Open AccessChildren of the Empire. The shaping of English identity, 1890-1914
Author(s) -
Jacek Galewski
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
studia z teorii wychowania
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2719-4078
pISSN - 2083-0998
DOI - 10.5604/01.3001.0015.0453
Subject(s) - empire , duty , identity (music) , power (physics) , reading (process) , quarter (canadian coin) , sociology , law , political science , history , psychology , aesthetics , art , archaeology , physics , quantum mechanics
Britain was an imperial power in the quarter-century before the outbreak of World War. Leaders expressed a sense of moral responsibility for ensuring competent and just rule for the nations of the Empire. At the same time, the fulfillment of this duty was a justification for the exercise of power itself, understood in ethical terms, and involved the preparation of a citizen of the Empire, both educated and shaped by universally accessible school education. The teaching of history, linked to the formation of the identity of the model citizen, has been subordinated to this preparation. The current article is an attempt at indicating the presence and purpose of historical threads in materials intended for the initial learning of reading.