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ERIC Number: EJ576219
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0068
Educational Pluralism: A Historical Study of So-Called "Pillarization" in the Netherlands, Including a Comparison with Some Developments in South African Education.
Sturm, Johan; Groenendijk, Leendert; Kruithof, Bernard; Rens, Julialet
Comparative Education, v34 n3 p281-97 Nov 1998
A system of completely equal treatment of state and religious denominational elementary schools has existed in the Netherlands since 1920 and is firmly rooted in previous centuries of Dutch history. Development of this "pillarized" educational system is traced and discussed in relation to situations in South Africa and in countries with new, culturally different immigrants. Contains 63 references. (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational History, Elementary Education, Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Minority Groups, Parochial Schools, Public Education, School Choice, School Segregation, Subcultures
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Netherlands; South Africa