The struggle for the American curriculum, 1893-1958
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The struggle for the American curriculum, 1893-1958
RoutledgeFalmer, 2004
3rd ed
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The struggle for the American curriculum
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-316) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hbk ISBN 9780415948906
Description
Published in 1987, the first edition of The Struggle forthe American Curriculum was a classic in curriculum studies and in the history of education. This new third edition is thoroughly revised and updated, and includes two new chapters on the renewed attacks on the subject curriculum in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as the way individual school subjects evolved over time and were affected by these attacks.
Table of Contents
Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition 1. Curriculum Ferment in the 1890s 2. The Curriculum versus the Child: Harris, Hall, and the Appearance of John Dewey on the Educational Scene 3. The Curriculum of the Dewey School 4. Scientific Curriculum-Making and the Rise of Social Efficiency as an Educational Ideal 5. Some Subject Realignment and the Triumph of Vocationalism 6. From Home-Project to Experience Curriculum 7. The Great Depression and the Heyday of Social Meliorism 8. The Hybridization of the Curriculum 9. The Mounting Challenge to the Subject Curriculum 10. The State of School Subjects at Midcentury 11. Life Adjustment Education and the End of an Era Afterword
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: pbk ISBN 9780415948913
Description
Published in 1987, the first edition of The Struggle forthe American Curriculum was a classic in curriculum studies and in the history of education. This new third edition is thoroughly revised and updated, and includes two new chapters on the renewed attacks on the subject curriculum in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as the way individual school subjects evolved over time and were affected by these attacks.
Table of Contents
Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition 1. Curriculum Ferment in the 1890s 2. The Curriculum versus the Child 3. The Curriculum of the Dewey School 4. Scientific Curriculum-Making and the Rise of Social Efficiency as an Educational Ideal 5. Some Subject Realignment and the Triumph of Vocationalism 6. From Home-Project to Experience Curriculum 7. The Great Depression and the Heyday of Social Meliorism 8. The Hybridization of the Curriculum 9. The Mounting Challenge to the Subject Curriculum 10. The State of School Subjects at Midcentury 11. Life Adjustment Education and the End of an Era Afterword
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