Order in Progress

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It is plain from any survey in the history of education that little is known about the actual developments at "chalkface". The classroom remains something of a black box in educational history, which has yet to give up its secrets. Since the end of the 18th century, a number of basic mechanisms have been at work in the field of education, mechanisms that may be viewed as rules underpinning Western educational mentality and reality. One essential characteristic of an "educationalised" society is for instance the desire for order and regularity, to which the title of the book refers. It paraphrases the motto of Brazil, which appears in the nation's flag: "order and progress". By turning "and" into "in" the authors, however, wish to suggest not only that the order in question was always viewed in terms of progress, but also that it was inescapebly governed by the development of society. Despite the great continuity of "order" and discipline, educational behaviour invariably developed against a background of social progress. The authors attempt to capture the distinction between internal dynamism and external development - between discontinuity and continuity, if you will - by developi

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