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Educational research, the national agenda, and educational reform : a history / by Erwin V. Johanningmeier and Theresa Richardson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johanningmeier, Erwin V.
- Series:
- Studies in the history of education (Greenwich, Conn.)
- Studies in the history of education
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--Research--United States.
- Education.
- Educational change--United States.
- Educational change.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (517 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Charlotte, N.C. : IAP-Information Age Pub., c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Plaintext description.
- Contents:
- The progressives, public education, and educational research
- Controversies over the origins of educational research
- Defining status and privilege in educational research
- Origins of public education and educational research : the common school
- Education as a conscious business : Herbart and the Herbartians
- Darwinism in the United States
- Child study, G. Stanley Hall, Arnold Gesell, and Lewis M. Terman
- Educational efficiency and tests : Daniel Starch and Stuart A. Courtis
- The laws of learning : the legacy of Edward L. Thorndike
- The mental hyiene movement : psychiatry Rockefeller philanthropy and the promotion of a medical model in educational research
- Nature-nurture controversies : institutionalizing interlligence as a variable in educational research
- Cultural lag : the Laura Spellman Rockefeller Memorial and educational research
- Educational reform and educational research in the post-World War II era
- The achievement gap : the Coleman report and its legacy in no child left behind
- The history of education as educational research : the national agenda and a discipline.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-463) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611412418
- 9781281412416
- 1281412414
- 9781607526056
- 1607526050
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