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Bending the Future to Their Will - Civic Women, Social Education, and Democracy

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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Margaret Smith Crocco and O. L. Davis Jr. - Contributions by Chara Haeussler Bohan; O L. Davis Jr; Sherry Field; Andra Makler; Frances E. Monteverde; Andrew Dean Mullen; Petra Munro Henry; Murry R. Nelson; Jane Bernard-Powers and Elizabeth Anne Klappentext This lively and thought-provoking collective biography uncovers the contributions of past women educators who promoted a distinctive vision of citizenship education. A distinguished group of scholars, including editors Margaret Smith Crocco and O. L. Davis, Jr., consider the lives and perspectives of eleven women educators and social activists concerned over the last century with issues of difference in schools and society. Zusammenfassung This collective biography records the contributions of 11 women educators and social activists concerned with issues of difference in schools and society during the last 100 years. It reveals their importance to contemporary debates about gender! pluralism and education in a democracy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Considering the Source: Mary Sheldon Barnes, 1850-1898 Chapter 3 Lucy Maynard Salmon, 1853-1927: Historian, Teacher, Democrat Chapter 4 "Widening the Circle:" Jane Addams, 1860-1935, and the Re/Definition of Democracy Chapter 5 Shaping Inclusive Education: Mary Ritter Beard, 1876-1958, and Marion Thompson Wright, 1905-1962 Chapter 6 Lucy Sprague Mitchell, 1878-1967: Teacher, Geographer, and Teacher Educator Chapter 7 Bessie Louise Pierce, 1888-1974, and her Contributions to Social Studies Chapter 8 Rachel Davis DuBois, 1892-1993: Intercultural Education Pioneer Chapter 9 "Composing" Her Life: Hilda Taba, 1902-1967, and Social Studies History Chapter 10 Alice Miel, 1906-1998: Progressive Advocate of Democratic Social Learning for Children Chapter 11 The Search for a Coherent Curriculum Vision: Hazel Whitman Hertzberg, 1918-1988 Chapter 12 Courage, Conviction, and Social Education...

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Authors Margaret Davis Crocco, Margaret Smith Davis Crocco
Assisted by Margaret Crocco (Editor), Margaret Smith Crocco (Editor), O L Davis (Editor), O. Davis (Editor), O. L. Davis (Editor)
Publisher Rowman and Littlefield
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 20.12.1999
 
EAN 9780847691128
ISBN 978-0-8476-9112-8
No. of pages 304
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries
Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries
Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories

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