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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... advisers of the Experimental College, 1927 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 ...
... advisers of the Experimental College, 1927 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 ...
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... adviser to St. John's College in Annapolis, delegate to UNESCO, and prominent interpreter of the First Amendment, Alexander Meiklejohn made a profound and meaningful contribution to the theory and practice of democratic education in the ...
... adviser to St. John's College in Annapolis, delegate to UNESCO, and prominent interpreter of the First Amendment, Alexander Meiklejohn made a profound and meaningful contribution to the theory and practice of democratic education in the ...
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... adviser, for his constant support and encouragement. Every doctoral student should have a mentor as kind and considerate as he has been to me. Second, I am indebted to James Patterson, whose extremely close readings and incisive ...
... adviser, for his constant support and encouragement. Every doctoral student should have a mentor as kind and considerate as he has been to me. Second, I am indebted to James Patterson, whose extremely close readings and incisive ...
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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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