02974nam 2200565 a 450 991082128090332120230721023005.00-87586-728-6(CKB)1000000000805802(EBL)471039(OCoLC)457045832(SSID)ssj0000272134(PQKBManifestationID)12077506(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000272134(PQKBWorkID)10295733(PQKB)11045618(MiAaPQ)EBC471039(Au-PeEL)EBL471039(CaPaEBR)ebr10476868(EXLCZ)99100000000080580220090522d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWilliam McGuffey[electronic resource] mentor to American industry /Quentin R. Skrabec, JrNew York Algora Pub.c20091 online resource (254 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87586-726-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Foreword; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Frontier Scotch and Scotch-Irish; Chapter 3. A Rich Heritage; Chapter 4. The Early Education of William Holmes McGuffey; Chapter 5. Transylvania; Chapter 6. The Miami Years; Chapter 7. College of Teachers; Chapter 8. Cincinnati; Chapter 9. Ohio University; Chapter 10. Woodward College; Chapter 11. University of Virginia Professor; Chapter 12. The Civil War and Final Years; Chapter 13. The One-Room School House; Chapter 14. The McGuffey Reader; Chapter 15. An American View of Education; Chapter 16. Pedagogy and MethodologyChapter 17. A Common VisionChapter 18. McGuffeyland Capitalism; Chapter 19. McGuffeyland Morals and Patriotism; Chapter 20. The Legacy of the Man and his Books; Bibliography; IndexThanks to William Holmes McGuffey, frontier America?s literacy rate was the world?s highest, producing four generations of American leadership in the arts, science, and engineering. In his much-loved series of ?readers,? McGuffey revolutionized education in America, merging basic principles with classic readings. <br /<br /Throughout Prof. Skrabec?s research on American industrialists, the name William McGuffey kept popping up. William McGuffey was clearly the mentor of many of America?s greatest capitalists. Almost all had been educated using the McGuffey Reader and developed their belief sysEducatorsUnited StatesBiographyMoral educationUnited StatesHistoryReadersHistoryEducatorsMoral educationHistory.ReadersHistory.370.92Skrabec Quentin R876756MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821280903321William McGuffey4036548UNINA