Women educators in the progressive era : the women behind Dewey's Laboratory School
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Women educators in the progressive era : the women behind Dewey's Laboratory School
Palgrave Macmillan, 2016
- : pbk
Available at / 2 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Originally published: 2010
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In 1896, John Dewey established the Laboratory School at the University of Chicago - an experimental school designed to test his ideas in the reality of classroom practice. Through a collective portrait of four of the school's teachers Women Educators in the Progressive Era examines the struggles and satisfactions of teaching at this innovative school, and situates the school community in the context of Progressive Era experimental impulses in Chicago and the nation. This book reassesses the implications of Dewey's ideas for current efforts to improve schools, as it explores how the Laboratory School teachers participated in inquiry designed to advance educational thought and practice.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Laboratory School and Pragmatism
Female Professionalism and the Laboratory School Teachers
Decision-making at the Laboratory School
Teachers as Content Area Experts
Laboratory School Teachers and Social Change
Democratic Community
Implications for Today's Teachers and Schools
by "Nielsen BookData"