Foundations of American Education With Infotrac: Purpose and Promise

by Hlebowitsh, Peter S.

• ISBN13: 9780534570439
• ISBN10: 0534570437
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

On the continuum of topics covered in these texts, from the "micro" (what it's like to be a teacher in a classroom) to the "macro" (greater emphasis on the philosophy, history, and governance of education), this text falls in the "macro" range. Beginning in the classroom with what prospective teachers can expect in their future careers, the text offers a comprehensive look at the foundations of education to introduce students to the core historic purposes of public schools and the ongoing challenges schools have faced fulfilling those purposes. Throughout the book, special features encourage students to think critically about all sides of controversial issues and challenge them to focus on three key questions: what should we teach, how should we teach, and why should we teach.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
PART I The Teacher and the School
Teaching in the American School Tradition	3	(40)
Goals for the American Schools	5	(12)
The Teacher and the Comprehensive School	17	(5)
Teaching for Individual-Personal Growth	22	(4)
Teaching for Socio-Civic Growth	26	(4)
Teaching for Academic Growth	30	(4)
Teaching for Vocational Growth	34	(3)
Summary	37	(1)
Questions and Activities	38	(2)
References	40	(3)
The Teacher and the Classroom	43	(50)
Who Educates the Masses?	45	(5)
The Status of the Teaching Profession	50	(8)
Job Satisfaction Issues	58	(1)
Professional Decision Making	59	(14)
Levels of Professionalism	61	(5)
Factors in Professional Decision Making	66	(7)
Classroom Issues	73	(14)
Problematizing Teacher Effectiveness	73	(3)
Teaching to the Test	76	(3)
Classroom Control	79	(8)
Summary	87	(1)
Question and Activities	88	(1)
References	89	(4)
Philosophies of Teaching	93	(36)
Education in the Conservative Tradition	95	(10)
Perennialism	95	(5)
Essentialism	100	(5)
Education in the Progressive Tradition	105	(10)
Experimentalism	107	(3)
Romantic Naturalism	110	(5)
Education in the Radical Tradition	115	(7)
Social Reconstructionism	115	(3)
Postmodernism	118	(4)
Summary	122	(1)
Questions and Activities	123	(3)
References	126	(3)
The Laws and Ethics of Teaching	129	(48)
Professional Ethics	133	(9)
Legal Ethics and the Idea of ``Conduct Unbecoming''	133	(9)
Teacher Liability	142	(4)
Freedom of Expression	146	(11)
Teachers' Academic Freedom	147	(4)
Teachers' Personal views	151	(1)
Students' Views	152	(5)
Teacher Tenure and Teacher Dismissal	157	(8)
Student Searches and Seizures	165	(5)
Summary	170	(2)
Questions and Activities	172	(1)
References	173	(4)
PART II The History of the American School Experience
The Emerging Public School in Early America	177	(30)
New England School Life	178	(9)
The Dame School and the Latin Grammar School	181	(4)
Curriculum Materials	185	(2)
Virginia and the Middle Colonies	187	(4)
The Early Education of Blacks	191	(10)
Educational Opportunities Prior to the Industrial Revolution	194	(5)
Increased Oppression Following the Industrial Revolution	199	(2)
Summary	201	(1)
Questions and Activities	202	(1)
References	203	(4)
Public Schooling and the Secular Mandate	207	(40)
Changes in School Orientation	208	(4)
The American-Style Academy	208	(3)
School Governance	211	(1)
Education in the New Nation	212	(3)
The Struggle for the American Public School	215	(6)
Instructional Methods	216	(1)
Industrial Development and the New National Consciousness	217	(3)
Early Funding and Governance	220	(1)
Horace Mann and the Rise of State Authority	221	(3)
The Upward and Outward Extension of Schooling	224	(2)
The Birth of Teacher Eduation	226	(5)
The Evolution of Teacher Associations and Teacher Unions	231	(10)
The National Education Association	232	(6)
The American Federation of Teachers	238	(3)
Summary	241	(2)
Questions and Activities	243	(1)
References	244	(3)
The School Experience at the Turn of the Twentieth Century	247	(44)
The Ascendancy of the Traditional Liberal Arts	248	(8)
The Doctrine of Mental Discipline	248	(3)
The Committee Reports and the Identification of the Curriculum	251	(5)
The Child-Centered Counterreaction	256	(11)
The Doctrine of Original Goodness	256	(1)
