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History of American Education, The: A Great American Experiment
L. Dean Webb, Arizona State University

ISBN-10: 0130136492
ISBN-13: 9780130136497

Publisher: Merrill
Copyright: 2006
Format: Paper; 416 pp
Published: 03/22/2005

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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.

  • Primary source readings-Facilitate a better understanding of the past for students and offer them the opportunity to interpret history through their own eyes and construct their own meaning.  Questions for Discussion accompany each primary source reading and are intended to stimulate reflection.
  • For Discussion and Application-Each chapter ends with questions that provide opportunities for students to synthesize and reflect on the major concepts presented, as well as apply the information to their own educational experience.
  • For Your Reflection and Analysis-Boxed questions woven throughout chapters encourage students to apply their understanding and to reflect on how the discussion relates to their own personal experiences.
  • References included in every chapter-Give the reader an opportunity to explore related readings outside of the text.

1.        Philosophy and Education.

 

2.        Education in the Old World and the “New” Old World Order 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.

For Historical Foundations of Education


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