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104. A gendered journey: travel of ideas in England c.1750-1800.

Author

Watts, Ruth

Subjects
*MASCULINITY, *VOYAGES & travels, *GENDERISM, *SCIENCE & the humanities, *ART & science
Abstract

The eighteenth century was characterised by a ferment of ideas and activities which have usually been portrayed as masculine. It is now increasingly perceived that such developments travelled further through society than hitherto generally recognised. Even women participated in 'enlightened living', despite gendered limitations on education, travel and work. In various ways women took advantage of the emphasis on the social arts in which they could excel and the increasing number of ways of learning about arts, science and culture. Some even became leaders in 'enlightened' ventures from which, ostensibly, women were mostly excluded. Drawing heavily on the letters and published works of a number of women, this article will explore how some women not only managed participate in the travel of ideas in England from c.1750 to1800, but also disseminated them or even contributed ideas of their own. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2008
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105. Education for All: Papers from the 2005 Conference of the History of Education Society (UK).

Author

Myers, Kevin, Grosvenor, Ian, and Watts, Ruth

Subjects
ANNIVERSARIES, CONFERENCES & conventions, MIDDLE age, EDUCATION, UNIVERSITIES & colleges, PUBLICATIONS
Abstract

The article offers information on the twentieth anniversary of the publication of the Swann Report in Great Britain in 2005. The issues investigated by Swann remains resonating both in Great Britain and beyond and the significance and the legacy of the report remain subjects of significant debate. There were 51 papers presented over the two days conference at the University of Birmingham. The subject of Gary McCulloch's article is about class and more particularly the education of the middle age class. Christine Mayer's article is providing details on the changing educational practices for girls and women between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries in Germany.

Published
2006
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106. Appendix: Gender articles in History of Education since 1976.

Author

Watts, Ruth

Subjects
*HISTORY of education, *EDUCATIONAL literature, *BIBLIOGRAPHY, *EDUCATION, *EDUCATIONAL anthropology, *WOMEN'S history, *GENDER
Abstract

This appendix accompanies Ruth Watts' presidential address for the History of Education Society (UK), published in History of Education , May, 2005, vol.34, no.3, pages 225–241 under the title of ‘Gendering the story: change in the history of education’. The article in vol.34, no.3, looks over the history of women's and gender studies in the history of education from 1976 to the end of 2004 and examines the changes and effects of these studies in order to ask what historians of education can learn from this and where they should go next. The focus of the article is not just the presence of women or papers on them in history of education but whether the greater presence has changed both understanding of gender issues themselves and whether it has affected the whole field and if so, how? The article begins with a brief historiographical review of the field; second, it draws out key issues which represent the present state of affairs; and third, it provides a comparison of what is happening in gender history in a related field, science. It ends with suggestions for future research. The appendix printed below lists the articles published in History of Education from 1976 that formed the basis of the survey on which ‘Gendering the story: change in the history of education’ was based. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2005
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111. Excretion of Estrogen and Gonadotropin in Late Pregnancy

Author

Watts, Ruth M. and Adair, Fred L.

Abstract

The excretion of estrogen and gonadotropin has been determined in 74 cases during pregnancy; 70 cases were studied during late pregnancy (thirty-five weeks) and 4 cases in early pregnancy. Of the 70 cases studied in late pregnancy, 57 cases were used for a statistical study of the relation of these hormones to the toxemias of pregnancy. Of these, 43 cases (11 normal, 14 hypertensive and renal disease, 13 pre-eclamptic, and 5 eclamptic patients) had parallel quantitative assays of both estrogens and gonadotropins and 14 estrogen only. The other 13 cases represented various other conditions complicating pregnancy.

Published
1943
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114. A transplantable rat tumor

Author

Watts, Ruth M. and Adair, Fred L.

Abstract

A transplantable rat sarcoma arising in a colony of ovariectomized rats used for the assay of estrogens has been investigated. The tumor was transmitted by transfer of tissue fragments or by inoculation of a suspension of tissue. Bacteriologic examinations were negative and the tumor was not transmitted by filtrates of tumor tissue.

Published
1945
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115. The effect of administration of preparations of growth hormone of the anterior lobe of the pituitary upon gestation and the weight of the newborn (albino rats)

Author

Watts, Ruth M.

