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School Curricula for Mexican Students in Texas in the Early 20th Century: A Comparison of Rural and Urban Settings
No full textThis paper describes the variety of curricula offered children of Mexican origin in Texas in three different public elementary school settings: 1) small, segregated, rural schools; 2) an
ethnically mixed urban school serving primarily immigrant children; and 3) an ethnically mixed urban school serving children of both Anglo and Mexican origin
Passing the Ammunition: American Elementary School Curriculum During World War II
No full textIn this examination of the impact of World War II on the American elementary school curriculum, attention was focused on the Instructor, a widely-circulated monthly magazine for teachers. The magazine\u27s popularity is evidenced, for example, in a number of ways. Many teachers submitted questions and suggestions which the magazine\u27s editors published in a regular featured column. Teachers also submitted instructional units and lessons which were in each wartime Instructor issue
Bridging Differences in Culture and Class: The Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry
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Influence Factors on Education Development in Appalachian Kentucky
No full textAny study on Appalachia must be interdisciplinary. Without understanding the historical, sociological, anthropological, geographical, cultural, and socioeconomic underpinnings and their interconnections, one cannot understand Appalachia. This study examines those interconnections
The Adoption of the Georgia Quality Core Curriculum: A Historical Analysis of Curriculum Change
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Psychology, Cornell, and the Rockies: The Graduate Preparation and Early Career of William Chandler Bagley, 1896-1906
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Gifted Education in Houston, Texas: Curriculum Differentiation in the Early Twentieth Century
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School Subjects History as Part of an Emerging Curriculum History Research Tradition in Scandinavia
No full textThe history of curriculum is a relatively recent phenomenon within the history of education as a research area and as a scientific discipline. The historiography of education may traditionally be seen to consist of two main domains: the history of educational ideas, and the history of educational systems and institutions and educational legislation. The history of the curriculum adds a third main domain finding its place in between the two others, and taking as its research area the content and inner aspects of schooling, like the school subject. Further the development and changes in the internal nature of schooling can only be established by historical studies which means recognizing the history of the curriculum as a central aspect of the historiography of education, complementing and not replacing other work going on within the history of education
The Study of Curriculum History in Britain: Research Trends And Issues
No full textThe study of curriculum history in Britain has been strongly influenced by the major educational reforms that have been carried through by the Conservative government, especially under the Education Reform Act of 1988. These reforms have helped to direct attention towards issues of curriculum control and the role of school teachers in the curriculum domain. They have also served to highlight the close connection between the school curriculum and wider social differences and inequalities. The present paper will inspect particular aspects of these current research trends and issues in the study of curriculum history in Britain, following a discussion of some of the problems and developments in the field over the past decade