Stories of the Eight Year Study : Reexamining Secondary Education in America

by Kridel, Craig; Bullough, Robert V.; Goodlad, John I.

• ISBN13: 9780791470534
• ISBN10: 0791470539
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-03-08
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

Presenting the first complete history of the Progressive Education Association's Eight-Year Study, which took place during the 1930s and the 1940s, this book corrects common misinterpretations of one of the most important educational experiments of the twentieth century and explores the study's value for reexamining secondary education in America today. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Craig Kridel is Professor of Educational Studies and Curator of the Museum of Education at the University of South Carolina. Robert V. Bullough Jr. is Professor of Teacher Education and Associate Director of the Center for the Improvement of Teacher Education and Schooling at Brigham Young University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
List of Maps	p. xi
Editor's Preface	p. xiii
Introduction: The Saga of a Citizen-Soldier	p. 1
A Wrenching Decision, 16 October 1940-7 September 1942	p. 17
The Gauntlet of Readiness, 7 September 1942-23 May 1944	p. 26
Merciless Reality Emerges, 5 June 1943-27 May 1944	p. 42
A Tormenting Ordeal, 29 May 1944-2 October 1944	p. 57
A Fierce Struggle Renewed, 2 October 1944-15 December 1944	p. 102
A Maniacal Vision Expires, 16 December 1944-29 January 1945	p. 131
A Termination Is Culminated, 2 February 1945-8 May 1945	p. 161
We Long for Home, 10 May 1945-28 July 1945	p. 189
A Finale Immersed in Pondering, 29 July 1945-2 February 1946	p. 214
Notes	p. 227
Bibliography	p. 251
Index	p. 263
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