Trajectories in the Development of Modern School Systems: Between the National and the Global(Studies in Curriculum Theory Series)

As contemporary education becomes increasingly tied to global economic power, national school systems attempting to influence one another inevitably confront significant tensions caused by differences in heritage, politics, and formal structures. Trajectories in the Development of Modern School Systems provides a comprehensive theoretical and empirical critique of the reform movements that seek to homogenize schooling around the world. Informed by historical and sociological insight into a variety of nations and eras, these in-depth case studies reveal how and why sweeping, convergent reform agendas clash with specific institutional policies, practices, and curricula. Countering current theoretical models which fail to address the potential pressures born from these challenging isomorphic developments, this book illuminates the cultural idiosyncrasies that both produce and problematize global reform efforts and offers a new way of understanding curriculum as a manifestation of national identity.

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Trajectories in the Development of Modern School Systems Series Page: V>Editorial>Shared Resources>Series Pages>Education>Studies in Curriculum Theory Series (Pinar) Trajectories in the Development of Modern School Systems Between the National and the Global Edited by Daniel Tröhler and Thomas Lenz First published 2015 by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 and by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2015 Taylor & Francis The right of the editor[s] to be identified as the author[s] of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data [CIP data] ISBN: [Enter 13 digit hardback ISBN here] (hbk) ISBN: [Enter 13 digit paperback ISBN here] (pbk) ISBN: [Enter 13 digit eBook ISBN here] (ebk) Typeset in [font] by [Typesetter] Contents PART ONE: The Global and the Local in the History of Education 1. Daniel Tröhler and Thomas Lenz Trajectories of Development of Modern Schooling – Between the National and the Global (Introduction) 2. Thomas S. Popkewitz, Yanmei Wu, and Catarina Silva Martins Practical Knowledge and School Reform: The Impracticality of Local Knowledge in Strategies of Change PART TWO: Fabricating the Nation: National and International Impacts on Schooling in the Long 19th Century 3 Daniel Tröhler People, Citizens, Nations: Organizing Modern Schooling in Western Europe in the 19th Century. The Cases of Luxembourg and Zurich 4. Ragnhild Barbu Educating the Catholic Citizen: The Institutionalization of Primary Education in Luxembourg in the 19th century and Beyond 5. Peter Voss Early School Evaluation and Competency Conflicts Between Primary and Secondary Schools in Luxembourg Around 1850 6. Lukas Boser Taking the Right Measures: The French Political and Cultural Revolution and the Introduction of New Systems of Measurement in Swiss Schools in the 19th century 7. Thomas Ruoss Education Statistics, School Reform, and the Development of Administration Bodies: The Example of Zurich Around 1900 8. Michèle Hofmann From Abstinence to Economic Promotion, or: The International Temperance Movement and the Swiss Schools PART THREE: The Internationalization of European Schooling in the Cold War 9. Rebekka Horlacher The Implementation of Programmed Learning in Switzerland 10. Norbert Grube Global Comparison and National Application: Polls as a Means for Improving Teacher Education and Stabilizing the School System in Cold War Germany 11. Regula Bürgi and Philipp Eigenmann The National in the Global: Switzerland and the Council of Europe’s Policies on Schooling for Migrant Children in the 1960s 12. Catherina Schreiber Language Structures in a Multilingual and Multidisciplinary World: The Adaptations of Luxembourgian Language Education within a Cold War Culture 13. Thomas Lenz Contesting Education: Media Debates and the Public Sphere in Luxembourg 14. Matias Gardin Globalization in Finnish and West German Educational Rhetoric, 1960-1970 PART FOUR: Recent Developments 15. Malin Ideland and Daniel Tröhler Calling for Sustainability: WWF’s Global Agenda and Educating Swedish Exceptionalism 16. Jette Schmidt, Peer Daugbjerg, Martin Sillasen, and Paola Valero From the Literate Citizen to the Qualified Science Worker: Neoliberal Rationality in Danish Science Education Reforms 17. Lukas Graf The European Educational Model and its Paradoxical Impact at the National Level 18. Viktoria Boretska Accelerated Westernization in Post-Soviet Russia: Coupling Higher Education and Research 19. Jinting Wu Contesting Isomorphism and Divergence: Historicizing Chinese Educational Encounter with the ‘West’ Contributors Index