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Zusatztext 'Joel Spring's The American School points up the fact that! historically! schools have been used as means to gain ideological control over perspective and as means to empower and liberate! both wrapped in democratic shibboleths of "freedom!" "equality!" and "justice." Furthermore! Spring gives body to the idea that public schooling in the United States is an inherently political undertaking shaped by the various struggles over what democratic justice should mean and how this meaning should be cultivated in the characters who will be entrusted with its realization and direction.'-Randy Hewitt! Associate Professor of Philosophy of Education at the University of Central Florida. Informationen zum Autor Joel Spring is a professor at Queens College/City University of New York and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, USA. Klappentext This current, comprehensive history of American education is designed to stimulate critical analysis and critical thinking by offering alternative interpretations of each historical period. In his signature straight-forward, concise style, Joel Spring provides a variety of interpretations of American schooling, from conservative to leftist, in order to spark the reader's own critical thinking about history and schools. This tenth edition follows the history of American education from the seventeenth century to the integration into global capitalism of the twenty-first century to the tumultuous current political landscape. In particular, the updates focus on tracing the direct religious links between the colonial Puritans and the current-day Trump administration. Chapters 1 and 2 have been rewritten to take a closer look at religious traditions in American schools, leading up to the educational ideas of the current U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. An updated Chapter 15 further links traditional religious fundamentalist ideas and the twentieth century free market arguments of the Chicago school of economists to President Trump's administration and the influence of the Alt-Right. Zusammenfassung Joel Spring provides a variety of interpretations of American schooling, from conservative to leftist, in order to spark the reader’s own critical thinking about history and schools. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents List of Time Lines About the Author Preface 1 Thinking Critically about History Interpreting School History: From the Right to the Left Purposes of Educational History and Its Effect on Public Images and Emotions Regarding Schools Themes in American Educational History Globalization Framework Religious Debates in U.S. Schools from the Colonial Era to the Present Schools and the Culture Wars Schools as Managers of Public Thought Racial and Ethnic Conflict as a Theme in School History The Role in Educational History of Equality of Opportunity and Human Capital Globalization: Consumer and Environmental Education 2 Globalization and Religion in Colonial Education Education and Culture in Colonial Society The Role of Education in Colonial Society Historical Interpretations of Colonial Education Authority and Social Status in Colonial Education Colonialism and Educational Policy Language and Cultural Conflict Native Americans: Education as Cultural Imperialism Enslaved Africans: Atlantic Creoles Enslaved Africans: The Plantation System The Idea of Secular Education: Freedom of Thought and the Establishment of Academies Benjamin Franklin and Education as Social Mobility The Family and the Child Conclusion 3 Nationalism, Multiculturalism, and Moral Reform in the New Republic World Culture Theorists The Problem of Cultural Diversity Religion and Liberty Noah Webster: N...
