Cold War Fostering of Scientific Elites: International Youth Olympiads in Chemistry and Physics 1967-1984

Autor/in	Lövheim, Daniel
Titel	Cold War Fostering of Scientific Elites: International Youth Olympiads in Chemistry and Physics 1967-1984
Quelle	In: History of Education, 50 (2021) 5, S.685-703 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0046-760X
DOI	10.1080/0046760X.2021.1890239
Schlagwörter	Physics; Chemistry; Self Concept; Educational History; Competition; Secondary School Students; Advantaged; Student Participation; Science Tests; Selection Criteria; Leisure Time; Politics; Foreign Policy; Science Education; Social Systems; Foreign Countries + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Physik; Chemie; Selbstkonzept; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Wettkampf; Sekundarschüler; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Selection criterion; Auslesekriterium; Freizeit; Politik; Außenpolitik; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Social system; Soziales System; Ausland
Abstract	This article analyses two secondary school competitions -- the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) and the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) -- as platforms for early elite fostering in science between the years 1967 and 1984. It argues that the two arrangements can be understood as one of many Cold War arenas of the time period. The article further discusses how participation in the competitions in its various forms -- the pre-selection, the preparations, the scientific exams, the celebratory activities, the more leisure-adjusted parts -- contributed to form practices of distinction that separated the contestants from other same-aged individuals of their generation. The identities and self-images that the pupils were encouraged to develop came from a multilayered blend of both national and international discourses. Consequently, a certain kind of Cold War-specific elite fostering took place that reflected the interwoven character of science, education and politics during the second half of the conflict. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01