ERIC Number: EJ1369396
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-0046-760X
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'School Is Everywhere'? British Military Children, 'Turbulence' and the Meanings of Post-War Mobility
Huxford, Grace
History of Education, v51 n5 p710-731 2022
This article traces the emergence of the term 'turbulence' to describe the educational disruption experienced by military children after 1945. It asks why the term came to dominate professional discussion of military education so much from the late 1960s onwards and the wider tensions it exposed in post-war Britain: between welfare and warfare; 'tradition' and progressiveness; individuals and communities; families and institutions. Moreover, this article argues that childhood mobility in the late twentieth century was at times refracted through assumptions about class and rank, as well as issues such as immigration and intelligence. Finally, this article uses oral history interviews to reflect on how turbulence itself became part of the life stories of many former service children, offering 'composure', explanation and even a community through which to understand their sometimes-disrupted education and childhoods.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, War, Educational History, Military Personnel, Military Training, Social Systems, Mobility, Social Class, Oral History, Immigration, Intelligence, Childrens Attitudes, Educational Attainment, Films, Family Relationship
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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