HISA1025 History of Education (5 cr)

The course provides an in-depth study of the perspectives and concepts of the history of education and learning and teaches how to apply them critically in the study of phenomena related to the subject. The contents of the course cover both informal and institutional aspects of education and learning in different historical contexts.

On completion of the course, the student will

• have become acquainted with the foundations of the history of education and culture in the long term
• have studied in detail at least one specific issue in the history of education and cultural studies
• understand the links between education and culture and a wide range of political, economic, social and cultural phenomena
• recognises that the history of education and culture can be approached not only through individuals, communities, societies, institutions and organisations but also through the phenomena of ideas, everyday life and knowledge
• understands the gendered and transnational nature of the phenomena of education and culture
• have acquired skills in analysing information and the ability to grasp broad issues
• have developed their communication and argumentation skills
• have gained experience of working life skills by planning their activities and time management

For all modes of delivery of the course, the learning materials consist of original materials and literature to be announced at the beginning of each academic year. In the case of book examinations, all of the following works will be examined:

Olsen, Stephanie (2014) Juvenile nation. Youth, emotions and the making of the modern British citizen, 1880-1914. London: Bloomsbury.

Kortekangas, Otso (2021) Language, citizenship, and Sámi education in the Nordic North, 1900-1940. Montréal: Mcgill-Queens University Press.

Ekström, Anders & Gustafsson, Hampus Östh (toim.) (2022) The Humanities and the Modern Politics of Knowledge. The Impact and Organization of the Humanities in Sweden, 1850-2020. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.

Välimaa, Jussi (2019) A History of Finnish Higher Education from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

and one of the following:

Julkunen, Lauri (2021) Kynällä ja sanalla: Yrjö Karilas poikien kasvattajana 1910-1960-luvuilla. Jyväskylän yliopisto.

or

Puranen-Impola, Karoliina (2022) Kurinalaistamisen ja kategorisoinnin keino: Rangaistuskäytänteet seitsemässä suomalaisessa oppikoulussa 1905–1925. Jyväskylän yliopisto.

or

Ylikotila, Anna-Kaisa (2021) Mallikansalaisen säröilevä ihanne: Opettajaksi sopivuuden ja sopimattomuuden määrittely suomalaisessa opettajankoulutuksessa vuosina 1920–1945. Jyväskylän yliopisto.