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.