Education and democracy : the meaning of Alexander Meiklejohn, 1872-1964 / / Adam R. Nelson
| Education and democracy : the meaning of Alexander Meiklejohn, 1872-1964 / / Adam R. Nelson |
| Autore | Nelson Adam R |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (438 p.) |
| Disciplina | 370/.92 B |
| Soggetto topico |
Education, Humanistic - United States - History - 20th century
Educators - United States |
| ISBN |
9786612268991
9780299171438 0299171434 9781282268999 1282268996 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface: Meiklejohn, Socrates, and the Paradox of Democratic Education -- Acknowledgments -- PROVIDENCE, 1872-1911 -- 1. "A Voyage across the Atlantic" and "Kant's Ethics," 1872-1899 -- 2. "College Education and the Moral Ideal," 1900-1911 -- AMHERST, 1912-1924 -- 3. "The College as Critic," 1912-1919 -- 4. "To Whom Are We Responsible?" 1920-1924 -- MADISON, 1925-1932 -- 5. "A New College with a New Idea," 1925-1928 -- 6. "A Most Lamentable Comedy," 1929-1932 -- BERKELEY, 1933-1947 -- 7. "Adult Education: A Fresh Start," 1933-1940 -- 8. "A Reply to John Dewey," 1941-1947 -- BERKELEY, 1948-1964 -- 9. "What Does the First Amendment Mean?" 1948-1954 -- 10. "The Faith of a Free Man," 1955-1964 -- Afterword: Education and the Democratic Ideal-The Meaning of Alexander Meiklejohn -- Notes -- Bibliography and Suggestions for Further Reading -- Index. |
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Education and the culture of print in modern America / / edited by Adam R. Nelson and John L. Rudolph
| Education and the culture of print in modern America / / edited by Adam R. Nelson and John L. Rudolph |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, WI, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | viii, 225 p |
| Disciplina | 302.23/20973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
NelsonAdam R
RudolphJohn L. <1964-> |
| Collana | Print culture history in modern America |
| Soggetto topico |
Mass media and education - United States - History
Education - Social aspects - United States - History |
| ISBN |
9786612555329
9781282555327 1282555324 9780299236137 0299236137 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Education, print culture, and the negotiation of meaning in modern America / Adam R. Nelson -- Which truth, what fiction? : librarians' book recommendations for children, 1876-1890 / Kate McDowell -- A "Colored Authors Collection" to exhibit to the world and educate a race / Michael Benjamin -- Merry's flock : making something out of educational reform in the early twentieth century / Ryan K. Anderson -- Printed presence : twentieth-century Catholic print culture for youngsters in the United States / Robert A. Orsi -- Unschooled but not uneducated : print, public speaking, and the networks of informal working-class education, 1900-1940 / Frank Tobias Higbie -- "Write as you fight" : the pedagogical agenda of the Working woman, 1929-1935 / Jane Greer -- "A gentleman is no sissy" : reading, work, and citizenship in the Civilian Conservation Corps / Catherine Turner -- State regulation of the textbook industry / Adam R. Shapiro -- Teaching reading with television : constructing closed captioning using the rhetoric of literacy / Greg Downey -- Conclusion: Education, work, and the culture of print : directions for future research / James P. Danky. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910973893603321 |
| Madison, WI, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2010 | ||
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