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ERIC Number: EJ417346
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-4985
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Curriculum Reform and the Legitimation of Educational Objectives: The Case of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Weiler, Hans N.
Oxford Review of Education, v16 n1 p15-27 1990
Posits that compensatory legitimation is the modern state's response to its legitimation crisis and is manifested through educational reforms. Delineates how the state interprets society's norms and values through the curriculum. Offers the West German curriculum reform debates of the 1960s and 1970s as an example. (SLM)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Policy Formation, Politics of Education, Public Schools
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: West Germany
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