Abstract

1.1. Control groups have been compiled to show (1) the effect of the number of the pregnancy upon the maternal weight changes during pregnancy and upon the weight of the newborn, (2) the effect of age and suckling upon the weight of the newborn, (3) the effect of the number per litter upon the mean weight of the newborn, and, (4) the effect of the method of breeding upon the mean weight of the newborn.2.2. Preparations of the growth hormone of the anterior lobe of the pituitary have been administered daily to pregnant rats for varying periods and in amounts which caused an average daily increase of 1 per cent in nonpregnant rats. Some preparations prolonged gestation, interfered with normal parturition and resulted in stillborn young as reported by other workers. Other preparations did not exhibit these effects. It has been concluded that the growth hormone itself is not responsible for these effects. The increases in the maternal weight changes during gestation were significant. The weight of the newborn young delivered at term was greater in the injected groups than in the control group. These differences, considered statistically, are significant.

Published
1935
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120. Soil invertebrate data 2007 [Countryside Survey]

Author

Emmett, Bridget, Reynolds, Brian, Chamberlain, Paul, Rowe, Ed, Spurgeon, Dave, Brittain, S.A., Frogbrook, Zoë, Hughes, Steven, Keith, Aidan, Lawlor, Alan, Monson, Frank, Poskitt, Janet, Potter, Elaine, Robinson, David, Scott, Andy, Thompson, Nicola, Watts, Ruth, Wood, Claire, Woods, Clive, Emmett, Bridget, Reynolds, Brian, Chamberlain, Paul, Rowe, Ed, Spurgeon, Dave, Brittain, S.A., Frogbrook, Zoë, Hughes, Steven, Keith, Aidan, Lawlor, Alan, Monson, Frank, Poskitt, Janet, Potter, Elaine, Robinson, David, Scott, Andy, Thompson, Nicola, Watts, Ruth, Wood, Claire, and Woods, Clive

Abstract

This dataset consists of invertebrate (soil mesofauna) counts from soils sampled across Great Britain in 2007. The Countryside Survey is a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside. The sample sites are chosen from a stratified random sample, based on a 15 by 15 km grid of GB. Surveys have been carried out in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, with repeated visits to the majority of squares. The countryside is sampled and surveyed using rigorous scientific methods, allowing us to compare new results with those from previous surveys. In this way we can detect the gradual and subtle changes that occur in the UK's countryside over time. In addition to soil data, habitat areas, vegetation species data, linear habitat data, and freshwater habitat data are also gathered by Countryside Survey.

121. Soil invertebrate data 2007 [Countryside Survey]

Author

Emmett, Bridget, Reynolds, Brian, Chamberlain, Paul, Rowe, Ed, Spurgeon, Dave, Brittain, S.A., Frogbrook, Zoë, Hughes, Steven, Keith, Aidan, Lawlor, Alan, Monson, Frank, Poskitt, Janet, Potter, Elaine, Robinson, David, Scott, Andy, Thompson, Nicola, Watts, Ruth, Wood, Claire, Woods, Clive, Emmett, Bridget, Reynolds, Brian, Chamberlain, Paul, Rowe, Ed, Spurgeon, Dave, Brittain, S.A., Frogbrook, Zoë, Hughes, Steven, Keith, Aidan, Lawlor, Alan, Monson, Frank, Poskitt, Janet, Potter, Elaine, Robinson, David, Scott, Andy, Thompson, Nicola, Watts, Ruth, Wood, Claire, and Woods, Clive

Abstract

This dataset consists of invertebrate (soil mesofauna) counts from soils sampled across Great Britain in 2007. The Countryside Survey is a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside. The sample sites are chosen from a stratified random sample, based on a 15 by 15 km grid of GB. Surveys have been carried out in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, with repeated visits to the majority of squares. The countryside is sampled and surveyed using rigorous scientific methods, allowing us to compare new results with those from previous surveys. In this way we can detect the gradual and subtle changes that occur in the UK's countryside over time. In addition to soil data, habitat areas, vegetation species data, linear habitat data, and freshwater habitat data are also gathered by Countryside Survey.

124. Book reviews.

Author

Watts, Ruth, Stern, Julian, Cullaty, Brian, and Dobric, Karen

Subjects
*EDUCATION policy, *NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book “Ruling Through Education: The Politics of Schooling in the Colonial Punjab," by Tim Alexander.

Published
2008
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125. Book reviews.

Author

de Bellaigue, Christina, Soldani, Simonetta, Maurer, Bruno, Cummins, Amy E., Watts, Ruth, Schmoldt, Benno, Bolle, Rainer, Martínez, Pedro L. Moreno, Molero, Antonio, Somoza, Miguel, Angulo, Kira Mahamud, Art, Jan, Dubreucq, Francine, Bertrams, Kenneth, Barbry, Robert, Ostenc, Michel, Dhondt, Pieter, Jones, Gareth Elwyn, Sherington, Geoffrey, and Rogers, Rebecca

Subjects
NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews several books. "The One-Room Schoolhouse: A Tribute to a Beloved National Icon," by Paul Rocheleau; "The Empty Schoolhouse: Memories of One-Room Texas Schools," edited by Luther Bryan Clegg; "Such Constant Affectionate Care: Lady Charlotte Finch: Royal Governess & the Children of George III," by Jill Shefrpn; "Rousseau oder Die wohlgeordnete Freiheit," by Hartmut Von Hentig.

