Progressivism's Aesthetic Education The Bildungsroman and the American School, 1890-1920 /

During the Progressive Era in the United States, as teaching became professionalized and compulsory attendance laws were passed, the public school emerged as a cultural authority. What did accepting this authority mean for Americans' conception of self-government and their freedom of thought? A...

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Main Author: Raber, Jesse (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:
United States-History.
Education-History.
Intellectual life-History.
Civilization-History.
America-Literatures.
Pragmatism.
ISBN:9783319900445
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Progressivism's Aesthetic Education
  • 2. The Doctrine of Interest: Abraham Cahan and the Herbartians
  • 3. The Classroom Démueblé: Willa Cather and Maria Montessori
  • 4. Herland and Zond: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Social Efficiency Educators
  • 5. Living Has Its Own Intrinsic Quality: John Dewey's Aesthetic Education.

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