William McGuffey : mentor to American industry / / Quentin R. Skrabec, Jr
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| Autore: |
Skrabec Quentin R
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| Titolo: |
William McGuffey : mentor to American industry / / Quentin R. Skrabec, Jr
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Algora Pub., c2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 370.92 |
| Soggetto topico: | Educators - United States |
| Moral education - United States - History | |
| Readers - History | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 Methodology |
| Chapter 17. A Common VisionChapter 18. McGuffeyland Capitalism; Chapter 19. McGuffeyland Morals and Patriotism; Chapter 20. The Legacy of the Man and his Books; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Thanks 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 sys |
| Titolo autorizzato: | William McGuffey |
| ISBN: | 0-87586-728-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821280903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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