TY  - BOOK
AU  - Keane,Jan
TI  - National identity and education in early twentieth century Australia
SN  - 9781787692459 (e-book)
AV  - LA2102 .K43 2018
U1  - 370.994 23
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
KW  - Education and state
KW  - Australia
KW  - Education
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - National characteristics, Australian
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - History of education
KW  - bicssc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - This fascinating book explores how curriculum content in education was used to cultivate a sense of Australian national identity during the first two decades of the twentieth century. Providing a comprehensive picture of the entire reading curriculum in Victorian government schools over a period of almost two decades, the author demonstrates that, contrary to received wisdom, the Department of Education made every effort to integrate children of different backgrounds. Using three dimensions frequently cited in national identity theory  landscape, history, and mythology  readers are shown how material was chosen specifically to engage young white settler children and to help them overcome their sense of Australia as the 'other'. National Identity and Education in Early Twentieth Century Australia not only brings about a clearer understanding of how Australia came to be 'Australian' in character, it establishes how curriculum content may be brought into the service of nation-building across the globe
UR  - https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781787692459
ER  -