Published
2005
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126. Book reviews.

Author

Peim, Nick, Rinne, Risto, Merrett, Frank, Apple, Michael W., Fitzgerald, Tanya, Lawn, Martin, Gillard, Derek, Limond, David, Watts, Ruth, Miskell, Elaine, Esteve, Jose M., Davenport, Tony, and Freeman, Eric

Subjects
NARRATIVES & Fictions in Educational Research (Book), EDUCATION for All (Book), SUE Cowley's Teaching Clinic (Book)
Abstract

Reviews books about education. "Narratives and Fictions in Educational Research," by Peter Clough; "Education for All. Is the World on Track? EFA Global Monitoring Report," by Christopher Colclough; "Sue Cowley's Teaching Clinic," by Sue Cowley.

Published
2004
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127. Book reviews.

Author

Soler, Janet, Watts, Ruth, Jones, Phyllis, Leach, John, Leder, Gilah C., Winter, Christine, and Stuart, Mary

Subjects
*LITERACY, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the books "Boys, Literacies and Schooling: The Dangerous Territories of Gender-Based Literacy Reform," by L. Rowan, M. Knobel, C. Bigum and C. Lankshear and "Boys & Literacy: Exploring the Issues," by T. Maynard.

Published
2003
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128. Book Reviews.

Author

Watts, Ruth, Baxter, Sandra, and Davidson, Deborah

Subjects
CHANGING School Subjects (Book), WOMEN As Headteachers (Book), TROUBLING Intersections of Race & Sexuality (Book)
Abstract

Reviews several books about gender and education. 'Changing School Subjects: Power, Gender and Curriculum,' by Carrie Paechter; 'Women As Headteachers: Striking the Balance,' by Marianne Coleman; 'Troubling Intersections of Race and Sexuality: Queer Students of Color and Anti-oppressive Education,' edited by Kevin K. Kumashiro.

Published
2003
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129. Book Reviews.

Author

Limond, David, Akehurst, Sue, Gunter, Helen, Jones, Gareth Elwyn, Weeden, Paul, Burke, Catherine, David, Miriam E., Lewis, Ann, Crook, David, Negus, Michael, Rose, Richard, Watts, Ruth, Rousmaniere, Kate, Taylor, Pamela, and Haydn, Terry

Subjects
PHILOSOPHY of Educational Research (Book), IMPROVING Quality in Education (Book), GENERAL Teaching Council, The (Book), EXPANDING Curriculum Research & Understanding (Book)
Abstract

Reviews several books about education. 'Philosophy of Educational Research,' by Richard Pring; 'Improving Quality in Education,' by Charles Hoy, Colin Bayne-Jardine and Margaret Wood; 'The General Teaching Council,' by John Sayer; 'Expanding Curriculum Research and Understanding: A Mytho-Poetic Perspective,' by Nelson L. Haggerson Jr.

Published
2002
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130. Book Reviews.

Author

Richards, Colin, McNamara, Olwen, Poulson, Louise, Watts, Ruth, and Hodkinson, Phil

Subjects
CULTURE & Pedagogy (Book), NUMERACY & Beyond (Book), SOCIAL World of Pupil Assessment, The (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the several books related to education. 'Culture and Pedagogy: International Comparisons in Primary Education,' by Robin Alexander; 'Numeracy and Beyond,' by Martin Hughes, Charles Desforges, Christine Mitchell and Clive Carre; 'The Social World of Pupil Assessment: Processes and Contexts of Primary Schooling,' by Ann Filer and Andrew Pollard.

Published
2001
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131. Book Reviews.

Author

Cusack, Carole M., Poetker, Katrina M., Horrell, David, Lieu, Judith, Bryson, Anne Gilmour, Ward, John, Parnham, David, Koenig, John, Haigh, Christopher, Watts, Ruth, Hutchinson, Mark, Rutland, Suzanne D., Harvey, Paul, Dixon, Chris, Laracy, Hugh, Lacey, Roderic, Mukherjee, S. N., and Edwards, Louise

Subjects
DEVIL, The (Book), CONSTRUCTING Early Christian Families (Book), TAPESTRY of Early Christian Discourse: Rhetoric, Society & Ideology, The (Book), ALCHEMY Body, The (Book)
Abstract

Reviews several books. `The Devil: A Mask Without a Face,' by Luther Link; `Jesus Framed,' by George Aichele; `Constructing Early Christian Families: Family as Social Reality and Metaphor,' edited by Halvor Moxnes; `The Tapestry of Early Christian Discourse: Rhetoric, Society and Ideology,' by Vernon K. Robbins: The Alchemy Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India,' by David Gordon White.

