Donald Parkerson, Jo Ann Parkerson

The Struggle for Public Education

Ten Themes in American Educational History

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 532g
• ISBN-13: 9781475830194
• ISBN-10: 147583019X
• Artikelnr.: 47879334

Autorenporträt

Donald Parkerson is the Distinguished Professor of Teaching in the History Department at East Carolina University. He has published six books on the history of education with his coauthor, Jo Ann Parkerson. Their previous book with Rowman & Littlefield focused on the background of issues facing schools today - Assessment, Bureaucracy and Consolidation. Jo Ann Parkerson is Professor Emeritus of Education at Methodist University. Previously she taught in the public schools and she draws on her educational experiences and research in her writing.

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