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 is Distinguished Professor of Teaching in the History Department at East Carolina University. He has published seven books on the history of education with his coauthor,

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