Authors: Janice B. Tehie
ISBN-13: 9780130617071, ISBN-10: 0130617075
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Date Published: May 2006
Edition: 1st Edition
This book discusses education in the social, economic, political and religious context in which it developed, beginning with education in the time of the ancient Greeks. The focus on "bridges", or connections from past to present, is emphasized throughout. Connections are clearly explained in each chapter. Tables summarize these connections, and the educators whose ideas we use today are profiled in the "Shapers of Education" feature used in each chapter.
Discussion questions, a list of suggested activities, a list of annotated websites, suggestions for further reading, a timeline of significant dates, learning objectives, and "Shapers of Education" feature and tables.
This is a history of foundations text for undergraduate or graduate courses in the history of education, or the history of curriculum theory.
Pt. 1 | Education in the Greek and Roman empires, and in the Middle Ages | 1 |
Ch. 1 | Education in the ancient world : Greek contributions to education (500-168 B.C.) | 3 |
Ch. 2 | Life and education during the Roman Empire (168 B.C.-A.D. 476) | 23 |
Ch. 3 | The Middle Ages (A.D. 476-1200) | 42 |
Pt. 2 | Rebirth of learning : renaissance and reformation | 65 |
Ch. 4 | The Renaissance : new consciousness and love of learning (1150-1517) | 67 |
Ch. 5 | The German Reformation : social enlightenment and reform (1517-1537) | 87 |
Ch. 6 | Reformation and education in Tudor England (1534-1625) | 111 |
Pt. 3 | Formation of the American education system | 137 |
Ch. 7 | Puritan life : education in the New England and Virginia colonies | 139 |
Ch. 8 | Enlightenment and early national periods : advances in thought and education (1820-1890) | 165 |
Ch. 9 | Urbanization and expansion of the public schools (1890-1930) | 193 |
Pt. 4 | Modern educational problems and reform movements (1930-present) | 219 |
Ch. 10 | Education from the Depression to the war on poverty (1930-1960) | 221 |
Ch. 11 | Reforms in modern education 1960-1983 : from the war on poverty to A nation at risk | 247 |
Ch. 12 | Solutions to the problems of public education : reform movements after A nation at risk (1983-present) | 265 |