#3 - Material Matters

Show notes

In this episode we speak with Dr. Rebekka Horlacher (Zurich University of Teacher Education) about the role of sources and materialities in history of education. Reflecting on the role and potentials of different sources might just be one of the core operations of historical research activities and with Rebekka Horlacher we have a very well-versed scholar giving us a better understand of the complexities of sources. We also discuss the role of the curriculum and how it is shaped and altered over time. Another main theme we touch on centers around the Swiss educator and school reformer Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. Although his work and ideas are very well-known, Horlacher (who was involved in an editorial project that compiled letters written to Pestalozzi) shows us how big thinkers were not only shaping discourses, but that they were also of what we might call "knowledge networks". Finally, Horlacher shares some helpful hints for early career researchers (ECR) with us, making this our very first true ECR-episode.