Crusade for democracy progressive education at the crossroads

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Tanner, Daniel (-)
Autor Corporativo: John Dewey Society (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press [2015]
Edición:Rev. ed
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Preface to the Revised Edition
  • Foreword to the First Edition
  • Preface to the First Edition
  • Introduction to the First Edition
  • I. On the Brink of Disaster
  • II. The Formative Meetings
  • Searching for a Name
  • III. Origins and Connections
  • The Teachers College Discussion Group and The John Dewey Society
  • IV. The Last of the Founders
  • V. Recollections and Retrospections
  • Reconstructionists and Experimentalists
  • Hard Timesâ€?From Economic Depression to Ideological Repression
  • VI. The Letters.
  • Ralph Winfred Tyler (1902â€?1994)Sidney Hook (1902â€?1989)
  • Donald Perry Cottrell (1902â€?1991)
  • Notes
  • VII. This Ordeal of Democracy
  • Textbook Censorship
  • VIII. The John Dewey Society and The Social Frontier
  • A Losing Struggle
  • IX. The John Dewey Society and the Progressive Education Association
  • The Proposed Merger
  • The John Dewey Society and The American Education Fellowship
  • X. The Problem of Purpose in the Postwar Period
  • Seeking Ways to Strengthen Forces that are Working for Democracy
  • Involvement of Educators at All Levels.
  • Unique Role of The John Dewey SocietyProblems: Pervasive and Dangerous
  • Too Controversial for The School Administrators
  • Renewal of Purpose
  • XI. New Directions
  • Special Writing Grants
  • John Dewey's Last Published Statement
  • Education and Action for Democracy
  • XII. Seeking to Save Progressive Education
  • XIII. The Yearbooks
  • The American Problem
  • Age of Anxiety
  • XIV. The Last of the Yearbooks and the Beginning of the Lecture Series
  • XV. Perspectives and Prospects
  • To Reclaim a Legacy
  • Appendix.
  • Founding Members of the John Dewey SocietyYearbooks of the John Dewey Society
  • The John Dewey Memorial ASCD Lectures (Association for Supervision and Curricular Development)
  • The John Dewey Lectures
  • Notes
  • Presidents of the John Dewey Society
  • References
  • About the Author
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index.