Changing course : American curriculum reform in the 20th century / Herbert M. Kliebard.
2002
LB2806.15 .K59 2002 (Mapit)
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Title
Changing course : American curriculum reform in the 20th century / Herbert M. Kliebard.
Author
Kliebard, Herbert M.
ISBN
080774221X (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780807742211 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0807742228 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780807742228 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780807742211 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0807742228 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780807742228 (cloth ; alk. paper)
Imprint
New York : Teachers College Press, ©2002.
Language
English
Description
xi, 163 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number
LB2806.15 .K59 2002
Dewey Decimal Classification
375/.001/0973
Summary
Herbert Kliebard explores an array of efforts to reform the American curriculum. From revolutionary changes effected in a tiny one-room frontier schoolhouse in the late nineteenth century to a modern comprehensive high school, this accessible volume presents a chronological account of specific reform efforts -- exposing factors likely to achieve success as well as the roots of many failures. Using a historical perspective to illuminate contemporary problems, this volume examines both the conceptual defects of various reform theories and the ways in which theory clashes with classroom reality. Kliebard argues that educators must examine the entire range of reform efforts in order to find the telltale patterns and "fads" that must be replaced with more meaningful structural changes.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Reflective history series.
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Table of Contents
Reform and change in the American curriculum
Constructing the concept of curriculum on the Wisconsin frontier: How school restructuring sustained a pedogogical revolution
"That evil genius of the Negro race": Thomas Jesse Jones and educational reform
The Cardinal Principles Report as archaeological deposit
A century of growing antagonism in high school-college relations
Harold Rugg and the reconstruction of the social studies curriculum: The treatment of the "Great War" in his textbook series
Fads, fashions, and rituals: The instability of curriculum change
Cultural literacy, or the curate's egg
One kind of excellence: Ensuring academic achievement at La Salle High School
Success and failure in educational reform: Are there historical "lessons"?
Constructing the concept of curriculum on the Wisconsin frontier: How school restructuring sustained a pedogogical revolution
"That evil genius of the Negro race": Thomas Jesse Jones and educational reform
The Cardinal Principles Report as archaeological deposit
A century of growing antagonism in high school-college relations
Harold Rugg and the reconstruction of the social studies curriculum: The treatment of the "Great War" in his textbook series
Fads, fashions, and rituals: The instability of curriculum change
Cultural literacy, or the curate's egg
One kind of excellence: Ensuring academic achievement at La Salle High School
Success and failure in educational reform: Are there historical "lessons"?