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The History of American Education A Great American Experiment

by: Webb, L. Dean

The History of American Education A Great American Experiment

by: Webb, L. Dean

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Copyright: 03/22/2005
Publisher: Pearson

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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.

Philosophy and Education

(40)

Branches of Philosophy

(1)

Metaphysics: What Is the Nature of Reality?

(1)

Epistemology: What Is the Nature of Knowledge?

(1)

Axiology: What Is the Nature of Values?

(1)

Traditional Philosophies and Their Educational Implications

(7)

Idealism

(3)

Realism

(2)

Theistic Realism (Thomism)

(2)

Contemporary Philosophies and Their Educational Implications

(7)

Pragmatism

(2)

Existentialism

(3)

Analytic Philosophy

(2)

Philosophies of Education

(16)

Perennialism

(4)

Progressivism

(2)

Essentialism

(2)

Social Reconstructionism

(2)

Postmodernism

(6)

Primary Source Reading: The Allegory of the Cave

(2)

Plato

Primary Source Reading: Preparing for Today and Tomorrow

(5)

Elliot W. Eisner

Education in the Old World and the ``New'' Old World Before Jamestown

(24)

The Renaissance and Education

(1)

Education During the Reformation

(2)

Luther

(1)

Calvin

(1)

Vernacular Schools

(1)

Spanish and French Exploration and Education in the New World

(6)

New Spain

(1)

Spanish Missions of La Florida

(1)

Mission Schools in the Southwest

(2)

New France

(2)

Education of Native Peoples in Precolonial America

(7)

Basic Courses of Native Education

(1)

Native Philosophy of Education

(1)

Core Values of Native Educational Practice

(3)

Primary Source Reading: The Education of Young Children

(3)

Desiderius Erasmus

Primary Source Reading: The Socialization of Nampeyo

(3)

Barbara Kramer

Education in Colonial America

(38)

Education in the New England Colonies

(11)

Massachusetts Education Laws of 1642 and 1647

(1)

Elementary Schooling

(4)

Instruction and Instructional Materials

(2)

Secondary Education: Latin Grammar Schools

(1)

Supervision and Support of the Schools

(1)

Higher Education in Early New England

(1)

Education in the Mid-Atlantic Colonies

(4)

Influence of Denominational Variations

(1)

New York

(1)

New Jersey

(1)

Pennsylvania

(2)

Delaware

(1)

Education in the Southern Colonies

(4)

Influence of Social and Economic Systems

(1)

Elementary and Secondary Education

(2)

Higher Education: The College of William and Mary

(1)

Education During the Later Colonial Period

(5)

Impact of the Enlightenment

(2)

Impact of Social and Economic Changes on Education

(1)

Rise of the Academy

(1)

Expansion of Higher Education

(1)

The Colonial Schoolmaster

(3)

Teacher Licensing and Pay

(1)

Education of Minorities in Colonial America

(3)

Primary Source Reading: A Dame School in Plymouth, Massachusetts

(2)

Laura Russell

Primary Source Reading: School-Management (Schul-ordnung)

100

(4)

Christopher Dock

Education in the Revolutionary and Early National Periods

104

(32)

Education Under the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution

106

(1)

Northwest Land Ordinances of 1785 and 1787

106

(1)

Nationalism and Education

107

(1)

Republican Educational Theorists

108

(6)

Thomas Jefferson

108

(2)

Benjamin Rush

110

(2)

Noah Webster

112

(2)

New Providers of Elementary Education

114

(2)

Monitorial Schools

114

(1)

Sunday Schools

115

(1)

Infant Schools

116

(1)

Town and District Schools: Organization and Instruction

116

(2)

Growth of the Academy

118

(4)

Academies for Women

119

(3)

Emergence of the Public High School

122

(1)

Developments in Higher Education in the Early National Period

123

(2)

Defense of the Classical Curriculum: The Yale Report of 1828

124

(1)

Dartmouth College Case

125

(1)

