Heroic figures and their exploits are at the heart of national histories. This chapter analyzes the use of the biblical trope of David and Goliath in the depiction of three such heroes—namely William Tell, Niels Ebbesen, ...

In this paper, we analyse the struggle for a unified style of writing in primary schools in the German-speaking part of Switzerland between the 1860s and the first decades of the twentieth century with regard to the contexts ...

Writing (and its shape in particular) is given attention in this special issue in order to analyze multi-layered challenges of modern schooling, ranging from pedagogical to ideological and national ones. Focus is given to ...

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827) gilt, nicht nur in der Schweiz, als einer der bedeutendsten Pädagogen des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts. Sein Ruhm gründet vor allem auf den von ihm errichteten Instituten in Burgdorf im ...