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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... institutional authority that dominated his historical milieu. As a bulwark against the rising tide of “agnostic” sci- ence and “amoral” technology, idealism offered a sense of certainty and stability in a rapidly changing world. Yet, in ...
... institutional authority that dominated his historical milieu. As a bulwark against the rising tide of “agnostic” sci- ence and “amoral” technology, idealism offered a sense of certainty and stability in a rapidly changing world. Yet, in ...
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... institutional poli- cies.4 Perhaps it was the substantial salary increase that led him, in the fall of 1901, at the age of twenty-nine, to accept the title of dean of men at Brown.5 Whatever clinched his decision, it was well received ...
... institutional poli- cies.4 Perhaps it was the substantial salary increase that led him, in the fall of 1901, at the age of twenty-nine, to accept the title of dean of men at Brown.5 Whatever clinched his decision, it was well received ...
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... institutions began to devise ways to limit the number of students they ad- mitted . In 1900 , Nicholas Murray Butler , president of Columbia Univer- sity , along with several other college and university administrators , estab- lished ...
... institutions began to devise ways to limit the number of students they ad- mitted . In 1900 , Nicholas Murray Butler , president of Columbia Univer- sity , along with several other college and university administrators , estab- lished ...
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... institutions are of the same mind. The principle is one for which the students have fought and suffered, and it is thus worth- while—not only for its own sake, but also for the college world in gen- eral—that it should have a thorough ...
... institutions are of the same mind. The principle is one for which the students have fought and suffered, and it is thus worth- while—not only for its own sake, but also for the college world in gen- eral—that it should have a thorough ...
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... institutions of education create democracy if their students—indeed, their students and their faculty—were not innately inclined toward virtuous self-government and enforcing the rules of the game? How could educa- tion teach people to ...
... institutions of education create democracy if their students—indeed, their students and their faculty—were not innately inclined toward virtuous self-government and enforcing the rules of the game? How could educa- tion teach people to ...
Índice
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33 | |
61 | |
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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