Everyday Internationalism as an Educational Project: School Curriculum and Pedagogies for World-Mindedness

Abstract

This article examines education for internationalism during the interwar years, addressing curriculum initiatives in Australia with reference to reforms promoted by the League of Nations and progressive education networks. Two main questions are explored: First, how were the logics of interwar internationalism mobilised in educational debates in Australia? And second, how were such aspirations socialised beyond the pages of official exhortations and the visions of elites? Interwar internationalism relied heavily on the promise of educational endeavours to advance international understanding. Despite the declared importance of education in histories of internationalism, this article argues th..