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Education in a Free Society: An American History » (8th Edition)
Authors: S. Alexander Rippa
ISBN-13: 9780801316364, ISBN-10: 0801316367
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
Date Published: August 1996
Edition: 8th Edition
Author Biography: S. Alexander Rippa
Book Synopsis
Table of Contents
| Preface to the Eighth Edition | ||
| Pt. 1 | The Formative Period: 1607-1865 | 1 |
| Ch. 1 | The Colonial Tradition | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Education in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries | 23 |
| Ch. 3 | Age of the Enlightenment: The Impact of Secular Thought | 41 |
| Ch. 4 | The Common-School Movement | 73 |
| Pt. 2 | An Era of Transition: 1865-1919 | 111 |
| Ch. 5 | Evolving Patterns of Educational Thought | 113 |
| Ch. 6 | Toward a New Pedagogy | 135 |
| Ch. 7 | Building a Philosophy of Education | 151 |
| Ch. 8 | The Influence of Educational Psychology | 179 |
| Pt. 3 | Education in Modern Society: 1919 to the Present | 207 |
| Ch. 9 | Continuing Struggles for Equality of Educational Opportunity | 209 |
| Ch. 10 | The Impact of the Business Creed | 235 |
| Ch. 11 | The American School in Transition | 255 |
| Ch. 12 | Crosscurrents in Higher Education | 279 |
| Ch. 13 | Contemporary Issues and Problems | 311 |
| Ch. 14 | Approaching the Twenty-First Century | 349 |
| Bibliographical Essay: Guides to Further Readings | 361 | |
| Index | 393 |
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