Institute of Education

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Institute of Education
Established: 1902
Students: 7,215 [1]
Undergraduates: 210 [1]
Postgraduates: 7,000 [1]
Location: London, UK
Campus: Urban
Director: Geoff Whitty
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

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[edit] Principals of the London Day Training College[2]

  • 1902-1922 - John Adams (1857–1934)
  • 1922-1932 – Sir Percy Nunn (1870–1944)

[edit] Directors of the Institute of Education[3]

  • 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

[edit] Premises

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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.[4] In 1907 the College moved to its first purpose built building on Southampton Row.[5] In 1938, the Institute moved to the Senate House complex of the University of London on Malet Street.[6] 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.[7]

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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.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11]

[edit] 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.[12]

[edit] 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.[13]

[edit] 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.[14]

[edit] Special 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.[15]

[edit] 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.[16]


[edit] Selected 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

[edit] Notable former staff

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Table 0a - All students by institution, mode of study, level of study, gender and domicile 2005/06. Higher Education Statistics Agency online statistics. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
  2. ^ Aldrich, Richard (2002). The Institute of Education 1902-2002: A centenary history. Institute of Education. ISBN 0854736352. 
  3. ^ Aldrich (2002). The Institute of Education 1902-2002. 
  4. ^ Aldrich (2002). The Institute of Education 1902-2002, 33-34. 
  5. ^ Aldrich (2002). The Institute of Education 1902-2002, 35. 
  6. ^ Aldrich (2002). The Institute of Education 1902-2002, 110. 
  7. ^ Aldrich (2002). The Institute of Education 1902-2002, 133, 161. 
  8. ^ Aldrich (2002). The Institute of Education 1902-2002, 162. 
  9. ^ Aldrich (2002). The Institute of Education 1902-2002, 185. 
  10. ^ Aldrich (2002). The Institute of Education 1902-2002, 205. 
  11. ^ Aldrich (2002). The Institute of Education 1902-2002, 222. 
  12. ^ Institute of Education. Information Services: About IS. Retrieved on 23/05/2008.
  13. ^ Institute of Education. Information Services: Library Collections Overview. Retrieved on 23/05/2008.
  14. ^ Institute of Education. Information Services: Basic Skills Agency Resource Centre. Retrieved on 23/05/2008.
  15. ^ Institute of Education. Information Services: Special Collections. Retrieved on 23/05/2008.
  16. ^ Institute of Education. Information Services: Archives. Retrieved on 23/05/2008.

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