Education and Democracy
The Meaning of Alexander Meiklejohn, 1872-1964
Seiten
2009
University of Wisconsin Press (Verlag)
978-0-299-17144-5 (ISBN)
University of Wisconsin Press (Verlag)
978-0-299-17144-5 (ISBN)
A biography of the charismatic Alexander Meiklejohn that tracks his turbulent career as an educational innovator at Brown University, Amherst College, and the University of Wisconsin's 'Experimental College' in the early twentieth century. It also features his later work as a civil libertarian in the Joe McCarthy era.
This definitive biography of the charismatic Alexander Meiklejohn tracks his turbulent career as an educational innovator at Brown University, Amherst College, and the University of Wisconsin's 'Experimental College' in the early twentieth century and his later work as a civil libertarian in the Joe McCarthy era. The central question Meiklejohn asked throughout his life's work remains essential today: How can education teach citizens to be free?
This definitive biography of the charismatic Alexander Meiklejohn tracks his turbulent career as an educational innovator at Brown University, Amherst College, and the University of Wisconsin's 'Experimental College' in the early twentieth century and his later work as a civil libertarian in the Joe McCarthy era. The central question Meiklejohn asked throughout his life's work remains essential today: How can education teach citizens to be free?
Adam R. Nelson is associate professor of educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He is author of The Elusive Ideal: Equal Educational Opportunity and the Federal Role in Boston's Public Schools, 1950-1985.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.3.2009 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 32 b/w photos |
| Verlagsort | Wisconsin |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 149 x 223 mm |
| Gewicht | 595 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Berufspädagogik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-299-17144-2 / 0299171442 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-299-17144-5 / 9780299171445 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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