Historical Trends In American Education

Course Outline

I. Trend: Literacy

A. Liberty and Literacy: The Jeffersonian Era
B. Liberty and Literach Today: Contemporary Perspectives

II. Trend: "Public" School

A. School as a Public Institution: The Common School Era

B. Teaching in a Public School: The Professionalization Movement

III. Trend: Diversity

A. Social Diversity and Differentiated Schooling: The Progressive Era

B. Social Diversity and Differentiated Schooling Today: Vocational and Liberal Ideals

IV. Trend: Reform

A. National Schol Reform: The Early Cold War Era

B. Contemporary School Reform: The Post-Cold War Era

 

 

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