INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION

The 'Institute of Education' ('IoE') , from 1902 to 1932 called the 'London Day Training College', is a constituent college of the University of London. It has 1,200 students doing teacher training PGCE courses. It has the largest education research body in the UK, with over 700 research students in the doctoral school. The Institute also has the largest portfolio of postgraduate programmes in education in the UK, with approximately 4,000 students taking master's courses.
The Institute has long been recognised as a leading centre of educational enquiry. At any one time it hosts over 100 research projects funded by Research Councils, government departments and other agencies. The Institute publishes Educate~ - The Journal of Doctoral Research in Education
The Institute’s Newsam library is the largest in its field in Europe, containing more than 300,000 volumes and nearly 2,000 periodicals. Its archive and special collections contain the most comprehensive range of Government documents on education in the UK, the National Textbook Collection and other unique resources.
The Institute was founded by the former London County Council in 1902 as the Day Training College, a teacher-training institution. It became a member of the federation of the University of London in 1932, when it received its present name.
The Institute's main building, on Bedford Way in Bloomsbury, was designed by Sir Denys Lasdun.
The current Director is Professor Geoff Whitty.

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Notable people

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Notable people

Prominent members of staff include:

★ Basil Bernstein (1924-2000), sociologist and linguist.

★ Max Black (1909-1988), philosopher.

★ Cyril Burt (1883-1971), educational psychologist.

★ George Barker Jeffery (1891-1957), mathematician and educationalist.

★ Diana Laurillard, Learning with digital techniques.

★ Karl Mannheim (1893-1947), sociologist.

★ Marion Richardson (1892–1946), artist, educator and author who published workbooks on penmanship and handwriting.

★ Christian Schiller (1895-1976), HM Inspector and senior lecturer.

★ Philip E. Vernon, (1905-1987), psychologist.
Prominent former students include:

★ Quentin Blake (born 1932), cartoonist, illustrator and childrens' book author.

★ Reginald Horace Blyth (1898-1964), author and devotee of Japanese culture.

★ Beryl Gilroy (nee Answick) (1924-2001), novelist.

★ Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula (1917?-1983), Zambian nationalist leader who assisted in the struggle for the independence of Northern Rhodesia.

★ Harold Rosenthal (1917–1987), music critic.

★ Brian Simon (1915–2002), educationist and historian.

References

1. Table 0a - All students by institution, mode of study, level of study, gender and domicile 2005/06

External links

★ Institute of Education website