Frank Simon
Biographic Data
| ID | 5787824 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frank Simon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frank |
| FAMILY NAME | Simon |
| SIGNATURE | SIMON F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ghent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4063-1742 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Afterword
On ferme les yeux des morts avec douceur; c’est aussi avec douceur qu’il faut ouvrir les yeux des vivants.1Mons, the 2015 European Capital of Culture, opened five new museums and a concert hall in
Translating Ovide Decroly’s ideas to Brazilian teachers
This article seeks to analyse, comprehend and apprehend the appropriation processes of Ovide Decroly’s ideas in Brazil through the translation of his books and that of Amélie Hamaïde into Portuguese. The article discusses the following questions. Why did Brazilian intellectuals and teachers need to import Decroly’s ideas to be applied in Brazilian schools? Did the translation of Decroly’s and Hamaïde’s books play an innovative role in Brazilian s…
Shaping the history of education? The first 50 years of Paedagogica Historica – introduction
In 1961 the Centre for the Study of the History of Education, chaired by Professor R.L. Plancke (1911–1993) and linked with the Department of History of Education and Comparative Education at Ghent
Jean Vigo’s Zéro de conduite and the spaces of revolt
In this article we will contribute to the contemporary theoretical debate about film by considering, from a history-of-education perspective, the film Zéro de conduite by Jean Vigo (1905–1934). This film is classified under the umbrella of “poetic realism”: a product of cinéma de gauche and an avant-gardist, surrealist and anarchist-catalogued film by a film-maker described by many as very talented and creative. The paper is divided into five par…
Introduction to the themed Paedagogica Historica issue “Anarchism, Texts and Children”
Up to now, only a small amount of attention has been paid to anarchism and education within the history of education and the history of childhood. For instance, although the anarchist position on e
Discoveries of childhood in history
homme naissantes, entre scientisme et romantisme: un "naturalisme" de l'enfance Rita
Alternative” education in Flanders, 1960–2000
Dans la presente contribution, nous examinons l'evolution des savoirs (comprise comme evolution des interpretations de l'interaction entre theorie et pratique) telle qu'elle apparait dans les initiatives oemancipatriceso de l'apres-68 en Flandre. Pour etudier cette evolution, nous nous appuyons sur des recits de vie (Life History interviews). En nous fondant sur la litterature concernant la genese de systemes de croyance (belief systems) (et ses …
Visualising disability in the past
In recent years there has been a growth in interdisciplinary work which has argued that disability is not an isolated, individual medical pathology but instead a key defining social category like ‘race’, class and gender. 1 1 See, for example, Catherine J. Kudlick, “Disability History: Why We Need Another ‘Other’,” American Historical Review 108, no. 3 (2003): 763–793. Seen in this way disability provides researchers with another analytic tool fo…
School and modernity
De feminisering van het leerkrachtencorps in België in de negentiende en de twintigste eeuw
Backing the actor as agent in discipline formation
The works of the Belgian neurologist and educationist Ovide Decroly (1871–1932) extended over the medical and pedagogical fields as well as both the practical‐professional and the theoretical‐disciplinary fields. For this reason, Decroly seemed to be a suitable starting point for a contribution to the problem outlined by Hofstetter and Schneuwly of “the birth and development of a disciplinary field in education”, all the more so because they prop…
The Canonization of Ovide Decroly as a “Saint” of the New Education
If any Belgian educator belongs to the canon of the New Education, it is certainly Ovide Decroly (1871–1932). Particularly in southern Europe and in many Latin American countries, the ideas and the work of this French-speaking Brussels doctor have been inspirational for a movement that projected itself worldwide—albeit in different modes—as the “child-oriented,” “progressive” alternative to the rigid, traditional school. As recent research has sh…
Paedagogica Historical Lever or Mirror in the Making of the History of Education
Henceforth, my dear philosophers, let us be on our guard against the dangerous old conceptual fiction that posits a 'pure, will‐less, painless, timeless knowing subject'; let us guard against the snares of such contradictory concepts as 'pure reason', 'absolute spirituality', 'knowledge in itself: these always demand that we should think of an eye that is completely unthinkable, an eye turned in no particular direc‐ tion, in which the active and …
"Is there any Place for the History of “Education” in the “History of Education"? A Plea for the History of Everyday Educational Reality in‐ and outside Schools
(1995). Is there any Place for the History of "Education" in the "History of Education'? A Plea for the History of Everyday Educational Reality in‐ and outside Schools. Paedagogica Historica: Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 9-16
Inner‐scientific Reconstructions in the Discourse on Masturbation (1760–1950)
