Institute of Education

Infobox University


name = Institute of Education
established = 1902
free_label = Director
free = Geoff Whitty
students = 7,215 cite web |url=http://www.hesa.ac.uk/holisdocs/pubinfo/student/institution0506.htm |title=Table 0a - All students by institution, mode of study, level of study, gender and domicile 2005/06 |work=Higher Education Statistics Agency online statistics |accessdate=2007-03-31]
undergrad = 210
postgrad = 7,000
city = London
country = UK
campus = Urban
website = http://www.ioe.ac.uk/

The Institute of Education (IoE) is a constituent college of the University of London, dedicated to postgraduate study and research in the field of education. The Institute is the largest education research body in the United Kingdom, with over 700 research students in the doctoral school. It also has the largest portfolio of postgraduate programmes in education in the UK, with approximately 4,000 students taking Master's programmes, and a further 1,200 students doing PGCE teacher-training courses.

The Institute was founded by the former London County Council in 1902 as a teacher-training institution. It was known as the London Day Training College until 1932, when it became a member of the federation of the University of London and adopted its present name.

The Institute has long been recognised as a leading centre of educational enquiry. At any one time it hosts over 100 research projects funded by Research Councils, government departments and other agencies. The Institute publishes "Educate~" – The Journal of Doctoral Research in Education

Premises

The first home of the Institute of Education (as the London Day Training College) was Passmore Edwards Hall on Clare Market, which belonged to the London School of Economics. It moved again in its second year to the Northampton Technical Institute in Finsbury and the College of Preceptors building in Bloomsbury Square. [Cite book
last = Aldrich
title = The Institute of Education 1902-2002
date = 2002
pages = 33-34] In 1907 the College moved to its first purpose built building on Southampton Row. [Cite book
last = Aldrich
title = The Institute of Education 1902-2002
date = 2002
pages = 35] In 1938, the Institute moved to the Senate House complex of the University of London on Malet Street. [Cite book
last = Aldrich
title = The Institute of Education 1902-2002
date = 2002
pages = 110] After World War II, the Senate House complex was unworkable due to sharp increase in numbers of students. The Institute began to expand into other buildings in the neighbouring area, including four houses on Bedford Way which were leased as a residential hall for students in 1946, a building on Tavistock Square as home of the music department in 1958, and a few 'huts' on Malet Street (formerly belonging to the University of London Student Union) where the library was transferred. [Cite book
last = Aldrich
title = The Institute of Education 1902-2002
date = 2002
pages = 133, 161] In 1960, plans were prepared for a new building on Bedford Way designed by Denys Lasdun, though only part of his initial design was completed. [Cite book
last = Aldrich
title = The Institute of Education 1902-2002
date = 2002
pages = 162] The library was one of the aspects dropped from the design and in 1968 it was moved from huts into a converted office block on Ridgemount Street. [Cite book
last = Aldrich
title = The Institute of Education 1902-2002
date = 2002
pages = 185] The Bedford building was completed in 1975 and was official opened by Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, Chancellor of the University of London in 1977. [Cite book
last = Aldrich
title = The Institute of Education 1902-2002
date = 2002
pages = 205] The library finally moved into a extension of the Bedford Way building in 1992 and was renamed the 'Newsam Library' after Peter Newsam, the Director who oversaw the new construction. [Cite book
last = Aldrich
title = The Institute of Education 1902-2002
date = 2002
pages = 222]

Newsam Library

The Institute's Newsam Library is the largest in its field in Europe, containing more than 300,000 volumes and nearly 2,000 periodicals. [cite web
last = Institute of Education
title = Information Services: About IS
url = http://ioewebserver.ioe.ac.uk/ioe/cms/get.asp?cid=8602
accessdate = 23/05/2008]

Main Collections

* Educational collection of publications covering every aspect of education in the United Kingdom.
* International collection covering aspects of the organisation of education outside the UK
* Reference collection including reference works, indexes, legal guidance, statistics of education in the UK and recent official government publications.
* Other subjects collection containing publications on educational related subjects including psychology, sociology, linguistics etc.
* Large selection of teaching materials for all subjects and stages of the curriculum with children’s fiction and picture books. [cite web
last = Institute of Education
title = Information Services: Library Collections Overview
url = http://ioewebserver.ioe.ac.uk/ioe/cms/get.asp?cid=9010#overview
accessdate = 23/05/2008]

