Education and Democracy: The Meaning of Alexander Meiklejohn, 1872–1964Univ of Wisconsin Press, 11/03/2009 - 440 páginas This definitive biography of the charismatic Alexander Meiklejohn tracks his turbulent career as an educational innovator at Brown University, Amherst College, and Wisconsin’s “Experimental College” in the early twentieth century and his later work as a civil libertarian in the Joe McCarthy era. The central question Meiklejohn asked throughout his life’s work remains essential today: How can education teach citizens to be free? |
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... Experimental College, 1927 143 146 Adams Hall at the University of Wisconsin with Lake Mendota in the background, ca. 1928 152 Experimental College students, many wearing their “Owl of Athena” blazers, in front of the entrance to Adams ...
... Experimental College, 1927 143 146 Adams Hall at the University of Wisconsin with Lake Mendota in the background, ca. 1928 152 Experimental College students, many wearing their “Owl of Athena” blazers, in front of the entrance to Adams ...
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... Experimental College he established at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin in the late 1920s, Meiklejohn often risked being perceived as a “dangerous person” whose charisma was a threat to xi Preface: Meiklejohn, Socrates, and the Paradox of ...
... Experimental College he established at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin in the late 1920s, Meiklejohn often risked being perceived as a “dangerous person” whose charisma was a threat to xi Preface: Meiklejohn, Socrates, and the Paradox of ...
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... Experimental College student noted. “His willingness to 'follow the truth wherever it may lead' and the firm conviction that all men should be created with an equal chance to prove their worth in this world seem the signal features in ...
... Experimental College student noted. “His willingness to 'follow the truth wherever it may lead' and the firm conviction that all men should be created with an equal chance to prove their worth in this world seem the signal features in ...
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... University , pres- ident of Amherst College , director of the Experimental College at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin , founder of the San Francisco School of Social Stud- ies , adviser to St. John's College in Annapolis , delegate to ...
... University , pres- ident of Amherst College , director of the Experimental College at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin , founder of the San Francisco School of Social Stud- ies , adviser to St. John's College in Annapolis , delegate to ...
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... University of Wisconsin Press have been invaluable in making this a better book. Steve Salemson, the son of an Experimental College alumnus, accepted the manuscript and guided it into the capable hands of Robin Whitaker, who edited my ...
... University of Wisconsin Press have been invaluable in making this a better book. Steve Salemson, the son of an Experimental College alumnus, accepted the manuscript and guided it into the capable hands of Robin Whitaker, who edited my ...
Índice
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To Whom Are We Responsible? 19201924 | 97 |
A New College with a New Idea 19251928 | 133 |
A Most Lamentable Comedy 19291932 | 165 |
A Fresh Start 19331940 | 199 |
A Reply to John Dewey 19411947 | 233 |
What Does the First Amendment Mean? 19481954 | 263 |
The Faith of a Free Man 19551964 | 296 |
Education and the Democratic IdealThe Meaning of Alexander Meiklejohn | 329 |
Notes | 337 |
Bibliography and Suggestions for Further Reading | 391 |
Index | 403 |
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