Education of Women in the New Republic: The Cult of Domesticity

125

(3)

Primary Source Reading: A New England District School, circa 1801

128

(2)

Primary Source Reading: A Plan for Improving Female Education

130

(6)

Emma Willard

The Common School Movement

136

(34)

Moving Forces

138

(4)

Changing Demographics: A Larger, More Diverse, and Urban Population

138

(1)

Demands of a Growing Working Class

139

(1)

Social Control

139

(1)

The Frontier Movement

140

(1)

Extended Suffrage

140

(1)

Education Journals and Organizations

140

(2)

Protestant Religious Accommodation

142

(1)

Leading Proponents of the Common School

142

(4)

Horace Mann

142

(2)

James G. Carter

144

(1)

Henry Barnard

145

(1)

Catherine Beecher

145

(1)

Opposition to the Common School Movement

146

(1)

Growth of State and Local Support and Supervision

146

(5)

Increased Tax Support

146

(2)

Creation of State Boards and State Superintendents of Education

148

(1)

Development of Local School Districts and Superintendents

148

(2)

Regional Variations

150

(1)

Teaching and Textbooks in the Common Schools

151

(4)

Pestalozzian Influence

153

(2)

The Failure of the Common Schools: The Schooling of Catholics

155

(1)

Education of Teachers

156

(6)

Establishment of Normal Schools

158

(2)

Teacher Institutes

160

(2)

Primary Source Reading: Proposal for Tax-Supported Schools

162

(4)

Thaddeus Stevens

Primary Source Reading: Intolerance in the City of Brotherly Love

166

(4)

Jim Carnes

Education in the Post-Civil War Era

170

(42)

The Kindergarten Movement

172

(1)

The Secondary School Movement

173

(10)

The Kalamazoo Case and Increased Tax Support

174

(2)

Compulsory Attendance and Increased Literacy

176

(1)

NEA Committee of Ten and the Standardization of the Curriculum

177

(1)

Seven Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education

177

(2)

The Manual Training Movement

179

(1)

Vocational Education

180

(1)

The Comprehensive High School

181

(1)

Emergence of the Junior High School

182

(1)

Expansion of Higher Education

183

(6)

The Morill Acts and the Land Grant College Movement

183

(1)

Higher Education for Women

184

(3)

Emergence of the Modern University

187

(2)

Founding of Junior Colleges

189

(1)

Improved Teacher Training and Professionalism

189

(5)

Strengthening of the Normal School Curriculum and Standards

189

(1)

Universities Enter Teacher Training

190

(1)

Teacher Certification

191

(1)

Teacher Organizations

192

(2)

New Directions in the Education of Native Americans and African Americans

194

(8)

From Mission Schools to Public Schools: 150 Years of Indian Education

194

(3)

Education of Free and Freed Blacks

197

(1)

The Higher Education Debate: Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois

198

(2)

Segregation of the Public Schools

200

(2)

Primary Source Reading: Some Aspects of Kindergarten

202

(6)

Susan E. Blow

Primary Source Reading: Summer School Teacher

208

(4)

W.E.B. DuBois

The Progressive Era in Education

212

(30)

Population and National Growth

214

(1)

Politics and Economic Growth: The Bright and Dark Sides

214

(4)

Progressive Reformers

218

(1)

Changes in Education

218

(3)

Progressivism in Education

221

(6)

Administrative Progressivism: The Efficiency Movement

221

(2)

Pedagogical Progressivism

223

(4)

Child Study Movement

227

(1)

The Measurement Movement

228

(2)

Progressive Education After the War

230

(1)

Progressive Education Association

231

(1)

Influence of the Progressive Education Movement on Higher Education

231

(2)

Primary Source Reading: The Problem of the Children

233

(4)

Jacob A. Riis

Primary Source Reading: Court Decisions versus Social Progress

237

(5)

Ella Flagg Young

Depression, War and National Defense

242

(38)

The Depression Begins

244

(1)

Impact of the Depression on Education

245

(4)

