John Howlett - Keele University
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Faculty of

Humanities and Social Sciences

Public Policy and Professional Practice

Dr John Howlett

Title: Lecturer in Education
Phone: (01782) 734151

Email:
Location: CBA0.014 (Ground Floor, Chancellor's Building)
Role: Overseas Co-ordinator, BG Co-ordinator and Subject Tutor, Senior Pastoral Tutor for Education
Contacting me: By email, 'phone, or during my office hours - Wednesdays, 11-1.
John Howlett

I received my MA in History and my M. Phil and PhD in Educational History from the University of Cambridge where I was also a Research and Teaching Assistant.

I was appointed to the staff at the University of Keele in September 2011 and commenced my post Jan 1st, 2012.

My research interest areas cover

  • History of Education
  • Historical Methodology
  • Progressivism
  • Social Policy
  • Comparative Study

I am currently drawing up proposals for work related to archival collections of Cambridge progressive educators and a Spencer Foundation funded project related to school discipline.

  • ‘Method in the Meaning: Intentionality and the Re-visioning of Progressivism’ pp. 11 - 18 in History of Education Researcher No. 85 May 2010 (with Dr. Paul McDonald)
  • ‘Good Intentions Count: An Application of Intentionality to the History of Education’ pp. 61 - 71 in History of Education Researcher No. 86 November 2010 (with Dr. Paul McDonald)
  • ‘Quentin Skinner, Intentionality and the History of Education’ pp. 415 - 435 in Paedagogica Historica Volume 47, Issue 3 June 2011 (with Dr. Paul McDonald)
  • ‘A Graduate’s Tale’ pp. 47- 53 in P. Warner and P. Raby (Eds) Homerton: Evolution of Cambridge College (2010, Cambridge University Press)
  • The 150 year battle to improve Britain's School - p.57 BBC History Magazine November 2012
  • 'Actions Speak Louder Than Words:An Application of Intentionality to Educational History 2' pp. 97 - 109 in History of Education Researcher, No. 90 November 2012.

Accepted for Publication

  • ‘Reconciling Theory and Method – Quentin Skinner, Intentionality and Methodology in the History of Education’ to be published in History of Education (Sources and Interpretations)

Reviewing

I have acted as a referee and reviewer for Paedagogica Historica and a reviewer for SAGE publications and Palgrave Macmillan.

Books

I am currently under contract with Continuum Press to produce a large-scale book (350 pages) detailing the history of progressive education due to be published in May 2013.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Progressive-Education-Howlett-John/dp/1441141723/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1350376045&sr=8-4

I am also currently working on a series of publications relating to the history of school discipline.

  • Edu-10029 Childhood, Policy and Education
  • Edu-10030 Education in Britain:  past, present, future (Module Leader)
  • Edu-20020 Research Strategies and Methods in Education (Module Leader)
  • EDU- 20022 Comparative Issues in Britain and US Education (Module Leader)
  • Edu-20023 Play, Power and Pedagogy (Module Leader)
  • Edu-20024 Education Matters:  Contemporary Issues and Debates in Education
  • Edu-40032 Critical and feminist theories (Module Leader)
  • M. RES, EdD (units 2a & b) and Dissertation supervision

Current doctoral students (as lead supervisor)

Paula Pope ' 'A qualitative study into youth workers' discourses of professional practice'

 

Current M.Phil students (as lead supervisor)

Mazhar Al Siddiqui - 'The impact of the Devolution Plan (2001) on Education in Sindh Province, Pakistan'.