One of the main objectives of this article is to demonstrate that the onanism discourse is a constitutive part of the history of science. The authors argue that culturalist and externalist explanations of the phenomenon of masturbation are incomplete, and, on the basis of the theory of science of Thomas Nickles, they propose an inner‐scientific explanation. The article thus considers almost 200 years of the history of onanism discourse starting f…
Ariana et Athanasiana
Ein Beitrag zur Rekonstruktion der „Thalia“ des Arius
The 1936 curriculum reform in Belgian primary education
As it was inspired to a large extent by the reform movement (Decroly and others), the 1936 curriculum is generally seen as an important innovation in the history of Belgian primary education. This study shows, however, that educational practice did not change fundamentally in those days. Several factors such as, among other things, personal tensions, rivalries and a lack of continuity in educational policy, inhibited greatly the implementation of…
Moral Development
The Canonization of Ovide Decroly as a “Saint” of the New Education
If any Belgian educator belongs to the canon of the New Education, it is certainly Ovide Decroly (1871–1932). Particularly in southern Europe and in many Latin American countries, the ideas and the work of this French-speaking Brussels doctor have been inspirational for a movement that projected itself worldwide—albeit in different modes—as the “child-oriented,” “progressive” alternative to the rigid, traditional school. As recent research has sh…
"Is there any Place for the History of “Education” in the “History of Education"? A Plea for the History of Everyday Educational Reality in‐ and outside Schools
(1995). Is there any Place for the History of "Education" in the "History of Education'? A Plea for the History of Everyday Educational Reality in‐ and outside Schools. Paedagogica Historica: Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 9-16
Visualising disability in the past
In recent years there has been a growth in interdisciplinary work which has argued that disability is not an isolated, individual medical pathology but instead a key defining social category like ‘race’, class and gender. 1 1 See, for example, Catherine J. Kudlick, “Disability History: Why We Need Another ‘Other’,” American Historical Review 108, no. 3 (2003): 763–793. Seen in this way disability provides researchers with another analytic tool fo…
Afterword
On ferme les yeux des morts avec douceur; c’est aussi avec douceur qu’il faut ouvrir les yeux des vivants.1Mons, the 2015 European Capital of Culture, opened five new museums and a concert hall in
Paedagogica Historical Lever or Mirror in the Making of the History of Education
Henceforth, my dear philosophers, let us be on our guard against the dangerous old conceptual fiction that posits a 'pure, will‐less, painless, timeless knowing subject'; let us guard against the snares of such contradictory concepts as 'pure reason', 'absolute spirituality', 'knowledge in itself: these always demand that we should think of an eye that is completely unthinkable, an eye turned in no particular direc‐ tion, in which the active and …
Translating Ovide Decroly’s ideas to Brazilian teachers
This article seeks to analyse, comprehend and apprehend the appropriation processes of Ovide Decroly’s ideas in Brazil through the translation of his books and that of Amélie Hamaïde into Portuguese. The article discusses the following questions. Why did Brazilian intellectuals and teachers need to import Decroly’s ideas to be applied in Brazilian schools? Did the translation of Decroly’s and Hamaïde’s books play an innovative role in Brazilian s…
Shaping the history of education? The first 50 years of Paedagogica Historica – introduction
In 1961 the Centre for the Study of the History of Education, chaired by Professor R.L. Plancke (1911–1993) and linked with the Department of History of Education and Comparative Education at Ghent
Discoveries of childhood in history
homme naissantes, entre scientisme et romantisme: un "naturalisme" de l'enfance Rita
Alternative” education in Flanders, 1960–2000
Dans la presente contribution, nous examinons l'evolution des savoirs (comprise comme evolution des interpretations de l'interaction entre theorie et pratique) telle qu'elle apparait dans les initiatives oemancipatriceso de l'apres-68 en Flandre. Pour etudier cette evolution, nous nous appuyons sur des recits de vie (Life History interviews). En nous fondant sur la litterature concernant la genese de systemes de croyance (belief systems) (et ses …
School and modernity
Backing the actor as agent in discipline formation
The works of the Belgian neurologist and educationist Ovide Decroly (1871–1932) extended over the medical and pedagogical fields as well as both the practical‐professional and the theoretical‐disciplinary fields. For this reason, Decroly seemed to be a suitable starting point for a contribution to the problem outlined by Hofstetter and Schneuwly of “the birth and development of a disciplinary field in education”, all the more so because they prop…
Moral Development
Ariana et Athanasiana
Ein Beitrag zur Rekonstruktion der „Thalia“ des Arius
The 1936 curriculum reform in Belgian primary education
As it was inspired to a large extent by the reform movement (Decroly and others), the 1936 curriculum is generally seen as an important innovation in the history of Belgian primary education. This study shows, however, that educational practice did not change fundamentally in those days. Several factors such as, among other things, personal tensions, rivalries and a lack of continuity in educational policy, inhibited greatly the implementation of…
