The French model of the educator state
The emergence in the nineteenth century of a centralized school system controlled by the state was one response to the need to stabilize government and legitimate a state model during a period of repeated revolutions in France. This is why French education has traditionally occupied a specific place...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of education policy 2000-01, Vol.15 (1), p.5-10 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The emergence in the nineteenth century of a centralized school system controlled by the state was one response to the need to stabilize government and legitimate a state model during a period of repeated revolutions in France. This is why French education has traditionally occupied a specific place in the political sphere: it has been at the heart of a political project of realizing national integration through the construction of a symbolic public space. There are signs today that this ambitious political construction may be coming apart. |
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ISSN: | 0268-0939 1464-5106 |
DOI: | 10.1080/026809300285962 |