Doug Feldmann

Curriculum and the American Rural School

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Curriculum and the American Rural School traces the origins of American school curriculum, and subsequently contextualizes it within the history of rural school curriculum in the United States since the mid-1800s. Doug Feldmann examines modern issues pertinent to the rural school curriculum in light of this history, and actual solutions to these issues that rural schools have discovered.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 325g
• ISBN-13: 9780761825586
• ISBN-10: 0761825584
• Artikelnr.: 21494961

Autorenporträt

Doug Feldmann is a professor in the College of Education at Northern Kentucky University and a former scout for the Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, and San Diego Padres.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Development of the American Curriculum and
the Rural Response Chapter 3 A National Curriculum: William Torrey Harris
and the Committee of Ten, 1893 Chapter 4 A National Imposition of Rural
Curriculum: The Committee of Twelve, 1897 Chapter 5 Social-Efficiency
Curriculum and the Changing Rural Landscape, 1918-1950 Chapter 6 Conant's
Consolidation Push and the Modern Era of Rural Curriculum, 1951-2003
Chapter 7 Politics and Curriculum Development in the Modern Rural School
Chapter 8 Athletics, Consolidation, and the Hidden Curriculum of the
American Small Town Chapter 9 Rural Curriculum in Neosho, Indiana Chapter
10 The Curricular Discourse at Neosho High School Chapter 11 Prospects for
the Production of a New Curriculum at Neosho Chapter 12 Summary of the
Curricular Status at Neosho Chapter 13 Conclusions and Thoughts for the
Future Chapter 14 Epilogue Chapter 15 Appendix Chapter 16 References
Chapter 17 Index Chapter 18 About the Author