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Education for citizenship Transnational expertise, curriculum reform and psychological knowledge in 1930s Australia

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine expert ideas about education for citizenship in
1930s Australia. Drawing on a larger study of adolescence and schooling during the middle decades of
the twentieth century, the paper explores the role of international networks and US philanthropy in
fostering the spread of new psychological and curriculum ideas that shaped citizenship education, and
broader educational changes during the interwar period. A second purpose is to provide historical
perspectives on contemporary concerns about the role of schooling in addressing social values and
student wellbeing.
Design/methodology/approach – The discussion is informed by approaches drawn from
Foucauldian genealogy and historical studies of transnationalism. It examines constructions of the
good and problem student and the networks of international educational expertise as forms of
“travelling ideas”. These transnational exchanges are explored through a close analysis of a defining
moment in Australian educational history, the 1937 conference of the New Education Fellowship.
Findings – The analysis reveals the ways in which psychological understandings and curriculum
reforms shaped education for citizenship in the 1930s and identify in particular the emergent role of
psychology in defining what it meant to be a good student and a good future citizen. The paper further
finds that Australian education during the interwar years was more cosmopolitan and engaged in
international discussions about citizenship and schooling than is usually remembered in the present.
Elaborating this is important for building transnational histories of knowledge exchange in
Australian education.
Originality/value – The paper shows the value of a relational analysis of school curriculum and
psychological understandings for more fully grasping the different dimensions of education for
citizenship both in the interwar years and now. It offers fresh perspectives on contemporary
educational debates about globalisation and youth identities, as played out in current concerns about
social values and schooling.

Keywords Curriculum reform, Genealogy, American philanthropy, Citizenship education,Psychology, Transnationalism, Travelling ideas

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History of Education Review

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: Emerald Group., 2013

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History of Education Review Vol. 42 No. 2, 2013 pp. 170-184

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