wyszukanych pozycji: 48
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Progressive Pioneer: Alexander James Inglis (1879-1924) and American Secondary Education
ISBN: 9781433100475 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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 manifests important characteristics of the progressive era in American history. As an attempt to generate organizing principles upon which to construct a new, responsive social institution, his book, Principles of Secondary Education, stands as a quintessential manifestation of progressive...
Alexander James Inglis s (1879-1924) transformation from an academic traditionalist devoted to Latin pedagogy to an influential progressive-experiment...
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478,68 zł |
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The Teachers of Stalinism: Policy, Practice, and Power in Soviet Schools of the 1930s
ISBN: 9780820452333 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 333 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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 political experiences of teachers. Based on archival research and published materials, including personal statements, inspectors reports, and instructional documents, The Teachers of Stalinism explores the unique relationships among Soviet society, schools, and the state that evolved in the...
The Teachers of Stalinism: Policy, Practice, and Power in Soviet Schools of the 1930s examines Soviet primary and secondary teachers in a perio...
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152,27 zł |
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School's in: The History of Summer Education in American Public Schools
ISBN: 9780820456577 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 315 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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 highlights an historic tension over the presence and absence of summer education in American public schools. School s In unravels the ideologies and politics surrounding the nineteenth-century demise of summer terms and the social concerns and conditions that gave rise to twentieth-century summer...
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 comp...
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152,27 zł |
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Wartime Schools: How World War II Changed American Education
ISBN: 9780820463551 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The politically conservative educators of World War II dramatically and rapidly altered policies, programs, schedules, learning materials, classroom activities, and the content of academic courses. They motivated students to salvage materials, sell war stamps, grow crops, learn about wartime issues, and take pride in patriotism. They prepared millions of people for the armed services and the defense industries. These accomplishments were possible because the educators were supported by an unprecedented alliance that included teachers, school administrators, industrialists, military personnel,...
The politically conservative educators of World War II dramatically and rapidly altered policies, programs, schedules, learning materials, classroom a...
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219,14 zł |
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Justice, Justice: School Politics and the Eclipse of Liberalism
ISBN: 9780820467870 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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 schools and cementing racial antagonism at the center of American politics. A path-breaking study of teacher organizing, civil rights movement activism, and urban education, Justice, Justice: School Politics and the Eclipse of Liberalism recounts how teachers and activists ideals shaped the...
In 1968, a bitter struggle broke out between white New York City teacher unionists and black community organizers over efforts to create community con...
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185,83 zł |
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Social Education in the Twentieth Century: Curriculum and Context for Citizenship
ISBN: 9780820462479 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 233 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Since the birth of the republic, the aim of social education has been to prepare citizens for participation in democracy. In the twentieth century, theories about what constitutes good citizenship and who gets full citizenship in the civic polity changed dramatically. In this book, contributors with backgrounds in history of education, educational foundations, educational leadership, and social studies education consider how social education inside and outside school has responded to the needs of a society in which the nature and prerogatives of citizenship continue to be contentious...
Since the birth of the republic, the aim of social education has been to prepare citizens for participation in democracy. In the twentieth century, th...
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185,83 zł |
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The Promise of Progressivism: Angelo Patri and Urban Education: Angelo Patri and Urban Education
ISBN: 9780820471426 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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. As the first Italian-American school administrator in the United States, he helped immigrant families to maintain their language and heritage while preparing for success in American society. Patri s syndicated column of advice for parents was carried in hundreds of newspapers, had millions of...
The Promise of Progressivism: Angelo Patri and Urban Education is a biography of the well-known progressive educator during the first half of t...
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205,92 zł |
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Inexcusable Omissions: Clarence Karier and the Critical Tradition in History of Education Scholarship
ISBN: 9780820448794 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Inexcusable Omissions explores the work of Clarence Karier and his impact on critical scholarship in the history of U.S. education. Twenty authors contribute essays that examine Karier's influence on the study of a wide range of issues central to the field, articulate the theoretical approaches that have guided Karier s inquiry, and engage the reader in biographical reflection. The essays converge on the complexities of new liberal social and educational theory and the impact that these ideas have had on the development of the American public school system. This is the landscape of the...
Inexcusable Omissions explores the work of Clarence Karier and his impact on critical scholarship in the history of U.S. education. Twenty auth...
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185,83 zł |
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Henry Chauncey: An American Life
ISBN: 9781433108891 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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 teacher at William Penn Charter School, and his role as founding president of the Educational Testing Service. Documenting a career extending from the Great Depression through the end of the Cold War, this book provides an interpretative history of educational measurement through the careers of...
A leader in twentieth-century education, Henry Chauncey (1905 2002) introduced large-scale assessment into the lives of individual Americans. This fir...
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265,91 zł |
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Clio at the Table: Using History to Inform and Improve Education Policy
ISBN: 9781433104107 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Clio at the Table provides important historical perspectives on contemporary education policy issues. Based on a conference held in honor of Carl Kaestle, one of the most eminent education historians in the United States, the book includes chapters that address some of the major concerns of U.S. education today, all of which are particular foci of Kaestle s work: urban education, equity, the role of the federal government, and national standards. On each topic, the book presents summaries of new research and explores the uses of history to help further the connections between...
Clio at the Table provides important historical perspectives on contemporary education policy issues. Based on a conference held in honor of Ca...
