Schooled to Work - Vocationalism and the American Curriculum, 1876-1946

Tracing the evolution of job training as an educational ideal, Kliebard analyzes the construction of vocationalism through three stages. In the first, manual training is promoted as a pedagogical reform and moral corrective. In the second stage, vocational training for the new industrial workplace emerges as a major component of the American curriculum and contributes to its bifurcation. In the final stage, preparation to enter the workforce begins to eclipse other educational purposes. Concluding with a Deweyan critique of vocationalism, this book offers a much-needed perspective with which to view current debates about the meaning of public education and the transition from "school to work."

About the author

Herbert M. Kliebard is a Professor in the Departments of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Summary

A trenchant interpretation of the rise of vocational education. It explains how Americans turned to public schools for answers to the problems of an increasingly urban, industrial society, and offers a perspective on the meaning of public education and the transition from school to work.

Product details

• Authors: Herbert M Kliebard, Herbert M. Kliebard
• Assisted by: Barbara Finkelstein (Editor), William Reese (Editor)
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.04.1999
• EAN: 9780807738665
• ISBN: 978-0-8077-3866-5
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 226 mm x 157 mm x 31 mm
• Weight: 426 g
• Illustrations: Illustrations, 1 port.
• Series: Reflective History Series; Reflective History Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries