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33 produkter
International Handbook of Educational Reform
Av Peter W. Cookson Jr., Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
896 kr
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Education has changed much, especially during the last decade. This comprehensive reference offers a systematic overview of developments in educational policy and practice around the world. The editors have selected roughly 30 representative countries, many of which are significant because of their …
Image of Excellence
The Ohio State University School
Av Robert W. Butche, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
816 kr
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Image of Excellence is the hard-hitting story of what Time once called «America’s Most Famous School.» Born in the despair of the Great Depression, the Ohio State University School grew to preeminence during the American progressive school movement launched by legendary education philosopher John …
Building a People's University in South Africa
Race, Compensatory Education, and the Limits of Democratic Reform
Av Gregory M. Anderson, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
829 kr
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Building a People’s University in South Africa chronicles the transformation of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) from a so-called bush college, originally designated under apartheid for the education of Coloured (mixed-race) students, to South Africa’s first non-racial, open admissions …
Sixties Legacy
A History of the Public Alternative Schools Movement, 1967-2001
Av Richard Neumann, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
352 kr
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In the sociocultural turmoil of the late 1960s, a movement emerged to create alternatives to conventional schooling and democratize public education through parental choice in schooling. This first detailed history of the public alternative schools movement reveals its links to progressive …
Justice, Justice
School Politics and the Eclipse of Liberalism
Av Daniel H. Perlstein, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
332 kr
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In 1968, a bitter struggle broke out between white New York City teacher unionists and black community organizers over efforts to create community control of the city’s schools. The New York conflict reverberated across the United States, calling into question the possibility of creating equitable …
Foundations of Education
Essential Texts and New Directions
Av Susan F. Semel, Molly Vollman Makris m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
733 kr
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Foundations of Education: Essential Texts and New Directions helps aspiring teachers interpret the craft of teaching within the historical, philosophical, cultural, and social contexts of education, inside and outside of schools. As a traditional social foundations reader, it focuses on the origins …
Foundations of Education
Essential Texts and New Directions
Av Susan F. Semel, Molly Vollman Makris m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
2039 kr
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Foundations of Education: Essential Texts and New Directions helps aspiring teachers interpret the craft of teaching within the historical, philosophical, cultural, and social contexts of education, inside and outside of schools. As a traditional social foundations reader, it focuses on the origins …
Progressive Pioneer
Alexander James Inglis (1879-1924) and American Secondary Education
Av William G. Wraga, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
818 kr
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Alexander James Inglis’s (1879-1924) transformation from an academic traditionalist devoted to Latin pedagogy to an influential progressive-experimentalist and advocate of the comprehensive high school has received insufficient attention from educational and curriculum historians. Inglis’s career …
«Eighth Sister No More»
The Origins and Evolution of Connecticut College
Av Paul P. Marthers, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
1185 kr
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When founded in 1911, Connecticut College for Women was a pioneering women’s college that sought to prepare the progressive era’s «new woman» to be self-sufficient. Despite a path-breaking emphasis on preparation for work in the new fields opening to women, Connecticut College and its peers have …
«Schools of Tomorrow,» Schools of Today
Progressive Education in the 21st Century – Second Edition
Av Susan F. Semel, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
539 kr
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The second edition of «Schools of Tomorrow,» Schools of Today: Progressive Education in the 21st Century documents a new collection of child-centered progressive schools founded in the first half of the twentieth century and provides histories of some contemporary examples of progressive practices. …
History of Elementary Social Studies
Romance and Reality
Av Halvorsen Anne-Lise, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
1242 kr
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Elementary social studies, which seeks to instill in children the principles of democratic citizenship and the core values of social responsibility, has an important responsibility in U.S. classrooms. Yet, to achieve these goals, elementary social studies must overcome a number of challenges. …
Rise of the South in American Thought and Education
The Rockefeller Years (1902-1917) and Beyond
Av John M. Heffron, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1020 kr
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The Rise of the South in American Thought and Education documents the generalization of southern values and institutions northward at the close of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century. The traditional emphasis in the South on vocational education (a reflection of the Christian …
Coordinate Colleges for American Women
A Convergence of Interests, 1947-78
Av Linda C. Morice, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
1318 kr
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Coordinate Colleges for American Women: A Convergence of Interests, 1947–78 explores the history of the coordinate college—a separate school of higher learning for women connected to an older, all-male institution. This book places special emphasis on three (previously all-male) liberal arts …
Coordinate Colleges for American Women
A Convergence of Interests, 1947-78
Av Linda C. Morice, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
489 kr
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Coordinate Colleges for American Women: A Convergence of Interests, 1947–78 explores the history of the coordinate college—a separate school of higher learning for women connected to an older, all-male institution. This book places special emphasis on three (previously all-male) liberal arts …
Rise of the South in American Thought and Education
The Rockefeller Years (1902-1917) and Beyond
Av John M. Heffron, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
569 kr
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The Rise of the South in American Thought and Education documents the generalization of southern values and institutions northward at the close of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century. The traditional emphasis in the South on vocational education (a reflection of the Christian …
