Weiler Democracy and Schooling in California

The Legacy of Helen Heffernan and Corinne Seeds
2011
ISBN: 978-1-137-01591-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 286 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Historical Studies in Education

This book examines the struggle over public education in mid-twentieth century America through the lens of a joint biography of these two extraordinary women, Heffernan, the California Commissioner of Rural and Elementary Education between 1926 and 1965, and Seeds, the Director of the University Elementary school at UCLA between 1925 and 1957.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weiler, K.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Working Girls of the Golden West The Child and the Curriculum Dare the School Build a New Social Order? Was Progressive Education Progressive? Love and War Prejudice The Battle of Westwood Hills Exporting Democracy/Defending Democracy 'Progressive' Education is Subverting America How to Teach the California Child The Long Retreat from Democratic Education

Über Autor(innen)

Kathleen Weiler is a professor in the Department of Education at Tufts University.