Seeking Common Ground Public Schools in a Diverse Society

Name: Seeking Common Ground
Author: David B. Tyack

Auteur: David B. Tyack

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: David B. Tyack

Engels
Paperback
9780674024205
01 april 2007
256 pagina's

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In this wise and enlightening book, filled with vivid characters and memorable incidents that make history but don't always make history books, David Tyack describes how each American generation grappled with the knotty task of creating political unity and social diversity.

The American republic will survive only if its citizens are educated--this was an article of faith of its founders. But seeking common civic ground in public schools has never been easy in a society where schoolchildren followed different religions, adhered to different cultural traditions, spoke many languages, and were identified as members of different "races."

In this wise and enlightening book, filled with vivid characters and memorable incidents that make history but don't always make history books, David Tyack describes how each American generation grappled with the knotty task of creating political unity and social diversity.

Seeking Common Ground illuminates puzzles about democracy in education and chronic conflicts that continue to make news. Americans mistrusted government, yet they entrusted the civic education of their children to public schools. American history textbooks were notoriously dull, but they were also highly controversial. Although the people liked local control of schools, educational experts called it "democracy gone to seed" and campaigned to "take the schools out of politics." Reformers argued about whether it was more democratic to teach all students the same subjects or to tailor curriculum to individuals. And what was the best way to "Americanize" immigrants, asked educators: by forced-fed assimilation or by honoring their ethnic heritages?

With a broad perspective and an eye for telling detail, Tyack lets us see that debates about the civic purposes of schools are an essential part of a democratic culture, and integral to its future.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 april 2007
Aantal pagina's: 256
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Hoofdauteur: David B. Tyack
Hoofduitgeverij: Harvard University Press

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Editie: New edition
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Product breedte: 140 mm
Product hoogte: 19 mm
Product lengte: 210 mm
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Verpakking breedte: 140 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 19 mm
Verpakking lengte: 210 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 227 g

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Categorieën: Onderwijs & Didactiek

Persoonlijke ontwikkeling & Mindfulness

Bijzonder onderwijs

Populaire psychologie

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