Progressive Legacy
Chicago's Francis W. Parker School (1901-2001)
Av Marie Kirchner Stone, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
320 kr
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Beginning in 1901, this history traces the pioneering progressive origins of the Francis W. Parker School of Chicago to its neoprogressive vision for the twenty-first century. It is the story of the school’s evolution from the founding years (1901-1930), through the Eight-Year Study and the postwar …
«Intelligent and Effective Direction»
The Fisk University Race Relations Institute and the Struggle for Civil Rights, 1944-1969
Av Katrina M. Sanders, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
302 kr
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«Intelligent and Effective Direction» examines the Fisk University Race Relations Institute from 1944 to 1969. Conceptualized and organized by African American sociologist Charles S. Johnson, this Institute brought together an interracial group of scholars, social, civic, and religious leaders, …
Twentieth-Century Textbook Wars
A History of Advocacy and Opposition
Av Gerard Giordano, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
339 kr
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When critics initially attacked textbook publishers for selfishly pursuing profits and employing flawed models of pedagogy, zealous advocates were able to rebut these philosophical arguments. Additional disputes erupted about the ways textbooks depicted nationalism, religion, race, and gender. …
Teachers of Stalinism
Policy, Practice, and Power in Soviet Schools of the 1930s
Av E. Thomas Ewing, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
339 kr
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The Teachers of Stalinism: Policy, Practice, and Power in Soviet Schools of the 1930s examines Soviet primary and secondary teachers in a period of educational expansion, social transformation, and political repression. This book focuses on the professional status, classroom practices, and …
Readin’ + Writin’ for the Hard-Hat Crowd
Curriculum Policy at an Urban University
Av Susan R. Merrifield, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
313 kr
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Readin’ + Writin’ for the Hard-Hat Crowd explores the history of an urban public university from its conception in 1964 to the dawn of the twenty-first century. The reader views this place in time through the lens of the evolving nature of «freshman English», an introductory curriculum that began …
Upholding the Faith
The Process of Education in Catholic Schools in Australia, 1922-1965
Av Tom A. O'Donoghue, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
329 kr
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Notwithstanding the lack of substantial state aid for nearly one hundred years, the Roman Catholic Church in Australia was successful not only in maintaining but also in expanding an educational sector independent of state educational systems. Upholding the Faith is concerned with what was …
School's In
The History of Summer Education in American Public Schools
Av Kenneth M. Gold, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
339 kr
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Why is summer a time of leisure or work rather than schooling for most students in the United States today? Kenneth Gold offers a fascinating and complex account of the history of summer education that rejects the pervasive myth that summer vacation is a natural vestige of agrarian America and …
Elsie Ripley Clapp (1879-1965)
Her Life and the Community School
Av Sam F. Stack , Jr., Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
392 kr
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This biography chronicles the life and teaching practices of Elsie Ripley Clapp, one of the most significant female leaders in progressive education. Clapp’s greatest contribution to American education is the community school, a place for self-realization, caring, cooperation, and cultural …
Promise of Progressivism: Angelo Patri and Urban Education
Angelo Patri and Urban Education
Av James M. Wallace, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
352 kr
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The Promise of Progressivism: Angelo Patri and Urban Education is a biography of the well-known progressive educator during the first half of the twentieth century. A follower of John Dewey, Patri was the principal of two large community-oriented progressive schools in the Bronx from 1907 to 1944. …
Peerless Educator
The Life and Work of Isaac Leon Kandel
Av J. Wesley Null, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
352 kr
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Isaac Leon Kandel (1881-1965) was a major figure in educational philosophy and comparative education in the twentieth century. As a professor of education at Columbia University’s Teachers College, Kandel almost single-handedly developed the field of comparative education, and was an early critic …
Progressive Pioneer
Alexander James Inglis (1879-1924) and American Secondary Education
Av William G. Wraga, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
339 kr
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Alexander James Inglis’s (1879-1924) transformation from an academic traditionalist devoted to Latin pedagogy to an influential progressive-experimentalist and advocate of the comprehensive high school has received insufficient attention from educational and curriculum historians. Inglis’s career …
Booker T. Washington and the Art of Self-Representation
Av Michael Bieze, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
352 kr
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Booker T. Washington embraced photography as the artistic medium to represent himself and Tuskegee Institute because it was economical, technical, utilitarian, and aesthetic: an apt form for a man who preached a gospel of thrift, industry, self-sufficiency, and beauty. Advancements in photography …
Toolkits, Translation Devices and Conceptual Accounts
Essays on Basil Bernstein’s Sociology of Knowledge
Av Parlo Singh, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
373 kr
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For over four decades, Basil Bernstein researched ‘the internal organisation and educational context of the school’ specifically, and educational systems generally. In particular, he was interested in the powerful forms of knowledge transmitted through schooling systems; who gained access to these …
History of Elementary Social Studies
Romance and Reality
Av Halvorsen Anne-Lise, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
373 kr
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Elementary social studies, which seeks to instill in children the principles of democratic citizenship and the core values of social responsibility, has an important responsibility in U.S. classrooms. Yet, to achieve these goals, elementary social studies must overcome a number of challenges. …
Henry Chauncey
An American Life
Av Norbert Elliot, Alan R. Sadovnik m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
465 kr
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A leader in twentieth-century education, Henry Chauncey (1905–2002) introduced large-scale assessment into the lives of individual Americans. This first full-length educational biography examines Chauncey’s education at Groton School, Ohio State University, and Harvard College, his position as a …
