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Record Nr.

UNINA9911008463403321

Titolo

Encyclopedia of the social and cultural foundations of education / / general editor, Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr. ; associate editor, John P. Renaud ; managing editor, Asterie Baker Provenzo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage Publications, c2009

ISBN

9781452265971

1452265976

9781849725286

1849725284

9781412963992

1412963990

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (3 volumes (1392 pages))

Collana

Gale eBooks

Altri autori (Persone)

ProvenzoEugene F

RenaudJohn (John P.)

ProvenzoAsterie Baker

Disciplina

370.3

Soggetti

Education

Education - Sociological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A SAGE Reference Publication."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Entries; Reader's Guide; About the Editors; Introduction; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; Volume 2; Contents; List of Entries; Reader's Guide; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Volume 3; Contents; List of Entries; Reader's Guide; Biographies of IMPORTANT FIGURES in EDUCATION; Toward a RENEWED DEFINITION of the SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS of EDUCATION; Contents; 1. Colonial Beginnings; 2. Early Textbooks; 3. Teachers in the Early and Middle Nineteenth Century; 4. The Common School Movement; 5. The McGuffey Readers and Textbook Depictions of Teachers

6. Catholic Schools and the Separation of Church and State7. The Education of African Americans; 8. The Education of Native Americans; 9. Frontier Teachers and Schools; 10. Kindergartens; 11. International Expositions; 12. Frances Benjamin Johnston and the Washington, D.C., Schools; 13. Exhibit of American Negroes: Exposition Universelle de



1900; 14. Immigration and Education; 15. Progressive Reform and Schooling; 16. Lewis W. Hine and the Child Labor Movement; 17. Reading and Libraries; 18. Educational Cartoons and Advertisements; 19. Pledge of Allegiance

20. Printed Records and Photographs of School Activities and Personnel21. Students With Special Needs; 22. Transportation; 23. Compulsory Education and Truancy; 24. The Farm Security Administration's Photographs of Schools; 25. Civil Rights; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The 'Encyclopedia' provides an introduction to the social and cultural foundations of education. The first two volumes consist of A-Z entries, featuring essays representing the major disciplines including philosophy, history, and sociology, and a third volume is made up of documentary, photographic, and visual resources.