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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... faculty, but it also fostered cliques, particularly among rival fraternities. “Small as it was,” Palmer remembered, the all-male college “was sharply divided by secret society lines. A fraternity man was under suspicion among his own ...
... faculty, but it also fostered cliques, particularly among rival fraternities. “Small as it was,” Palmer remembered, the all-male college “was sharply divided by secret society lines. A fraternity man was under suspicion among his own ...
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... faculty and student body and quadrupled the university's course offerings, with additions primarily in the natural and applied. Alexander Meiklejohn , sixth from right , and members of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity at Brown University ...
... faculty and student body and quadrupled the university's course offerings, with additions primarily in the natural and applied. Alexander Meiklejohn , sixth from right , and members of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity at Brown University ...
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... faculty at Brown , Meiklejohn believed that the true aim of philosophy , or “ sociology ” in Ward's case , was to under- stand the connections between mind and matter and , ultimately , to demonstrate the power of reason over nature ...
... faculty at Brown , Meiklejohn believed that the true aim of philosophy , or “ sociology ” in Ward's case , was to under- stand the connections between mind and matter and , ultimately , to demonstrate the power of reason over nature ...
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... faculty with that body.”6 Indeed, as Meiklejohn's suc- cess in the dean's office quickly proved, he had an extraordinary talent for dealing with undergraduates. The fact that he was only a few years older than most Brown students ...
... faculty with that body.”6 Indeed, as Meiklejohn's suc- cess in the dean's office quickly proved, he had an extraordinary talent for dealing with undergraduates. The fact that he was only a few years older than most Brown students ...
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... faculty smiled indulgently on these antics, but Meiklejohn was determined to end the raucous tradition once and for all. “As the straining and shouting sophomores pressed madly against the doors,” an alumnus later recounted, “there came ...
... faculty smiled indulgently on these antics, but Meiklejohn was determined to end the raucous tradition once and for all. “As the straining and shouting sophomores pressed madly against the doors,” an alumnus later recounted, “there came ...
Índice
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33 | |
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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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