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This popular book provides a comprehensive overview of the history of American education and serves as a quick reference of the most important persons, dates, events, and movements that shaped the nation's system of education. Explores the background behind the growth and evolution of education in our society, including influential movements in educational history and influential leaders. Examines the most recent legislation, court decisions, and government policies, including programs initiated by the current administration to enhance the learning environment of children at risk for school failure. Discusses contemporary issues, such as inclusion for exceptional children, outcomes-based education, multiculturalism, The Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (IDEA), efforts to achieve gender equity, and the new emphasis on gender issues within or from a historical perspective. Projects current trends into the 21st century and reflects the work of such popular authors as Arthur Wirth, John Naisbitt, Alvin Toffler, Joseph Coates, Paul Kennedy, Wendell Bell, and C. Owen Paepke. For educators at all levels.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780023968181
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference
  • Publication date: 9/28/1994
  • Edition description: Older Edition
  • Edition number: 6
  • Pages: 320
  • Product dimensions: 7.25 (w) x 9.27 (h) x 0.51 (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: Applying History to Education Today 1
History and Purposes of Educational History 6
Intellectual Background 8
Then to Now 12
Gaining Perspective Through Critical Analysis 15
History in Action in Today's Classrooms 15
Bibliography 15
Chapter 2 Modern Educational Philosophies: Shaping the Schools 17
Introduction to Educational Philosophy 18
Schools of Educational Philosophy 19
Then to Now 45
Gaining Perspective Through Critical Analysis 48
History in Action in Today's Classrooms 48
Bibliography 48
Chapter 3 American Education: Our European Heritage and the Colonial Influence 51
Colonial Melting Pot 52
Religious Sectarianism 54
Social Class in the Colonial Environment 54
The Southern Colonies 55
The Middle Colonies 59
The New England Colonies 62
Then to Now 67
Gaining Perspective Through Critical Analysis 71
History in Action in Today's Classrooms 71
Bibliography 71
Chapter 4 American Education: The American Revolution 73
Democratic Ideals 73
Changes in Colonial Culture 74
The Shift in the Colonial Mind 75
Colonial Liberalism 78
Educational Changes in the Later Colonial Period 78
The War and After 79
Efforts of Educational Founders 80
Revolutionary Period Educational Leadership 81
Early Government Proposals 83
Other Educational Movements 84
School Ideas and the Curriculum 85
Then to Now 86
Gaining Perspective Through Critical Analysis 90
History in Action in Today's Classrooms 91
Bibliography 91
Chapter 5 American Education: 1812-1865 93
Social, Political, and Economic Trends 93
The Age of the Common School Revival 98
Birth of the American High School 100
Higher Education Before the Civil War 101
American Educational Leadership 103
European Influences 107
Then to Now 113
Gaining Perspective Through Critical Analysis 117
History in Action in Today's Classrooms 117
Bibliography 117
Chapter 6 American Education: 1865-1918 119
Inhibited Development of Education in the South 120
National Affairs and Progress 123
The Public School Ideal 125
The American Public High School 126
Vocational and Industrial Education 130
Parochial and Private Education 131
Higher Education 132
Schools and Colleges for Minority Groups 134
Teacher Education 136
Development of Educational Philosophy 138
Then to Now 141
Gaining Perspective Through Critical Analysis 145
History in Action in Today's Classrooms 145
Bibliography 145
Chapter 7 American Education: 1918 to the Present 147
Major Educational Changes 148
Evolution of the Modern Institutional Structure 151
School Finance and Control 161
Federal Participation in Education 163
Psychology and Education 167
Child Study and Measurement 175
Experiments and Innovations in the Twentieth Century 178
Progressive Educators and Their Critics 181
Academic Freedom and the Educational Profession 183
Teacher Education 184
Then to Now 188
Gaining Perspective Through Critical Analysis 191
History in Action in Today's Classrooms 191
Bibliography 192
Chapter 8 Issues in Modern American Education 193
Litigation: The Courts and Problems of Education 196
More Recent Educational Critics 210
Assessment and Accountability 218
Taking Sides Today and Tomorrow 234
Gaining Perspective Through Critical Analysis 237
History in Action in Today's Classroom 237
Bibliography 238
Chapter 9 Educational Reform: 1980s and 1990s and the Search for Excellence 241
The Great American Educational Reform Movement 241
Achieving Excellence in Teacher Education 262
Reform in Educational Administration 269
The Search for Excellence Continues 272
Gaining Perspective Through Critical Analysis 273
History in Action in Today's Classrooms 273
Bibliography 274
Chapter 10 Education in the Future: From Now to Then 277
Trends in Education for the Twenty-First Century 283
The Futures Movement 283
Methods of Futures Research 286
Schools of Futuristic Thought 287
Implications for Educational Theory 292
Characteristics of Futuristic Education 294
Futures Curriculum 300
Future Trends 303
Gaining Perspective Through Critical Analysis 306
History in Action in Today's Classrooms 306
Bibliography 306
General Annotated Bibliography 311
Glossary 315
Index 321
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