A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
The social nature of New Education: an affiliation network analysis of the movement's evolution, 1875-1935
Authors: Luoto Lauri
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Publication year: 2023
Journal: Paedagogica Historica
Journal name in source: PAEDAGOGICA HISTORICA
Journal acronym: PAEDAGOG HIST
Number of pages: 19
ISSN: 0030-9230
eISSN: 1477-674X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00309230.2022.2095874
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1080/00309230.2022.2095874
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/176330602
The New Education movement was a remarkable coalition of national reform movements that emerged at the turn of the twentieth century. As a heterogeneous movement that was united only in its opposition to the schooling system at the time, its structure and boundaries in the UK have remained a matter of academic debate. This article implements the previously proposed idea of treating New Education as a social movement and analysing the networks between reformers. A social network analysis of the central 58 reformers suggests that the movement was initially divided into two ideologically separate subgroups, but that from ca. 1905 onwards the reformers were strongly interconnected despite their different interests. Thus, by focusing on the social structure of the movement's core rather than its educational thought, the article challenges the assumption that the New Education movement was fragmented and characterised by tensions. It also furthers the discussion on the feasibility of social network analysis for studying educational reforms.
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