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205,92 zł |
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Go to the Sources: Lucy Maynard Salmon and the Teaching of History
ISBN: 9780820455044 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 165 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Lucy Maynard Salmon was a pioneer educator with a progressive spirit. Having earned a bachelor s and master s degree from the University of Michigan in 1876 and 1883, Salmon continued her studies under Bryn Mawr professor and future U.S. President, Woodrow Wilson. Thereafter, Salmon began her forty-year Vassar College career and earned a reputation as a nationally prominent historian, suffrage advocate, author, and teacher. She helped found the American Association of University Women, the American Association of University Professors, and the Middle States Council for the Social Studies. She...
Lucy Maynard Salmon was a pioneer educator with a progressive spirit. Having earned a bachelor s and master s degree from the University of Michigan i...
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152,27 zł |
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The Progressive Legacy: Chicago's Francis W. Parker School (1901-2001)
ISBN: 9780820433967 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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 innovations (1930-1965), to the progressive challenge (1965-1995). The story closes as the school is being reconceptualized and the building reconstructed. This book explains the interrelationship of three of Chicago s education progressives John Dewey, the philosopher; Colonel Francis W. Parker,...
Beginning in 1901, this history traces the pioneering progressive origins of the Francis W. Parker School of Chicago to its neoprogressive vision for ...
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152,27 zł |
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Clio at the Table: Using History to Inform and Improve Education Policy
ISBN: 9781433104091 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Clio at the Table provides important historical perspectives on contemporary education policy issues. Based on a conference held in honor of Carl Kaestle, one of the most eminent education historians in the United States, the book includes chapters that address some of the major concerns of U.S. education today, all of which are particular foci of Kaestle s work: urban education, equity, the role of the federal government, and national standards. On each topic, the book presents summaries of new research and explores the uses of history to help further the connections between...
Clio at the Table provides important historical perspectives on contemporary education policy issues. Based on a conference held in honor of Ca...
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482,75 zł |
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Learning from Children; The Life and Legacy of Caroline Pratt
ISBN: 9780820467511 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This is the first published biography of Caroline Pratt, an innovative progressive educator who founded the City and Country School in Greenwich Village, New York, in 1914. It provides a feminist analysis of Pratt s life and work that adds a new dimension to our appreciation of her contributions to progressive education. Learning from Children also shows how an analysis of Pratt s work can inform our understanding of current critical issues in educational policy and practice. Caroline Pratt s story will enliven courses on history of education, foundations of early childhood education,...
This is the first published biography of Caroline Pratt, an innovative progressive educator who founded the City and Country School in Greenwich Villa...
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152,27 zł |
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Elsie Ripley Clapp (1879-1965): Her Life and the Community School
ISBN: 9780820468426 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 309 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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 enrichment as well as the cornerstone of democratic society. Challenging the practices of contemporary education in her era, she envisioned pedagogy as the integration of living and learning, building upon local resources and the experiences of students and their community. Learning was more than training...
This biography chronicles the life and teaching practices of Elsie Ripley Clapp, one of the most significant female leaders in progressive education. ...
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219,14 zł |
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Voices from Cape Town Classrooms: Oral Histories of Teachers Who Fought Apartheid
ISBN: 9780820467689 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This book captures the oral histories of twenty South African teachers who connected pedagogy and politics to fight against the apartheid regime. Teaching in so-called Coloured schools, these -teachers with the fighting spirit- stressed nonracialism and democracy in their work with students. Though their lives were deeply affected by apartheid, it never stole their hearts, minds, or souls. Their work helped lead to the election of Nelson Mandela as the first democratic leader of South Africa in 1994."
This book captures the oral histories of twenty South African teachers who connected pedagogy and politics to fight against the apartheid regime. Teac...
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185,83 zł |
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A History of Elementary Social Studies
ISBN: 9781433106477 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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. Social studies lessons are marginalized in the school day, and critics complain these lessons lack disciplinary rigor and focus. In addition, scholarship in the field is under-funded and under-researched. A History of Elementary Social Studies: Romance and Reality recounts the history of...
Elementary social studies, which seeks to instill in children the principles of democratic citizenship and the core values of social responsibility, h...
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219,14 zł |
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Twentieth-Century Textbook Wars: A History of Advocacy and Opposition
ISBN: 9780820452289 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 189 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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. Armed with precise examples of offensive textbook features, confrontational opponents could not be easily dismissed. Although publishers who wished to align themselves with national sentiments were willing to make changes, they were cautious because the criticism was heterogeneous and shifting. To...
When critics initially attacked textbook publishers for selfishly pursuing profits and employing flawed models of pedagogy, zealous advocates were abl...
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185,83 zł |
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Henry Chauncey: An American Life
ISBN: 9781433108907 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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 teacher at William Penn Charter School, and his role as founding president of the Educational Testing Service. Documenting a career extending from the Great Depression through the end of the Cold War, this book provides an interpretative history of educational measurement through the careers of...
A leader in twentieth-century education, Henry Chauncey (1905 2002) introduced large-scale assessment into the lives of individual Americans. This fir...
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1004,15 zł |
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«A Visible Company of Professionals»: African Americans and the National Education Association During the Civil Rights Movement
ISBN: 9780820488486 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) African American educators shaped a role for themselves in the larger civil rights movement by striving for inclusion, on equal footing, in the National Education Association (NEA). This book explores the relationship between the NEA, the nation s largest teacher organization, and the predominately black American Teachers Association, and illustrates how African American educators helped to redefine the NEA s core ideology to include the support of policies, practice, and politics that promoted educational equity for children and educators who have been historically marginalized. Examining...
African American educators shaped a role for themselves in the larger civil rights movement by striving for inclusion, on equal footing, in the Nation...
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205,92 zł |