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Flannelled Fool by T.C. Worsley5/27/2023 ![]() ![]() Hahn developed a homophobic pedagogy due to his belief that inside all young males were the latent capacities to either be homosexual or contribute societal value. Findings: Contrary to contemporary accounts, Kurt Hahn was neither a liberal nor modernizing progressive educator, nor was he interested in generalized sexual repression. The paper is informed by critical theory as well as critical approaches to gender, sexuality and pedagogy. ![]() It draws on Hahn's own writings and speeches, coupled with documents from his students and colleagues, educational historians, German historians and historians of both world wars. Design/methodology/approach: This is an historical analysis of sexuality in Kurt Hahn's educational aims and practices. The purpose of this paper is to provide an historical and historicized contextualization of Hahn's hypervigilance on young male sexuality as it pertained to his educational aims. However, the centrality of sexuality in Hahn's educational aims is often misrecognized in contemporary accounts. Purpose: Discourses celebrating Kurt Hahn's practical and intellectual contributions to the field of progressive education are ubiquitous. ![]()
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