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Retreat into the "Pedagogical Province"? Boarding Schools and the Changing Perception of "Nature" in German Secondary Education around 1900
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Gerster, Daniel – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2020
The article explores how different concepts of "nature" were applied in secondary education in Germany around 1900 by examining the discussions on and practices in particular boarding schools. It will first scrutinise Enlightenment debates on "human nature" and how they were perceived in German secondary education in general…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Secondary Education, Boarding Schools, Criticism
The Teacher Is Not Always Right--Teaching Literature in the Two German States.
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Muller-Michaels, Harro – European Education, 1991
Compares the teaching of literature in East and West Germany. Discusses both the nature and titles of the material taught and problems of teaching literature espousing individual thought and criticism in a communist system. Describes common ground in the literature curriculum of both that may serve as a basis for curriculum of unified Germany. (DK)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Educational Change