Forgotten Heroes of American Education
The Great Tradition of Teaching Teachers
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Higher Education, Teaching, Teaching Methods
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781607525189 | |
| Publisher: | Information Age Publishing | Publication: | January 1, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Information Age Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781607525189 |
| Publisher: | Information Age Publishing |
| Publication: | January 1, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Information Age Publishing |
| Language: | English |
This book is titled Forgotten Heroes of American Education because it contains representative writings by significant educators who challenged mainstream thinking. The editors of this volume believe that the work of these thoughtful and important educators deserves to be remembered. They have been forgotten because in the great pedagogical battles of the twentieth century, they lost. Time and again, they battled with their Progressivist colleagues over the purpose and goals of elementary and secondary education. Because they lost the arguments, their role as leaders and thinkers was almost completely ignored by historians of education, who identified with the winners. We think this was a grand mistake. To honor the legacy of these eight educators, we have written this book and entitled it Forgotten Heroes of American Education.
This book is titled Forgotten Heroes of American Education because it contains representative writings by significant educators who challenged mainstream thinking. The editors of this volume believe that the work of these thoughtful and important educators deserves to be remembered. They have been forgotten because in the great pedagogical battles of the twentieth century, they lost. Time and again, they battled with their Progressivist colleagues over the purpose and goals of elementary and secondary education. Because they lost the arguments, their role as leaders and thinkers was almost completely ignored by historians of education, who identified with the winners. We think this was a grand mistake. To honor the legacy of these eight educators, we have written this book and entitled it Forgotten Heroes of American Education.
