Wartime schools : how World War II changed American education / Gerard Giordano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giordano, Gerard, 1946-

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

History of schools and schooling ; v. 34.

History of schools and schooling

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--United States--History--20th century.

Education.

United States.

History.

World War, 1939-1945--Education and the war.

World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 314 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2004]

Contents:

Chapter 1 Total War Envelopes Education 1

Total War 2

Preparing for Total War before Pearl Harbor 3

Transition from Total Defense to Total War 5

Alarmist Educators 7

Alarmist Rhetoric in the Journals of Professional Educational Organizations 14

Alarmist Rhetoric from the Government 18

Extraordinary Wartime Responsibilities for Schools 22

Stress on Teachers and Administrators 26

Training Students for Special Wartime Careers 27

Chapter 2 Special Materials and Programs 30

Distinctive Wartime Resources 30

Advice to Teachers from Military Personnel 34

Directories to Wartime Resources 34

Wartime Resources from Commercial Publishers 36

Films 43

Alternative Resources 46

Distinctive Wartime Programs 49

Pre-induction 55

Women 56

African Americans 61

Persons with Disabilities 63

Rural Youths 66

Student Workers 67

Chapter 3 Influencing Educators' Attitudes 69

Professional Educational Organizations 69

Organizations Support the War 70

Organizations Retain Their Self-Interests 72

Propaganda 74

American Propaganda 78

Propaganda through Radio 83

Propaganda through Cinema 86

Advertising in Education Journals 90

Impact of Advertising during World War I 90

Advertising's Stature Declines between the Wars 94

Advertising Devices 96

Chapter 4 National Threats from Within 105

Juvenile Delinquency 105

Causes of Delinquency 110

Intervention Programs 113

Conservatives Lobby for Patriotic Students 116

Democratic, Patriotic, and Nationalistic Education 120

Patriotic Education 122

Nationalistic Education 123

Seditious Textbooks 125

Textbooks / Harold Rugg 127

Liberals Lobby for Peace 130

Pacifists Are Labeled Antiestablishment 132

Liberal Ambivalence about War 134

Liberals Advocate for Democratic Learners 136

Chapter 5 Wartime Curricula 140

Accelerated Curricula 141

Vocational Curricula 143

Changing Attitudes about the Value of Vocational Curricula 145

Models for Vocational Curricula 147

Success of Wartime Vocational Programs 148

Skills-Based Curricula 148

Mathematics and Science Curricula 152

Physical Education Curricula 154

Progressive Curricula 161

English Education Curricula 163

Life Adjustment Curricula 164

Pragmatic Curricula 168

Chapter 6 Educational Patterns Set during World War I 171

Assessing the Significance of World War I 171

Scholastic Nationalism 173

Benefits of War 174

Arousing School Support for the War 175

Special Programs 177

Programs to Develop Patriotism 181

Pre-induction Training 182

Programs for Women 187

Garden Army 191

Anti-German Initiatives 195

Special Resources 198

Liberal Dissension 202

Academic Freedom 204

Special Curricula 205

Vocational Curricula 206

Chapter 7 Dynamics of Wartime Education 211

Postwar Dynamics 211

Conservatives Define Postwar Issues 215

Materials That Prepared Educators for Postwar Education 220

Postwar Plight of Progressive Educators 222

Theories of War and Education 224

Liberal Theorists 225

Educational Politics during the 1950s 228

Communism in the Schools 231

Death of Progressive Education 234.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-297) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

0820463558

OCLC:

50773469