Inner‐scientific Reconstructions in the Discourse on Masturbation (1760–1950)
One of the main objectives of this article is to demonstrate that the onanism discourse is a constitutive part of the history of science. The authors argue that culturalist and externalist explanations of the phenomenon of masturbation are incomplete, and, on the basis of the theory of science of Thomas Nickles, they propose an inner‐scientific explanation. The article thus considers almost 200 years of the history of onanism discourse starting f…
"Is there any Place for the History of “Education” in the “History of Education"? A Plea for the History of Everyday Educational Reality in‐ and outside Schools
(1995). Is there any Place for the History of "Education" in the "History of Education'? A Plea for the History of Everyday Educational Reality in‐ and outside Schools. Paedagogica Historica: Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 9-16
Paedagogica Historical Lever or Mirror in the Making of the History of Education
Henceforth, my dear philosophers, let us be on our guard against the dangerous old conceptual fiction that posits a 'pure, will‐less, painless, timeless knowing subject'; let us guard against the snares of such contradictory concepts as 'pure reason', 'absolute spirituality', 'knowledge in itself: these always demand that we should think of an eye that is completely unthinkable, an eye turned in no particular direc‐ tion, in which the active and …
The Canonization of Ovide Decroly as a “Saint” of the New Education
If any Belgian educator belongs to the canon of the New Education, it is certainly Ovide Decroly (1871–1932). Particularly in southern Europe and in many Latin American countries, the ideas and the work of this French-speaking Brussels doctor have been inspirational for a movement that projected itself worldwide—albeit in different modes—as the “child-oriented,” “progressive” alternative to the rigid, traditional school. As recent research has sh…
De feminisering van het leerkrachtencorps in België in de negentiende en de twintigste eeuw
Backing the actor as agent in discipline formation
The works of the Belgian neurologist and educationist Ovide Decroly (1871–1932) extended over the medical and pedagogical fields as well as both the practical‐professional and the theoretical‐disciplinary fields. For this reason, Decroly seemed to be a suitable starting point for a contribution to the problem outlined by Hofstetter and Schneuwly of “the birth and development of a disciplinary field in education”, all the more so because they prop…
School and modernity
Visualising disability in the past
In recent years there has been a growth in interdisciplinary work which has argued that disability is not an isolated, individual medical pathology but instead a key defining social category like ‘race’, class and gender. 1 1 See, for example, Catherine J. Kudlick, “Disability History: Why We Need Another ‘Other’,” American Historical Review 108, no. 3 (2003): 763–793. Seen in this way disability provides researchers with another analytic tool fo…
Alternative” education in Flanders, 1960–2000
Dans la presente contribution, nous examinons l'evolution des savoirs (comprise comme evolution des interpretations de l'interaction entre theorie et pratique) telle qu'elle apparait dans les initiatives oemancipatriceso de l'apres-68 en Flandre. Pour etudier cette evolution, nous nous appuyons sur des recits de vie (Life History interviews). En nous fondant sur la litterature concernant la genese de systemes de croyance (belief systems) (et ses …
Discoveries of childhood in history
homme naissantes, entre scientisme et romantisme: un "naturalisme" de l'enfance Rita
Shaping the history of education? The first 50 years of Paedagogica Historica – introduction
In 1961 the Centre for the Study of the History of Education, chaired by Professor R.L. Plancke (1911–1993) and linked with the Department of History of Education and Comparative Education at Ghent
Jean Vigo’s Zéro de conduite and the spaces of revolt
In this article we will contribute to the contemporary theoretical debate about film by considering, from a history-of-education perspective, the film Zéro de conduite by Jean Vigo (1905–1934). This film is classified under the umbrella of “poetic realism”: a product of cinéma de gauche and an avant-gardist, surrealist and anarchist-catalogued film by a film-maker described by many as very talented and creative. The paper is divided into five par…
Introduction to the themed Paedagogica Historica issue “Anarchism, Texts and Children”
Up to now, only a small amount of attention has been paid to anarchism and education within the history of education and the history of childhood. For instance, although the anarchist position on e
Translating Ovide Decroly’s ideas to Brazilian teachers
This article seeks to analyse, comprehend and apprehend the appropriation processes of Ovide Decroly’s ideas in Brazil through the translation of his books and that of Amélie Hamaïde into Portuguese. The article discusses the following questions. Why did Brazilian intellectuals and teachers need to import Decroly’s ideas to be applied in Brazilian schools? Did the translation of Decroly’s and Hamaïde’s books play an innovative role in Brazilian s…
Afterword
On ferme les yeux des morts avec douceur; c’est aussi avec douceur qu’il faut ouvrir les yeux des vivants.1Mons, the 2015 European Capital of Culture, opened five new museums and a concert hall in
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