Progressive Pioneer

Alexander James Inglis (1879-1924) and American Secondary Education

William G. Wraga (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

162 Seiten

2007
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8204-8116-6 (ISBN)

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Alexander James Inglis’s (1879-1924) transformation from an academic traditionalist devoted to Latin pedagogy to an influential progressive-experimentalist and advocate of the comprehensive high school has received insufficient attention from educational and curriculum historians. Inglis’s career manifests important characteristics of the progressive era in American history. As an attempt to generate organizing principles upon which to construct a new, responsive social institution, his book, Principles of Secondary Education, stands as a quintessential manifestation of progressive values. This fine-grained profile of Inglis’s work reveals nuances in the historic record that are otherwise obscured by high-level historical interpretations. An assessment of the utility of these interpretations for explaining Inglis’s career leads to a discussion of the implications of the record of Inglis’s work for understanding the progressive period and its prevailing interpretations, as well as to a consideration of the role of biography in historical research.

«Among the various forms of biographical research, William G. Wraga’s ‘Progressive Pioneer’ raises the scholarly chronicle to new heights in the field of education. His analysis of the career of Alexander James Inglis offers innovative perspectives for our understanding of progressive education and secondary school reform during the first decades of the twentieth century.» (Craig Kridel, E. S. Gambrell Professor of Education and Curator of the Museum of Education, University of South Carolina)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.10.2007
Reihe/Serie	History of Schools and Schooling ; 48
Reihe/Serie	History of Schools and Schooling ; 48
Zusatzinfo	6 ill. and 1 table
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 230 mm
Gewicht	250 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Sekundarstufe I+II
ISBN-10	0-8204-8116-5 / 0820481165
ISBN-13	978-0-8204-8116-6 / 9780820481166
Zustand	Neuware