Universal formal schooling is an historically recent phenomenon¶
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Evidence · 1 study · theoreticalr?·q1
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2027: baselines and conditions change
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q1 i? Examination of pre-modern societies and remaining traditional societies indicates that universal formal schooling is historically recent. → Geary 2022
Evidence¶
Geary 2022¶
Geary, D., Xu, K.M. (2022). Evolution of Self-Awareness and the Cultural Emergence of Academic and Non-academic Self-Concepts. Educ Psychol Rev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-022-09669-2
q1 · i? · theoretical · r?
Historical-evolutionary argument from the abstract: comparison with "pre-modern societies" and "remaining traditional societies today" is offered as revealing the recency of universal formal schooling. No systematic historical data are reported in the available text.
"A step back in time to pre-modern societies and an examination of life in remaining traditional societies today reveals that universal formal schooling is an historically recent phenomenon."
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Related Claims¶
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Universal formal schooling is an historically recent phenomenon |
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Universal formal schooling is an historically recent phenomenon |
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