Research in International Education

Research on International Education

Fields Related to International Education

Education for International Understanding
Comparative Education
Intercultural Education
Education for World Citizenship
Global Education / World Studies
International Relations / Studies
Area Studies
Peace Education

Range of Activities and Institutions in International Education

International Education Organizations
International Education Conferences
International University Exchanges
International Schools and Institutes
International Student Scholarships
Research in International Education
International Professional Organizations
International Correspondence
International Exchanges
Extension Courses
Textbook Revisions
International Examinations Review
Journals / Bibliographies / Library Exchange

Research Project on the History of International Education

I am approaching several universities in the New England area who are leaders in the field of international education and wish to consult with practitioners at these universities who may have a strong interest in this research and may be able to have informed opinions regarding both the need for a history text on international education and how such a text may be best presented in terms of the instructional needs of the university program.

The text will substantially provide an historic perspective to the following areas of activity in international education from 1893-1942:

Education for International Understanding
International Educational Conferences
International Professional Organizations
International Peace Education
Comparative Education Research
International University Exchanges
International Migration of Students
International Exchange of Students
International Student Scholarships
International Schools and Institutes
International Relations and International Studies
Globally-Based Educational Organizations (IBE/ICIC)
Education for World Citizenship

While I have researched a wide-range of educational activities in this project I have restricted myself to the phenomena of 'self-described' international education work which does, in fact, have a deep and rich history back to a time before the turn of the 20th century in the Western world. The text will begin with the year 1893 and use an international education conference held at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago as a starting point.

The book will be organized into four specific periods:

1851-1892	Tension Between Nationalism and Internationalism (Background Chapter)
1893-1914	The First Era of Globalization and the Utopias of Peace
1915-1929	Stumbling Towards a Global Federation
1930-1942	The Promise of World Peace, Unfulfilled

The work has depended largely upon the historical work of Professor William Brickman of New York University and of Professor Issac Kandel of Columbia University as well as the original documents related to numerous international conferences and professional education associations that arose in the period from 1851-1942. We hope to publish this first volume in time for the September 2002 World Conference on International Education in Geneva which will be co-sponsored by the International Baccalaureate Organization and by the University of Bath.

Bob Sylvester
17 September, 2001

· Draft Bibliography (1899-1944)
· First Outline (1899-1944)
· History of International Education Bibliography