ABSTRACT
This chapter focusses on the nature of ‘History of Education’ as it has been institutionalized in England. As with all subjects, History of Education is far from monolithic and, as in other countries, more social and/or revisionist perspectives have been influential, especially in the last two decades. Overall however, History of Education, as institutionalized, has retained a certain ‘Acts and Facts’ flavour. The focus on courses in History of Education in one country provides a limited viewpoint but nonetheless allows us to scrutinize the problems posed by the ‘Acts and Facts’ orientation within the subject.
