American Education

A History

By Wayne J. Urban, Jennings L. Wagoner Jr.

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• ISBN: 978-0-415-96529-3
• Binding: Paperback
• Published by: Routledge
• Publication Date: 11th August 2008
• Pages: 496

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American Education: A History, 4e is a comprehensive, highly-regarded history of American education from pre-colonial times to the present. Chronologically organized, it provides an objective overview of each major period in the development of American education, setting the discussion against the broader backdrop of national and world events. The first text to explore Native American traditions (including education) prior to colonization, it also offers strong, ongoing coverage of minorities and women. Key points that define the fourth edition of this volume include:


Balanced Perspective – The authors provide contrasting views of American educational traditions, reforms, and theories in order to maintain a balanced view of events. They focus on conflicts, compromises and outcomes (positive and negative) that have defined America’s educational past and that shape its future options. They also set discussions against the broader backdrop of national and world events.

Pre-colonial Focus – A unique and much praised opening chapter discusses the educational traditions of Native Americans and the two-way learning exchanges that occurred between two distinct "old world" cultures, that is, between Native American and European cultures. The Indians taught as well as learned from the colonists. No other text has this feature.


Cultural Conflict Focus – Throughout the text attention is paid to the cultural conflicts embedded in the majority-minority struggles of Native Americans and various immigrant groups throughout the nation’s history. Chapter 5: Class, Caste and Education in the South provides an in-depth analysis of the educational legacy of Southern culture throughout the 19^th and 20^th centuries.

Readability – Reviewers have labeled this the "best written text on the market" in terms of style, clarity and interest. "It’s clarity and readability differentiate it from other books."

Changes – The fourth edition will include more visual illustrations as well as substantial new material. A new epilogue adds closing comments on the present and future prospects for American education.

Wayne J. Urban, since January of 2006, has served as Associate Director of the Education Policy Center and Professor of Education at the University of Alabama.

Jennings L. Wagoner, Jr. is Professor Emeritus of the History of Education at the University of Virginia.

Table of Contents

@contents:Preface

1. Education in Precolonial America: Native American Cultural Traditions

2. Colonization and Cultural Transplantation: 1607–1776

3. Education and the Building of a New Nation: 1776–1830

4. The Common Man and the Common School: 1820–1860

5. Class, Caste, and Education in the South: 1800–1900

6. Beginning a Modern School System: 1865–1890

7. Organizing the Modern School System: Educational Reform in the Progressive Era, 1890–1915

8. Completing the Modern School System: American Education, 1915–1929

9. The Effects of Depression and War on American Education: 1930–1946

10. Education during and after the Crucial Decade: 1945–1960

11. The Pursuit of Equality: 1960–1980

12. From Equality to Excellence: American Education: 1980–2004

Index

About the Author(s)

Jennings Wagoner is emeritus Professor of the History of Education at the U. of Virginia. A past president of the History of Education Society and vice president of Division F (History and Historiography) of the American Educational Research Association, he was a recipient of the Outstanding Professor Award from Virginia’s Curry School of Education.

Wayne Urban is Professor of Education at the U. of Alabama. A former president of the History of Education Society and of the American Educational Studies Association, he is currently the secretary of the International Standing Conference for the History of Education. Among his other books are:

• Accountability in American Education: A Critique (1976)


• Why Teachers Organized (1982)


• Black Scholar: Horace Mann Bond: 1904-1972 (1992


• Gender, Race and the National Education Association: 1922-1977 (1998)

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