Nations and Numbers: Elementary Mathematics Education as a Nationalizing Tool
Loading...
Authors
Author (Corporation)
Publication date
2020
Typ of student thesis
Course of study
Collections
Type
01A - Journal article
Editors
Editor (Corporation)
Supervisor
Parent work
Croatian Journal of Education
Special issue
DOI of the original publication
Series
Series number
Volume
22
Issue / Number
Sp.Ed.2
Pages / Duration
47-63
Patent number
Publisher / Publishing institution
Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb
Place of publication / Event location
Edition
Version
Programming language
Assignee
Practice partner / Client
Abstract
One of the central elements of the nation-building process in the 19th century was the attempt to homogenize the citizenry, i.e., to fabricate national citizens. Besides the military and church, schools were considered to be the main agencies capable of achieving this national homogenization. In this paper, focusing on the education in Switzerland and France, I argue that elementary mathematics education was also used for this particular purpose. I make the case that throughout the 19th century mathematics education became a way to familiarize the people with a standardized language – a language that was supposed to help them master their specific social, cultural, and political realities.
Keywords
mathematics education, nation building, Standard Language Ideology, state formation
Subject (DDC)
Event
Exhibition start date
Exhibition end date
Conference start date
Conference end date
Date of the last check
ISBN
ISSN
1848-5197
1848-5189
1848-5189
Language
English
Created during FHNW affiliation
Yes
Strategic action fields FHNW
Publication status
Published
Review
Peer review of the complete publication
Open access category
License
Citation
Boser Hofmann, L. (2020). Nations and Numbers: Elementary Mathematics Education as a Nationalizing Tool. Croatian Journal of Education, 22(Sp.Ed.2), 47–63. https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/31894