education and generational conflict in the FRG Flashcards
what educational policies were introduced during de-nazification?
- many schools were closed
- Nazi textbooks were removed
- removal of Nazi teachers
along with denazification what other educational policies were the allies looking to implement?
removal of confessional education
stop the early selection of career paths (Nazis did at the age of 10)
when did schools reopen in Germany?
Autumn 1945
under the Basic Law who was responsible for running educational policy?
the Lander
what was a major difficulty for the Lander to decide upon with regards to education?
how the Nazi period and WW1 should be taught
how was History taught in the FRG?
European History without Germany
what made it difficult for government to control educational reform?
reforms would have to pass through the Bundesrat which housed the Lander
what had Brandt hoped to have passed in 1971 to reform education?
federal framework to restructure schools
extra help for the disadvantaged
reform to the university structure
why did Brandt’s proposed reform struggle to become law?
the Bundestag passed it but the Bundesrat did not
(example of Bundesrat power)
what were the problems with German universities?
lectures and student accommodation were inadequate
what was the educational crisis of the 1960s?
critics had labelled the curriculum as old fashioned and advocated for a more democratic education
what happened to the number of university students between 1960 and 1980?
rose by 500,000
what did the Federal Education Promotion Act achieve in 1971?
provided state funding and loans to encourage students from working class backgrounds to go to university
what did older generations struggle to come to terms with after 1945?
Germany was no longer the leader of European culture and instead was flooded with American and British culture
examples of Western culture which was impacted Germans in the FRG
Hollywood movies
Shakespeare
