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An Experiment In Democratic Education: The Boston "Stay-out" Freedom Schools
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Democracy and Social Action: An Introduction to the Ideas of Deborah Partridge Wolfe
No full textThis paper will provide a brief overview of Deborah Partridge Wolfe\u27s life and career, examine her conceptions of democracy and democratic education, and explore how Wolfe\u27s understandings of democracy manifested themselves in her work as an educator and curriculum developer
Exposing a "Picture of Neglect and Antagonism:" Manuel\u27s de facto Texas Center on Mexican American Education
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The International Baccalaureate Program at Anderson High School: A Success Story
No full textIn 1990, Anderson High School became the first high school in Austin, Texas to implement the International Baccalaureate (IB) program to raise the level of excellence in the school. I At that time, Europe and in Canada were familiar with the
international program, but it had not yet made inroads into the United States. Thirteen years later, Anderson is the only high school in the Austin Independent School District to offer the 18 diploma and certificate programs. This paper will examine the International Baccalaureate program, the obstacles and successes of its history at Anderson High School, as well as the future of the program
Philosophy of Education and the Eight-Year Study, 1930-1940
No full textFrom 1932 to 1940, the Progressive Education Association (PEA) conducted its Year Study. According to Lawrence Cremin, this study was the association\u27s abiding contribution to American education. I This paper will consider the role that philosophy of education played in the development of the study
Patty Smith Hill and Democracy in the Kindergarten Curriculum
No full textPatty Smith Hill worked at the Hilltop Community Center as a volunteer until her death in 1946 at the age of 78. Children in kindergartens allover the world encounter her every day in their singing of "Happy Birthday," a song she co-authored with her sister, Mildred, from a folk melody. This was in keeping with her philosophy of following the natural rhythms of the music of the child\u27s culture and language. They also encounter Miss Hill when they do large motor movement and play in rhythm bands; when they paint freely at the easel; when they play with large blocks; when they choose their own activity centers; when they visit the school nurse for a school physical; when they drink from water fountains or from separate cups; when they use paper napkins at snack time; and when the custodian come into their classroom to wash the floor at night (Vitae of Patty Smith Hill). Though the memory of Miss Hill does not loom large in our minds, it certainly has been a large enough part of our early childhoods so that we, as William F. Russell, the son of James Earl Russell, and Dean of Teachers College at the time of Patty Smith Hill\u27s retirement can also say, "Miss Hill brought me up!
ESPANA NUESTRA: the Molding of Primary School Children for a Fascist Spain
No full textMuch of the history of education in Spain can be characterized as one of intense, often violent struggle among proponents of opposing ideologies. As various socio-economic sectors in Spain have matured, conflicted, and coalesced, Spanish educational history has been riddled with evidence of intrigue, alignments, dissolutions, and realignments of various political factions. Spanish educational institutions did not escape the conflicts in the 1800s between the landed oligarchy and the church hierarchy united against the growing liberal industrial sector to determine the structure of the Spanish state and the direction of economic development. The subsequent emergence of agricultural and industrial workers\u27 organizations espousing Marxist and anarchist doctrines added yet more pressures
Passing It On...The Journey of An African-American Educator
No full textMrs. Dorothy Baugh Green, an African American educator who attended and later taught in segregated, rural Georgia schools until they were desegregated by court order during the 1960\u27 s, is the sixth of seven children. She was born December 12, 1925, in Cartersville, Georgia. Mrs. Green credits her father and mother with teaching her how to love, respect, and care for others. Their influence and her upbringing in the African Methodist Episcopal Church guided her later educational decisions and helped forge the philosophy that "all people should be treated with respect and be given opportunities in life to accomplish that which would enable them to be caring, sharing, and productive contributors to society." The following oral history is the story of her journey through life
Historiographic Perspectives of Context and Progress During a Half Century of Progressive Educational Reform
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The Army Specialized Training Program and ‘Fast Track’ Professional Preparation
No full textThe early years of World War II saw an unprecedented collaboration between the armed forces of the United States and institutions of higher education. Shortages of manpower critical to the war effort and declining wartime enrollments in the colleges and universities led military-academic partnerships for the rapid preparation of physicians, engineers, and other professionals. One of these partnerships, the Army Specialized Training Program, yields lessons for modern advocates of accelerated professional preparation programs to meet the forecast teacher shortage