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from: Praeger Paperback
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 375
EAN: 9780275950309
ISBN: 0275950301
Label: Praeger Paperback
Manufacturer: Praeger Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: May 30, 1994
Publisher: Praeger Paperback
Sales Rank: 785971
Studio: Praeger Paperback
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At a time marked by strong demands for educational reform, the American school curriculum is a topic of special concern. This volume provides a comprehensive historical record of the evolution of the curriculum in America from the colonial period to the present day. The editors have compiled a collection of influential and representative documents in primary, secondary, and higher education in the United States. Each document is introduced by a short essay that discusses its historical context and significance. The result is a valuable chronicle of the development of the American school curriculum. The work begins with an introductory piece that overviews the development of the curriculum and surveys the most important works on curriculum history. The introduction is followed by excerpts from 34 documents representative of the school curriculum from 'The Rules and Course of Study of Harvard College, 1642' to the 1983 report, 'A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform.' The essay that introduces each document closes with a brief bibliography, and the volume concludes with a more extensive list of sources for further reading. By consulting this reference, historians and educators can trace the development of the curriculum over the last 350 years.
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Rating: - Educational Theory & primary sources.
I used this book for an Educational Curriculum class and it was bad! It's a collection of documents from the 17th Century to the present that relate to the founding of our current public school educational system. Most of the documents are mercifully very short, but they were still hard to trudge through. It spans the periods from Colonial times (with a proposition from Ben Franklin) and continues through with a document from No Child Left Behind. Many of the essays and documents were too technical ... Read More
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