| | Education and Learning in America (American Experience) |  | Author: Catherine Reef
Publisher: Facts on File
Category: Book
Buy New: $85.00
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: All Ages
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 448
ISBN: 0816070245
Dewey Decimal Number: 370.97309
EAN: 9780816070244
ASIN: 0816070245
Publication Date: November 30, 2008 (In 8 Days)
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As the United States has developed as a nation, so too has its educational system. As the colonies rebelled from Britain, their initial reliance on European educational models and philosophies was replaced by a greater focus on the Enlightenment, republicanism, and the influence of such prominent Americans as Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Rush, and Noah Webster. From this developed a system of public education, extending education to Americans previously excluded from private academies and secondary schools. In recent years, there has been a movement away from progressivism and a return to traditionalism as studies demonstrate increasing illiteracy rates of students in the United States versus those of other industralized nations. "Education and Learning in America" examines the progress and development of education throughout U.S. history.Appendixes provide concise biographies of 61 important individuals, such as Jane Addams, John Dewey, and W.E.B. DuBois, as well as primary source documents, either full text or excerpts; a glossary; appendixes; maps; graphs and tables; notes; a thorough bibliography; and an index. More than 85 black-and-white images portraying the American education experience round out this in-depth resource.
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