New Deal Education Programs

249

(3)

Civilian Conservation Corp

249

(1)

National Youth Administration

249

(1)

Public Works Administration

250

(1)

Works Projects Administration

250

(1)

General Federal Aid Debate

251

(1)

The Indian New Deal

252

(2)

Efforts to Refocus the Schools and the Curriculum

254

(2)

Social Reconstructionism

254

(1)

The Eight-Year Study

255

(1)

William C. Bagley and the Essentialists

256

(1)

Impact of the Second World War on the Schools

256

(6)

Impact of the War on Elementary and Secondary Schools

258

(1)

Impact of the War on Higher Education

259

(1)

Higher Education and the War Effort

259

(3)

Education in the Postwar Era

262

(2)

Life Adjustment Education and the Education Critics of the 1950s

262

(2)

Curriculum Reform in the Aftermath of Sputnik

264

(4)

New Learning Theories

267

(1)

Education and the Red Scare

268

(3)

Primary Source Reading: Dare the Schools Build a New Social Order?

271

(3)

George S. Counts

Primary Source Reading: A Teacher at Topaz

274

(6)

Eleanor Gerard Sekerak

The Struggle for Equal Educational Opportunity: 1954-1980

280

(40)

The Civil Rights Movement

282

(1)

School Desegregation

282

(5)

The Carrot and the Stick: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

284

(3)

Education and the War on Poverty

287

(2)

Expanding the Rights of Language Minority Youth

289

(1)

Indian Education and the Drive for Self-Determination

290

(2)

Expanding Educational Opportunities for Mexican Americans

292

(2)

The Education of Asian Americans

294

(3)

The First to Come: Chinese Americans

294

(1)

Japanese Americans

295

(2)

Gender Equity in Education

297

(3)

Expanding Access to Children with Disabilities

300

(2)

School Finance Reform

302

(3)

The Students' Rights and Antiwar Movements

305

(5)

Primary Source Reading: U.S. Supreme Court, Brown v. Board of Education

310

(3)

Primary Source Reading: Indian Education: A National Tragedy by U.S. Senate Special Subcommittee on Indian Education

313

(7)

Renewed Conservatism and Reform

320

(38)

Conservatism Takes Center Stage

322

(1)

The School Reform Movement

323

(8)

Reform: The First Wave

326

(1)

Reform: The Second Wave

326

(3)

Reform: The Third Wave

329

(2)

Essentialism, Perennialism, and Progressivism Revisited

331

(2)

National Goals, National Standards, and Accountability

333

(4)

School Choice

337

(3)

Vouchers

338

(1)

Charter Schools

338

(1)

Private Contractors

339

(1)

Cultural and Gender Wars

340

(5)

Bilingual Education Debate

340

(2)

Multicultural Education Under Fire

342

(1)

Gender Wars

343

(1)

Resegregation

344

(1)

The End of a Presidency, a Decade, a Century

345

(2)

Primary Source Reading: The Manufactured Crisis: Myths, Fraud, and the Attack on America's Public Schools

347

(4)

D. C. Berliner

B. J. Biddle

Primary Source Reading: An Educator's Primer on the Gender War

351

(7)

David Sadker

Education in the New Century

358

(24)

An Education President, Again

360

(1)

No Child Left Behind and the New Federal Role

360

(1)

Expanded State and Local Responsibilities

361

(1)

Raising the Stakes on High-Stakes Testing and Accountability

362

(3)

Sanctions

365

(2)

Teacher Crisis: Issues of Quantity and Quality

367

(3)

Funding an Adequate Education

370

(1)

Brown + 50: What's Changed, What's Not

371

(2)

The Achievement Gap

373

(1)

Resegregation

374

(1)

School Choice

374

(3)

Primary Source Reading: Taproots for a New Century: Tapping the Best of Traditional and Progressive Education

377

(5)

David B. Ackerman

References

382

(11)

Name Index

393

(2)

Subject Index

395

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The History of American Education A Great American Experiment

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0130136492

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