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Journal overview

A trilingual journal with European roots, Paedagogica Historica discusses global education issues from an historical perspective.

Topics include:

• Childhood and Youth
• Comparative and International Education
• Cultural and social policy
• Curriculum
• Education reform
• Historiography
• Schooling
• Teachers
• Textbooks
• Theory and Methodology
• The urban and rural school environment
• Women and gender issues in Education


The journal thrives on contributions from top class authors including specialists in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Modern Period. It encourages social, cross-cultural and historical-comparative approaches and prides itself on content that displays meticulous attention to theoretical and methodological developments. Papers are published in English, French and German.

Peer Review Policy:
All research articles published in Paedagogica Historica have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereering by at least three anonymous referees.

" Paedagogica Historica is the only journal that offers both “traditional” studies on the historical recovery of education from around the world, and innovative new theoretical and methodological scholarship in the history of education. Paedagogica Historica is a particularly essential resource for American scholars in the history of education."
Professor Kate Rousmaniere, Department of Educational Leadership, Miami University, USA

" Paedagogica Historica is undoubtedly the leading journal in the field. In contrast to a series of national journals for the history of education, Paedagogica Historica is the most international one."
Dr. Jürgen Schriewer, Berlin University, Germany

"The international scope, the tackling of central issues of contemporary social sciences and historical scholarship, and its theoretical/archival contributions make it an important journal."
Thomas S. Popkewitz

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Cover image for Paedagogica Historica, Volume 60, Issue 1
Volume 60, Issue 1, 2024

Histories of Educational Technologies: Cultural and Social Dimensions of Pedagogical Objects

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