Angulo William Barton Rogers and the Idea of MIT

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4214-0029-7
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Winner, 2009 Outstanding Book Award, History of Education SocietyWinner, 2009 Richard Slatten Prize for Excellence in Virginia Biography, Virginia Historical Society

Conceptual founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, William Barton Rogers was a highly influential scientific mind and educational reformer of the nineteenth century. A. J. Angulo recounts the largely unknown story of one man's ideas and how they gave way to the creation of one of America’s premier institutions of higher learning.

MIT's long tradition of teaching, research, and technological innovation for real-world applications is inexorably linked to Rogers’ educational philosophy. Emphasizing the “useful arts”—a curriculum of specialized scientific study stressing theory and practice, innovation and functionality—Rogers sought to revolutionize standard educational practices of the day. Controversial in an era typified by a generalist approach to teaching the sciences, Rogers’ model is now widely emulated by institutions throughout the world.

Exploring the intersection of Rogers' educational philosophy and the rise of technical institutes in America, this biography offers a long-overdue account of the man behind MIT.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Angulo, A. J.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technikgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Geschichte der Pädagogik, Richtungen in der Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
1. An Uncertain Future
2. Tenure in the Tumult
3. From Soils to Species
4. Advancing and Diffusing
5. Thwarted Reform
6. Instituting a New Education
7. Convergence of Interests
8. Reception of the Idea
9. This Fatal Year
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Angulo, A. J.
A. J. Angulo is an assistant professor of social foundations at Winthrop University.

A. J. Angulo is a professor of education and faculty affiliate in the Department of History and Global Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He is the author of Diploma Mills: How For-Profit Colleges Stiffed Students, Taxpayers, and the American Dream and the editor of Miseducation: A History of Ignorance-Making in America and Abroad.