The establishment and significance of the 'Luxemburger Schulbote', 1844-1942.

Autor/in	Voss, Peter
Titel	The establishment and significance of the 'Luxemburger Schulbote', 1844-1942.
Quelle	Aus: History of schooling. Frankfurt, Main: Peter Lang (2014) S. 205-232 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Illustrationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Sammelwerksbeitrag
ISBN	978-3-631-63367-0; 978-3-653-04743-1
DOI	10.3726/978-3-653-04743-1
Schlagwörter	Kommunikation; Medien; Presse (Publizistik); Kommunikation; Lehrerbildung; Luxemburg; Schule; Lehrmittel; Medien; Schule; Lehrerbildung; Lehrmittel; Geschichte (Histor); Luxemburg
Abstract	The establishment of an operational school system was for the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, as indeed for many other countries, an integral part in the foundation of the nation state. Having gained independence in 1839, the small country in the heart of Europe passed a Primary School Act in 1843 and christened its own school periodical, the Luxemburger Schulbote, just one year later. The publication was neither a news bulletin intended to improve public relations avant la lettre, nor a public service provided by the Commission Royale Grand-Ducale d'Instruction, the Board of Education of the Grand Duchy. The periodical is best described as a political instrument used by the school authorities to communicate with teachers, allowing essentially oneway traffic only, with information flowing solely from the top down. The publication served as a source of information, education and training and, crucially, as a means of controlling and disciplining teachers. Aside from biannual school inspections and attendance at local school conferences, the village schoolteachers of Luxembourg were left to their own devices for most of the year. Communication between the upper echelons of the school authorities and teaching personnel took place almost exclusively in written form; hence, the regular editions of the Schulbote were an important means of ensuring a continuous and direct link between the two levels. In this respect, the Schulbote took on a key directional role, particularly during the early stages of development of the primary school system in Luxembourg. The Board of Education could communicate with the primary school teachers of the Grand Duchy through this compulsory publication and be certain of getting its message across to the majority of teachers.
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsmedien \| Georg-Eckert-Institut (GEI), Braunschweig
Update	2023/1