Questions tagged [education]
Education is a process of organized teaching and learning.
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What did students write on in the 17th century?
What did school children and university students write on in the 17th century?
Did they have notebooks, what type of papers they used and did they write with feather and ink?
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With what arguments did Lanfranc propose the integration of medicine with surgery; what were the counterarguments?
Guido Lanfranchi (Lanfranc of Milan) is noted for defending the integration of medicine and surgery. What were the primary arguments he put forth to propose this integration; additionally, besides ...
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Were there (licensed) female medicine practitioners in the Middle Ages?
I'm reading A History of Medicine by Lois N. Magner (2nd edition). On page 154 there is a line saying:
For example, in some parts of France, women could practice medicine or surgery if they passed an ...
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What is significance of (US) university heraldry
I apologize if this is a bit too basic of a question, as it's my first time using the site to actually ask a question. From what I understand, the history of heraldry in university settings seems to ...
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Are there private schools founded in the South, founded between 1954 and 1976, that are not regarded as segregation academies?
The concept a segregation academy is interesting to me because it imputes a motive to people's actions that (at least in some cases) they do not themselves admit. For instance, this 2002 newspaper ...
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Was silent reading or reading aloud the norm in pre-modern (esp. Tang through Ming eras) China?
Many scholars argue that in ancient Greco-Roman culture, reading aloud was the norm, as seen in examples like Augustine's Confessions, where Augustine sees someone reading silently and sees this as ...
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Was history taught as an academic subject between 10th and 18th centuries to pupils?
The background of the question is kinda funky. Someone posited a theory that the reason they allow a ghost to tech history in Hogwarts, is that the magicals of Britain - who basically seem to keep to ...
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What did the study plan of a early 20th century mathematics major look like?
I am interested in what subjects and activities mathematics major were involved in the beggining of the 20th century. Most subjects mathematics majors study at an intermedium and advanced level now ...
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Where can I find statistics on Soviet education of foreign students and in foreign countries?
I'm looking for statistics on soviet education of the foreign students and in foreign countries. In particular, I am trying to find numbers on:
How many foreigners were educated in Soviet Union (e.g. ...
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How did 19th century Germany pull so far ahead of its contemporaries? [closed]
I'm not well-read, but I got the impression that Europeans (e.g. Gilbert and Sullivan, Bizet, Smetena) rejected German art while they pulled ahead in engineering and mathematics. Stephenson may have ...
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When was the term 'finishing school' first used?
I'm researching an article on women's education. The earliest reference I can find to an school describing itself as a 'finishing school' is Miss Porter's School, 1843, in Connecticut.
Is there an ...
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What legal instruments in the Russian Empire criminalised teaching peasants to read?
When he was 17 - and he was born in 1867 so this was after the 1861 abolition of serfdom - Boris Sidis was jailed in the Ukraine, then in the Russian Empire, for the crime of teaching peasants to read ...
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What happened to the British universities during WWII?
For one of my courses at university, I chose to work on the topic of British students during the Second World war.
I suppose many of them interrupted their studies to go and fight, but what was the ...
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How did one get accepted into university in 19th century England?
So, here's all I (believe to) know on this topic and some follow up questions:
Only the more wealthy (upper and middle class) did have the resources to send their offspring (of course mostly only the ...
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Were there any tests or prerequisites for Blacks and Indians to be admitted to the University of Cape Town during Apartheid? [closed]
I have gone through the university's website. Their website does mention anything about this.
