Hungarian Secondary School Teacher Training, and the Teaching Profession in the 19th and 20th Century Cover Image

A magyar középiskolai tanárképzés és szakmai professzió kialakulása a 18–20. században
Hungarian Secondary School Teacher Training, and the Teaching Profession in the 19th and 20th Century

Author(s): András Németh
Subject(s): Education, Recent History (1900 till today), School education, History of Education, 19th Century, Sociology of Education
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Hungarian Secondary School Teacher Training; 19th-20th century; Mass education; Socialization;

Summary/Abstract: The institutionalization of Hungarian secondary school teacher training was characterized by the so-called ’dual system’. In parallel with the formation of modern European Nations there was also the development of a profession or ’craft’ – for secondary school and elementary school teachers – which created two different types of pedagogical knowledge. The professionalization of teaching professions and a dual system of teacher training showed similar traits. This process occurred under the influence of national traditions but additionally took on board Central European tendencies. The professional ‘socialization’ of teachers for different types of school was also differentiated on the basis of the same sort of rationale. The institutionalization of various types of school was characterized by there being a separation of management and organization of state schools, an elite system and mass education. This talk, one concentrating on the type of elite schools (secondary school) and teachers, will analyze what established secondary school teachers’ training was like – and it will also look at a new type of teachers’ profession; I will be focusing on this complex process and analyzing the events of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

  • Issue Year: 18/2009
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 279-290
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Hungarian