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Autore: | Tröhler Daniel |
Titolo: | Languages of education [[electronic resource] ] : Protestant legacies, national identities, and global aspirations / / Daniel Tröhler |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : Routledge, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
Disciplina: | 370.1/4 |
Soggetto topico: | Language and education |
Discourse analysis | |
Education - Social aspects | |
Protestantism | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction : languages of education -- The educationalization of the modern world : progress, passion, and the Protestant promise of education -- Protestant misunderstandings : Max Weber and the Protestant ethic in America -- Rousseau's classical republicanism -- Linguistic turbulences : the American debates, 1776-1788 -- American culture, pragmatism, and the 'Kingdom of God on earth?' -- Language as homeland : the Genevan reception of pragmatism -- The becoming of an educational science : the Protestant souls and psychologies -- The German geisteswissenschaftliche Pädagogik and the ideology of Bildung -- Languages of education compared : Germany, Switzerland, and the United States -- Globalizing globalization : the neo-institutional concept of a world culture -- Concepts, cultures, and comparisons : PISA and the double German discontentment. |
Sommario/riassunto: | In this landmark contribution to the study of the formation of the modern school, Daniel Tröhler applies one of the most recognized methods of historical research to an analysis of the ""language"" of the academic discipline of education. Arguing the value of looking at languages rather than arguments--langues rather than paroles--this method of historical research is used to examine the background of different philosophies, theories, or arguments of education, specifically republicanism and Protestantism. Tröhler's argument is that such analysis is essential to tracing ba |
Titolo autorizzato: | Languages of education |
ISBN: | 1-136-80822-1 |
0-203-82842-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910810561603321 |
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