Entanglements and intercultural exchange in the history of education: mobilizing John Dewey in the interwar era

Abstract

This article discuss the characteristics and shortfalls of “transfer” research and proposes that an “entangled history” approach can be usefully applied to thinking about intercultural exchanges in the history of education. It attempts to illustrate this method by examining the intersections between the “travels” of John Dewey and his ideas and educational developments in the Balkans in the early twentieth century.