European Pioneers in Pedagogic Practices	257	(10)
American Child-Centeredness	267	(18)
The Americanization of Johann Pestalozzi	267	(6)
G. Stanley Hall and the Child Study Movement	273	(3)
The American Kindergarten and the Rise---and Fall---of Froebel	276	(7)
The Progressive Criticism of Child-Centeredness	283	(2)
Summary	285	(1)
Questions and Activities	286	(1)
References	287	(4)
The School Experience into the Twentieth Century	291	(44)
Progressivism and the Cause of Social Reform	292	(7)
John Dewey and the Democratic Community	293	(5)
Lester Ward and the Progressive Principle of Environmentalism	298	(1)
Progressive Ideas in Action	299	(20)
Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, and the Black Struggle for Schooling	300	(6)
Francis Parker and the Quincy Methods	306	(3)
Jane Addams and the Settlement House Movement	309	(3)
The Cardinal Principles Report of 1918 and a Tidal Change for Secondary Education	312	(4)
George Counts and a More Radical Progressivism	316	(3)
Education and the Rise of Social Efficiency	319	(9)
Frederick Taylor and the Ideal of Efficiency	320	(2)
Franklin Bobbitt, Curriculum Design, and Social Efficiency	322	(3)
Specificity in the Curriculum and IQ Testing	325	(3)
Summary	328	(1)
Questions and Activities	329	(1)
References	330	(5)
PART III The School and Society
The Structure of American Education	335	(60)
Grade-and School-Level Orientations	336	(5)
School Governance	341	(7)
The Role of the State	341	(2)
The Role of Local School Districts	343	(4)
The Role of the Federal Government	347	(1)
Funding Public Education	348	(12)
Church, State, and Public Education	360	(27)
The Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses	360	(13)
School Prayer	373	(4)
Religious Holidays and Religious Symbols	377	(3)
The Teaching of Creationism	380	(3)
State Aid to Religious Schools	383	(4)
Summary	387	(1)
Questions and Activities	388	(1)
References	389	(6)
School Equity Issues	395	(50)
Curriculum Tracking	397	(10)
Defining Tracking	397	(3)
Reasons for using Tracking	400	(1)
Inequities in Tracking	401	(5)
Responses to Criticisms of Tracking	406	(1)
Alternatives to Tracking	407	(1)
School Desegregation	407	(16)
Legal and Legislative Influences	408	(11)
The Effects of Desegregation	419	(4)
Gender and School Education	423	(15)
Gender Bias	424	(11)
Sexual Harassment	435	(3)
Summary	438	(2)
Questions and Activities	440	(1)
References	441	(4)
The Condition of American Education	445	(46)
The Issue of School Achievement	447	(3)
The National Assessment of Educational Progress	450	(16)
The Reading Report Card	451	(9)
The Mathematics Report Card	460	(6)
School Dropouts	466	(7)
Poverty, Home Environments, and School Achievement	473	(6)
School Safety	479	(6)
Summary	485	(1)
Questions and Activities	486	(1)
References	487	(4)
The Culture and Language of Schooling	491	(38)
Cultural Diversity and Commonality	492	(3)
The Culture of Schooling	495	(16)
Sources of a Common Culture	495	(7)
Multicultural Education	502	(5)
Culture and Critical Theory	507	(4)
The Language of Schooling	511	(11)
Bilingual Education	512	(10)
Summary	522	(1)
Questions and Activities	523	(2)
References	525	(4)
School Reform and the Sociopolitical Context Since the 1950s	529	(30)
Getting ``Back to Basics'' in the 1950s	530	(5)
The Cold War and the Space Race	531	(1)
The Subject-Centered Focus on Math and Science	532	(3)
Humanizing the Schools in the 1960s	535	(4)
A New Radical/Romantic Rhetoric	536	(1)
Open Education	537	(2)
Getting ``Back to Basics''---Again---in the 1970s	539	(2)
Promoting Academic Excellence in the 1980s	541	(2)
Extending Academic Excellence into the 1990s	543	(8)
National Standards and School Choice Options	543	(5)
Criticisms of National Standards	548	(3)
Summary	551	(4)
Questions and Activities	555	(1)
References	556	(3)
The Idea of School Choice	559	(26)
Public School Choice Programs	560	(8)
Intradistrict and Interdistrict Options	561	(1)
Charter Schools	561	(2)
For-Profit Education Corporations	563	(2)
Magnet Schools	565	(3)
Privatization, Vouchers, and the Debate over School Choice	568	(8)
Arguments for and Against Vouchers	570	(4)
The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP)	574	(2)
Home Schooling	576	(4)
Summary	580	(1)
Questions and Activities	581	(1)
References	582	(3)
Index	585