Paul Robert Hanna : a life of expanding communities / / Jared R. Stallones

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790853003321
• Autore: Stallones Jared
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Stanford, California : , : Hoover Institution Press, , 2002
• ISBN: 0-8179-2836-7; 0-8179-2838-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (351 p.)
• Collana: Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; no. 495
• Disciplina: 370/.92; B
• Soggetti: Educators - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-336) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; Organization and Sources; The Nature of Biography; Conclusion; Chapter 2: Paul Hanna's Childhood, Youth, and Young Adulthood; Childhood; Youth; Hanna at Hamline University; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Paul Hanna at Teachers College, Columbia University; The Early Years at Teachers College; Hanna at West Winfield; Return to Teachers College; Influences on Hanna's Thought Regarding the Role of the School; The Virginia Curriculum Study; Leaving Teachers College; Conclusion; Chapter 4: Paul Hanna at Stanford UniversityHanna and Stanford; The Teacher Early in His Career; Hanna Turns West; Hanna and His Family; The Teacher Later in His Career; Stanford Colleagues; Funding for the University; The Building America Controversy; International Education; Philanthropy; Conflicts With Stanford; Hanna's Last Years; The End; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Paul Hanna's Writing Career; The Purpose of Social Studies; The School in Its Community; Origins of Hanna's Social Studies Textbooks; Textbooks as Tools for Social Critique; The Expanding Communities Model Refined; The International CommunityThe Last Social Studies Textbooks; A Common Curriculum to Build Community; Hanna and Mathematics Education; Spelling Instruction; The World Book Encyclopedia; Conclusion; Chapter 6: Paul Hanna's Involvement in Professional ; Education Organizations; Hanna and the Philosophy of the Progressive Education Association; Participation in the Spring Conference; The Beginnings of the John Dewey Society; The Society for Curriculum Study; The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development; The National Education Association; The National Council for the Social Studies; ConclusionChapter 7: Paul Hanna and International Development Education; Beginnings; Hanna and Postwar Germany; Hanna and the Philippines; In Southeast Asia; Other International Work; The Stanford International Development Education Center; Conclusion; Chapter 8: Conclusions; Hanna's Contributions to Education; Interpreting Hanna's Political Views; Conclusion; Appendixes; Appendix A: Chronological Bibliography of Published Works by Paul R. Hanna; Appendix B: Partial List of Paul R. Hanna's Doctoral Advisees at Stanford University With Dissertation Titles, Arranged Chronologically; Appendix C: Chronological List of Courses Taught by Paul R. Hanna at the Stanford University School of EducationWorks Cited; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Analyzing and ultimately placing in context Paul Hanna's vast contributions, this book provides a richly textured narrative of his life and his major role in twentieth-century American education and the development of modern American education.