Donald Parkerson, Jo Ann Parkerson

Struggle for Public Education

Ten Themes in American Educational History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a clear, comprehensive history of the modern American school from the nineteenth century to the present.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 380g
• ISBN-13: 9781475830200
• ISBN-10: 1475830203
• Artikelnr.: 47878692

Autorenporträt

Donald Parkerson, Jo Ann Parkerson

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Authoritarian and Democratic Schools of Education
Chapter 2: The Structure and Organization of American Schools
Chapter 3: Consolidation and its Discontents: From Intimacy to Democracy
Chapter 4: The Struggle for Diversity
Chapter 5: The Curriculum: From Religious to Secular and Comprehensive
Chapter 6: Instruction: From Memorization to Comprehension
Chapter 7: Discipline in the Classroom: From Corporal Punishment to
Preventative Techniques
Chapter 8: Moral Education: From Virtue Centered to Cognitive Moral
Development
Chapter 9: Testing and Assessment: From Recitation to Standardized
Assessment
Chapter 10: Rights and Responsibilities of Teachers and Students
Conclusion - The Complexity of Change in American Education
References
Index