Interrogating Nation-Statehood and the Citizen in Curriculum Development: Comparative Historical Cases (Studies in Curriculum Theory Series)

This book dives into the histories of nation-state-building and curriculum formation to explore the ways that they intertwine, form and inform each other. This book follows the understanding that nation-states have - and still do - develop their educational institutions, curricula, and teaching materials with specific goals and with a specific idea of the ideal student and citizen they want to create in mind.In particular, it advocates that analyzing multiple, idiosyncratic cases can inform the connection between what we learn, how we learn it, and who we become as citizens and further, that this is related not to linear or global phenomena, but to particular nation-states, curricula, and time periods.This book focuses on the comparison between four cases during the time of the large, map-changing events and period of the Prussian Wars (1864-1871) to make the intertwined relationships between nation-states and their curricula, designed to create future loyal citizens, more apparent.It