| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Description | This file belongs to another set of files 'listed in red notebook V/2 p12' probably relating to Simon's research notes for volume two of his 'Studies in the History of Education' catalogued at SIM/4/2. Comprises:
1. Letter to Shena Simon from Robin Pedley (Brian Simon's colleague at Leicester) dated 11 January 1955 regarding comprehensive schools
2. Article 'Education: Ruling Class Strategy and Tactics', marked by Simon as 1951/1952?
3. Paper 'Britain's Cultural Heritage: The British Universities', refers to a visit to Poland, 1951/1953?
4. Handwritten notes for a lecture to the Socialist Society 'Is the Soviet Union Planning War?', October 1951
5. Handwritten notes for a Teachers' open meeting on 'Education and the Struggle for Peace', November 1951
6. Notes for a paper to the Methodist Youth Group, October 1951
7. I - Letter entitled 'Activity Methods: Purpose of Anarchy' for the Leicester Teacher November 1951
II - Annotated draft of a letter sent to the Manchester Guardian criticising the GCE examination and its purpose, January 1952
III - handwritten paper for delivery to the Philosophical Society on Dialectical Materialism 20 November 1951
8. Paper 'Education: Ruling Class Strategy and Teachers', January 1952, marked as not published by EB. Also includes a letter from Max [Morris] regarding Simon's article and recent correspondence with Max relating to the General Certificate of Education (GCE), possibly relating to the work of the Communist Party
9. Typescript for a paper om 'The basis and purpose of education in the Soviet Union' for the Society for Cultural Relations with Russia (SCR) 1951
10. Handwritten notes for a paper/lecture on Intelligence Testing 28 January 1952
11. Handwritten notes for a similar lecture to Birmingham Teachers, November 1952
12. Handwritten notes for a student school on (i) Intelligence testing and (ii) content and method, March 1952
13. Brief notes dated 10 July 1953 entitled 'Poland' relating to a visit to the country
14. Typescript of lecture delivered in Nottingham to a Marxist audience on the 'Soviet Union's peaceful aims', 1953
15. Handwritten notes for a lecture delivered in Wolverhampton on a social-class evaluation of education, January 1951
16. Handwritten notes for a lecture on 'The American threat to British culture', June 1951 |