The History of American Education
A Great American Experiment
Published on 31. January 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-13-013649-7 (ISBN)
Description
For courses in the Historical Foundations of Education.
The History of American Education: A Great American Experiment offers a critical analysis of the history of American education by constantly asking readers to analyze and reflect on their own beliefs and educational experiences throughout their reading. This text uses the availability of new historical sources and new interpretive methodologies to encourage students to actively think about history, recognize alternative interpretations of historic information, and understand how the educational system has evolved in the United States over time.
The History of American Education: A Great American Experiment offers a critical analysis of the history of American education by constantly asking readers to analyze and reflect on their own beliefs and educational experiences throughout their reading. This text uses the availability of new historical sources and new interpretive methodologies to encourage students to actively think about history, recognize alternative interpretations of historic information, and understand how the educational system has evolved in the United States over time.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 191 mm
Weight
721 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-013649-7 (9780130136497)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
1. Philosophy and Education.
2. Education in the Old Worldand the "New" Old WorldOrder Before Jamestown.
3. Education in Colonial America.
4. Education in the Revolutionary and Early National Periods.
5. The Common School Movement.
6. Education in the Post-Civil War Era.
7. The Progressive Era in Education.
8. Depression, War, and National Defense.
9. The Struggle for Equal Educational Opportunity: 1954-1980.
10. Renewed Conservatism and Reform.
11. Education in a New Century.
References.
Name Index.
Subject Index.
2. Education in the Old Worldand the "New" Old WorldOrder Before Jamestown.
3. Education in Colonial America.
4. Education in the Revolutionary and Early National Periods.
5. The Common School Movement.
6. Education in the Post-Civil War Era.
7. The Progressive Era in Education.
8. Depression, War, and National Defense.
9. The Struggle for Equal Educational Opportunity: 1954-1980.
10. Renewed Conservatism and Reform.
11. Education in a New Century.
References.
Name Index.
Subject Index.