Educational Sciences History (ERHISE)
The research group on Educational Science History is led by Prof. Rita Hofstetter.
Research Fields
The research group on Educational Sciences History analyzes the process of disciplinarization of educational sciences in connection with the evolution of teacher training from the end of the 19th century until nowadays. The group analyses in particular:
- The institutional and academic integration of educational sciences
- The history of the main actors of the educational sciences, their communication networks and scientific production
- The form of interaction between the disciplinary field and the professional field of reference ; interaction between the disciplinary field and other disciplines interested in education
- The connections with Progressive education or New education
- The history of educational professions and history of the professionalization of teachers through the universitarisation of their training
- The production of knowledge in the educational field.
The group is particularly interested in the history of educational sciences in Geneva (above all the one of the J.J. Rousseau Institute) and in other Swiss universities. The group studies also parallels (similarities) with the international development of the disciplinary field.