Critically assess the relationship between national identity and schooling in the period 1870-1939?

... Critically assess the relationship between national identity and schooling in the period 1870-1939? The relationship between national identity and schooling is one that has been seen as both a problem, where by the integrating of the concept of national identity into schooling is seen as the "poison" that generates "cross-national conflict" (1) and a defensive reaction to preventing and dealing with the problems that Britain faced during that epoch, where the political and social environment in Europe "provided a sort of hothouse atmosphere for nationalistic writings of the most fervent kind"(2) "Dr Tate outlined in brief that 'national identities depended on stories 'and that teachers need to provide children 'with a sense of belonging to a community which stretches back into the past and forward into the future ' in order to five them ' a sense of meaning'" (3) The idea of creating a sense of belonging for children, is one that is shared worldwide, humans I have been told, need narratives, however

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