Published
1998
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132. Poor pickings for all but the rich.

Author

Watts, Ruth

Subjects
*HISTORY of education, *SCHOOLS
Abstract

Presents information on education in Great Britain from 16th to 18th century. Description on formal education at the time; Equality issues; Theories of education from John Locke; Contribution of private philanthropy to the growth of charity schools.

Published
1999

137. Book reviews.

Author

Watts, Ruth

Subjects
INTERNATIONAL Yearbook of History Education (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `International Yearbook of History Education,' edited by Alaric Dickinson, Peter Gordon, Peter Lee and John Slater.

Published
1998
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139. Books were just a boy thing.

Author

Watts, Ruth

Subjects
*WOMEN'S education, *HISTORY of education
Abstract

Discusses the inaccessibility of education for women in Great Britain. How women were viewed until 18th century; Factors that hindered the women from formal education; Establishment of girls' school in 17th century.

Published
1999

142. Telling Women's Lives (Book Review).

Author

Watts, Ruth

Subjects
TELLING Women's Lives (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `Telling Women's Lives: Narrative Inquiries in the History of Women's Education,' by Kathleen Weiler and Sue Middleton.

Published
2000

143. Silences & Images (Book Review).

Author

Watts, Ruth

Subjects
SILENCES & Images (Book), GROSVENOR, Ian, LAWN, Martin, ROUSMANIERE, Kate
Abstract

Reviews the book 'Silences & Images,' by Ian Grosvenor, Martin Lawn and Kate Rousmaniere.

Published
2000

144. Book Reviews.

Author

Watts, Ruth

Subjects
CHARLOTTE Mason (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `Charlotte Mason: `A Pioneer of Sane Education,' by Marian Wallace Ney.

Published
2000
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146. Book Reviews.

Author

WATTS, RUTH

Subjects
GOVERNESS in the Age of Jane Austen, A (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `A Governess in the Age of Jane Austen,' by Joanna Martin.

Published
1999
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147. Girls and examinations, 1860-1902

Author

Jacobs, Andrea Elizabeth, Goodman, Joyce, and Watts, Ruth

Subjects
371, Education of women
Abstract

Examinations in England and Wales were a nineteenth -century invention closely connected to the ongoing development of a more modern and meritocratic society. The first examinations in secondary schools began during the 1850s. The middle of the century also saw active movements to improve the position of women in society and to secure better education for the poor of both sexes. Against this background of change, the thesis draws together a variety of sources in order to analyse the educational, social and economic significance of the development of examinations for girls from different social classes between 1860 and 1902. There are two major recurring themes within the thesis. First, the relevance of orthodox perceptions of appropriate future roles in society according to social rank and gender that led to different education provision both between middle-class and working-class children, and between boys and girls. Second, that in spite of such disadvantages some girls achieved success in examinations benefiting them, within a limited framework, educationally, socially and economically. Reflecting these major themes, which can be defined as objective structures on one hand and subjective action on the other, thesis data is analysed, in five central substantive chapters, within a gender history methodology allied to the `thinking tools' of the social theorist Pierre Bourdieu. Gender history methodology acknowledges the way in which gendered identities contribute to unequal power structures in society, while recognising women's strengths and individuality. Bourdieu questions how stratified systems of hierarchy and domination in society persist and are reproduced while arguing against an apparent determinism by emphasising that individuals have a role in defining their futures. The examinations specifically discussed within the thesis include those of the Universities of Cambridge, London and Oxford, the College of Preceptors, the Department of Science and Art, the Society of Arts and the City and Guilds of London Institute. The consequences of the examinations under the Revised Code of 1862 for working-class children in elementary schools are also analysed.

Published
2003

148. Book reviews.

Author

Watts, Ruth

Subjects
WOMEN, Migration & Empire (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `Women, Migration and Empire,' edited by Joan Grant.

Published
1997
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149. Book reviews.

Author

Watts, Ruth

Subjects
SCHOOL & Society in Victorian Britain (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `School and Society in Victorian Britain: Joseph Payne and the New World of Education,' by Richard Aldrich.

Published
1996
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150. Book reviews.

Author

Watts, Ruth

Subjects
JAMES Kay-Shuttleworth (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `James Kay-Shuttleworth: Journey of an Outsider,' by R.J.W. Selleck.

Published
1995
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