Women Educators in the Progressive Era

The Women Behind Dewey's Laboratory School
2010. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-230-61073-6
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 241 Seiten, Format (B × H): 135 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 363 g

In 1896, John Dewey established the Laboratory School at the University of Chicago - an experimental school designed to test his ideas in the reality of classroom practice. Through a collective portrait of four of the school’s teachers Women Educators in the Progressive Era examines the struggles and satisfactions of teaching at this innovative school, and situates the school community in the context of Progressive Era experimental impulses in Chicago and the nation. This book reassesses the implications of Dewey’s ideas for current efforts to improve schools, as it explores how the Laboratory School teachers participated in inquiry designed to advance educational thought and practice.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Durst, A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Laboratory School and Pragmatism
Female Professionalism and the Laboratory School Teachers
Decision-making at the Laboratory School
Teachers as Content Area Experts
Laboratory School Teachers and Social Change
Democratic Community
Implications for Today's Teachers and Schools

Über Autor(innen)

Anne Durst is Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, USA.