Place-based education avant la lettre. The shifting emphasis on connecting the curriculum to the place in Austrian rural school reform, 1919–1965

Wilfried Göttlicher · 2025 · Journal of Curriculum Studies

Summary. Austrian rural schools from 1919 to 1965 emphasized connecting curriculum to local place and community life. This practice declined around 1960 not because educators rejected it, but because new policy perspectives made it invisible. The analysis reveals that place-based education risks embedding local values into schooling, making the approach vulnerable to abandonment when policy priorities shift.

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Göttlicher, W.. (2025). Place-based education avant la lettre. The shifting emphasis on connecting the curriculum to the place in Austrian rural school reform, 1919–1965. Journal of Curriculum Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220272.2025.2460471

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DOI: 10.1080/00220272.2025.2460471
Countries: Austria
Regions: Europe
Categories: education, regional-innovation-systems, general-innovation
Added: 2026-08-01