1st Edition
Fear and Schooling Understanding the Troubled History of Progressive Education
By Ronald W. Evans
Copyright 2020
264 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
262 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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By exploring the tensions, impacts, and origins of major controversies relating to schooling and curricula since the early twentieth century, this insightful text illustrates how fear has played a key role in steering the development of education in the United States. Through rigorous historical investigation, Evans demonstrates how numerous public disputes over specific curricular content... Read more
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
List of Manuscript Collections Abbreviated in Notes
Introduction: Fear and Schooling
Chapter 1. The Rugg Textbook Controversy: Prelude to a Crisis
Chapter 2. "Crisis" Over Progressive Education, 1947-1958
Chapter 3. The MACOS Dispute: Nationwide Controversy and the End of an Era
Chapter 4. The Conservative Restoration and Return to Tradition, 1971-1989
Chapter 5. Culture War Over the Schools: US History, Texas, Arizona
Chapter 6. Corporate School Reform: From Charlottesville to Jefferson County
Biography
Ronald W. Evans is professor of education at San Diego State University, USA.
