Education in a free society : an American history /

Rippa, S. Alexander,

Education in a free society : an American history / [print] S. Alexander Rippa. - eighth edition. - White Plains, New York : Longman, [(c)1997. - xii, 404 pages ; 24 cm.



The colonial tradition -- Education in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- Age of the enlightenment: the impact of secular thought -- The common-school movement -- Evolving patterns of educational thought -- Toward a new pedagogy -- Building a philosophy of education -- The influence of educational psychology -- Continuing struggles for equality of educational opportunity -- The impact of the business creed -- The American school in transition -- Crosscurrents in higher education -- Contemporary issues and problems -- Approaching the twenty-first century. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Ch. 14.



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LA212.E383 1997 LA212.R593.E383 1997

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