Session Information
Session 9, Material Cultures (3)
Papers
Time:
2002-09-14
09:00-10:30
Room:
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences Room 1
Chair:
Ian Grosvenor
Discussant:
Ulrike Meitzner
Contribution
Material Culture The historical study of material culture[s] dates at least as far back as the middle of the twentieth century but such an interest has only recently developed in the history of education. In this context it becomes possible to consider such an otherwise un-noticed, but ubiquitous, technology as the clock. The relationship between the scientific management pioneered by Frederick Taylor and the organisation of mass education in advanced industrial societies is well known. Like G K Chesterton's invisible man - present but un-noticed - the clock may yet prove to be the most ubiquitous classroom technology and it is certainly the case that formal education's fascination with time appears to have reached new heights. This piece aims to contribute to the symposium 'Material Culture of Schools - Microhistories of Objects/ Routines' by exploring the use, meaning and operation of the object which is at the literal and symbolic heart of school routine.
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