Fear and Schooling : Understanding the Troubled History of Progressive Education.

By exploring the tensions, impacts, and origins of major controversies relating to schooling and curricula since the early twentieth century, this insightful text illustrates how fear has played a key role in steering the development of education in the United States. Through rigorous historical inv...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Evans, Ronald W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milton : Routledge, 2019.
Series:Routledge research in education.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; List of Manuscript Collections Abbreviated in Notes; Introduction; 1 The Rugg Textbook Controversy: Prelude to a Crisis; 2 "Crisis" Over Progressive Education, 1947-1958; 3 The MACOS Dispute: Nationwide Controversy and the End of an Era; 4 The Conservative Restoration and Return to Tradition, 1971-1989; 5 Culture War Over the Schools: US History, Texas, Arizona; 6 Corporate School Reform: From Charlottesville to Jefferson County; Conclusion: A Never Ending "Crisis"?