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School Knowledge for the Masses

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First published in 1992, this book presents unique quantitative data on the content coverage of primary education in a large number of countries since 1920. It demonstrates that these curricular outlines tend to be surprisingly similar across very disparate countries, and suggests the world processes that produced this result. Specifically, the study shows that the contemporary primary curriculum dates from changes in the late nineteenth century; that there has been a general shift towards a ‘social studies’ subject; that instruction in mathematics and sciences has tended to expand; that there have been substantial increases in foreign language instruction (and changes in the languages taught); and that instruction in the arts and physical education come to the standard world education model much later than other subjects. This work will be of particular interest to those studying primary curriculum, international education and the sociology of education.

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ISBN: 9780415788557
Publication date: 28th April 2017
Author: John Meyer, David Kamens, Aaron Benavot
Publisher: Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 212 pages
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Sociology of Education
Genres: Moral and social purpose of education
Teaching of a specific subject
Primary and middle schools