories of Indigenous Education Expand the Field
The History of North American Education, 15,000 BCE to 1491
A Second Wave of Hopi Migration
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| 10:15-11:45PM LIBRARY {Oral History} {Biography} |
♦♦ Histories on the Edge: New Methods for an Old Discipline ♦♦Chair and Discussant: Adrea Lawrence, University of Montana Of Laggards and Morons: A Conceptual Biography of Progressive Era Special Education
Here We Are: A Preliminary Collective Educational Life History of the Female Academic
“Why Are You Going All the Way Up There to That White School?”: Oral History and Chicago School Desegregation
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| 10:15-11:45AM OHIO {Teaching Methods} |
♦ The Foundations of Education Project: A Workshop on Growing the History of Education in Our Colleges and Universities ♦Workshop Description: The Foundations of Education Project seeks to develop concrete “plan of action” to develop foundations programs at our institutions. Led by three facilitators, small groups will focus on: (1) the ways foundations is governed; (2) how our pedagogical styles can spur reform; and (3) the steps we are currently using to grow the inclusion of foundations in the (general) education curriculum. Chair: Jon Hale, College of Charleston Participants: Kevin Zayed, University of Illinois
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| 1:15-2:30PM (All HES Session) PANORAMA BALLROOM {Multiple Research Methods} {Oral History} {Biography} {Quantitative Methods} |
♦♦♦♦ Evidence and Method in History of Education ♦♦♦♦Chair: Christine A. Ogren, University of Iowa Participants: John L. Rury, University of Kansas (quantitative methods)
Discussant: Carl F. Kaestle, Brown University |
| 4:30-6:00PM PANORAMA B {Teaching Methods} |
♦ Beyond Print: New Perspectives on Teaching Primary Sources ♦Chair: Campbell Scribner, Ohio Wesleyan University Exploring the Visual in Teaching the History of Education
Primary Source-based Instruction in Teacher Training Programs
MOOC—American Education Reform: History, Policy, Practice
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Saturday, November 8 |
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| 8:30-10:00AM PANORAMA A {Digital Approaches} {Teaching Methods} |
♦♦ Leveraging Digital and Spatial Tools to Enhance Research and Teaching ♦♦Workshop Description: This workshop discusses digital and spatial tools, such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Omeka, for representing archival materials and enhancing their teaching and research in the history of education. We have structured the workshop to include three brief presentations to illustrate the various ways that historians have used these tools in their teaching and research followed by small group discussions on the benefits and limitations of these tools. We will provide participants with time to discuss their own projects and brainstorm ways that they might include these tools to enhance their teaching and research. Chair: Campbell Scribner, Ohio Wesleyan University Educating Harlem Digital Archive: Exploring the Role of Digital and Spatial Humanities in the History of Education
Visualizing Your Research Aim: Linking Disparate Historical Sources to Map Inequality
Lessons from the GIS Lab: Using GIS to Facilitate Undergraduate Research in the History of Education
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| 8:30-10:00AM LIBRARY {Multiple Research Methods} |
♦ Rethinking the History of Education: Transnational Perspectives on Questions, Methods, and Knowledge ♦Panel Description: The panel discussion is designed to advance a dialogue between leading historians working in education outside the United States and American historians of education. Oriented around a recently published edited volume, Thomas S. Popkewitz’s 2013 Rethinking the History of Education: Transnational Perspectives on Its Questions, Methods, and Knowledge, the panel brings together contributors to the book as well as two additional scholars (Reh and Rousmaniere) for a conversation about debates in the humanities and social sciences about knowledge and institutional practices that constitute schooling. Chair: Noah Sobe, Loyola University, Chicago Participants: Thomas S. Popkewitz, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Discussants: Sabine Reh, Humboldt University, Germany
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| 10:15-11:45AM LIBRARY {Publishing} |
♦ Intellectual Borderlands: Charting the Future for HEQ ♦Session Description: Incoming editors for HEQ Nancy Beadie and Joy Williamson-Lott share some thoughts and invite ideas and discussion from HES members regarding new directions for HEQ. Participants: Nancy Beadie, University of Washington
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| 10:15-11:45AM OHIO {Teaching Methods} |
♦ Teaching History of Education to Diverse Audiences: Reflecting on Objectives, Curricular Priorities, and Pedagogy ♦Chair and Discussant: Karen Graves, Denison University Whose (her/his) Story? Constructing Knowledge and Developing Critical Thinking Skills in a History of Education Course
A Pedagogy for Sustainability: A Graduate Student’s Reflection on Teaching the History of Education
Teaching History of American Education to Graduate Students from Diverse Academic Disciplines
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| 1:15-2:45PM PANORAMA A {Teaching Methods} |
♦ Using the Archives to Research and Teach about the History of Educational Philanthropy ♦Session Description: Representatives from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy (LFSP) will participate in a panel discussion about using the archives, reflective writing, and experiential learning to teach about the history of educational philanthropy. Participants include the philanthropic studies archivist, philanthropic studies faculty members and doctoral candidates, and the head of undergraduate programs of LFSP. Chair: Andrea Walton, Indiana University What is Philanthropic Studies About, and How Can the Lens of Philanthropy Invigorate Our Teaching in the History of Education?
Philanthropy Primary Resources: Ready for Your Interpretation
The Philanthropic Autobiography: Connecting Education and Philanthropy Through Students’ Personal Narratives
The Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A ‘Sense of Place’ for Philanthropic Studies Undergraduates
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| 1:15-2:45PM PANORAMA B {Digital Approaches}{Teaching Methods}{Publishing} |
♦♦♦ Collaboration as Students and Scholars in the Digital Age: Writing, Pedagogy, and Publication ♦♦♦Session Description: This panel of faculty and graduate students will explore questions of how history endures as a discipline in the face of a rapidly changing digital and technological landscape. Panelists will consider a wide range of topics, including how best to engage students, publish and research in today’s academic context. Note: This session is sponsored by the Graduate Student Committee of the HES. Chair: Kathryn Nicholas, University of Washington Participants: Adrea Lawrence, University of Montana
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Sunday, November 9 |
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| 9:00-10:00AM PANORAMA B {Teaching Methods} |
♦ Next Steps in Teaching Foundations and History ♦(discussion and meeting of HES Teaching Committee) Host: Jon Hale, College of Charleston |
| 10:15-11:15AM PANORAMA A {Multiple Research Methods} |
♦ Evidence and Method in History of Education ♦Hosts: Dionne Danns, Indiana University
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