The History of Education: State of the Art at the Turn of the Century in Europe and North America

• Autores: Jurgen Herbst
• Localización: Paedagogica Historica: International journal of the history of education, ISSN 0030-9230, Vol. 35, Nº. 3, 1999, págs. 737-747
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • At the turn of the century historians of education in the United States and in Europe look back upon four decades of fruitful and exciting work that has brought their discipline a high amount of visibility and acclaim in the scholarly community. Yet there exists also a sense of dismay and unease; a feeling that the enthusiasm, even euphoria, of the seventies has evaporated, and that the discipline lacks a sense of direction and purpose. What accounts for this turn of affairs'? How do we explain it?