Basic Skills Agency Resource Centre

The Basic Skills Agency Resource Centre, which was established in 1993 by the Basic Skills Agency, contains teaching materials for adult education and is available for anyone interest in basic skills. In 2005 the Basic Skills Agency passed responsibility the funding for the collection onto the Institute and the collection now sits within the Newsam library's teaching resources collection. [cite web
last = Institute of Education
title = Information Services: Basic Skills Agency Resource Centre
url = http://ioewebserver.ioe.ac.uk/ioe/cms/get.asp?cid=9348
accessdate = 23/05/2008]

pecial Collections

There are over 20 special collections of publications held by the Newsam Library. Some of the collections relate to a specific subject area or have been collection by a single source. The collection contains a comprehensive range of documents on education in the UK, the National Textbook Collection, and other unique resources. [cite web
last = Institute of Education
title = Information Services: Special Collections
url = http://ioewebserver.ioe.ac.uk/ioe/cms/get.asp?cid=9356
accessdate = 23/05/2008]

Archives

The Institute has been amassing archive collections since the 1940s, and now holds over 100 deposited collections as well as the records of the Institute itself. The deposited collections contain the personal of educationalist and other notable people involve with education and the records of educational organisations such as trade unions, and education projects. [cite web
last = Institute of Education
title = Information Services: Archives
url = http://ioewebserver.ioe.ac.uk/ioe/cms/get.asp?cid=9347
accessdate = 23/05/2008]

elected Current Staff

* Mary Stiasny, Education Policy and Internationalism
* Celia Hoyles, Mathematics Education and UK Government's Chief Adviser for Mathematics
* Richard Noss, Mathematics Education and co-director of LKL
* Diana Laurillard, Learning with Digital Technologies, LKL, IOE
* Stephen Ball, Scholar in Educational Sociology
* Michael F.D. Young, Scholar in Sociology of Education and Knowledge
* Karen Evans, Lifelong and Work-Based Learning
* David Guile, Work-Based Learning, TVET and Lifelong Learning
* John Hardcastle, English with interest in socio-cultural thought & Activity Theory

Notable former staff

*Basil Bernstein (1924-2000), sociologist and linguist.
*Max Black (1909-1988), philosopher.
*Cyril Burt (1883-1971), educational psychologist.
* Rosemary Firth (1912–2001), British social anthropologist,
*Susan Sutherland Isaacs, (1885–1948), educational psychologist and psychoanalyst.
*George Barker Jeffery (1891-1957), mathematician and educationalist.
*Karl Mannheim (1893-1947), sociologist.
*Marion Richardson (1892–1946), artist, educator and author who published workbooks on penmanship and handwriting.
*Christian Schiller (1895-1976), HM Inspector and senior lecturer.
*Philip E. Vernon, (1905-1987), psychologist.

Notable alumni

*Quentin Blake (born 1932), cartoonist, illustrator and children's book author.
*Reginald Horace Blyth (1898-1964), author and devotee of Japanese culture.
*Valerie Davey (b. 1940), former Labour Member of Parliament for Bristol West.
* Michael Duane (1915-1997, controversial head teacher.
* Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham, PC, (b.1939), Labour member of the House of Lords.
*Beryl Gilroy (née Answick) (1924-2001), novelist.
* Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton (b.1959), British Labour Party politician
*William R. Newland (potter) (1919-1998), New Zealand born studio potter.
*Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula (1917?-1983), Zambian nationalist leader who assisted in the struggle for the independence of Northern Rhodesia.
* Harry Rée (1914-1991), British educationalist and member of the Special Operations Executive.
* Harold Rosenthal (1917–1987), music critic.
*Brian Simon (1915–2002), educationalist and historian.

Principals / Directors

Principals of the London Day Training College

* 1902-1922 - John Adams (1857–1934)
* 1922-1932 – Sir Percy Nunn (1870–1944) [Cite book
last = Aldrich
first = Richard
title = The Institute of Education 1902-2002: A centenary history
publisher = Institute of Education
place = London
date = 2002
isbn = 0854736352]

Directors of the Institute of Education

* 1932-1936 - Sir Percy Nunn (1870–1944)
* 1936-1945 – Sir Fred Clarke (1880–1952)
* 1945-1957 - George Barker Jeffery (1891–1957)
* 1958-1973 - Lionel Elvin (1905-2005)
* 1973-1983 - William Taylor
* 1983-1989 - Denis Lawton
* 1989-1994 – Peter Newsam
* 1994-2000 - Peter Mortimer
* 2000-present Geoff Whitty [Cite book
last = Aldrich
title = The Institute of Education 1902-2002
date = 2002]

References

External links

* [http://www.ioe.ac.uk/ Institute of Education website]