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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... organization of external stimuli. This process of internal organization Kant called pure reason. Pure reason, he asserted, conformed to 20 providence, 1872–1911.
... organization of external stimuli. This process of internal organization Kant called pure reason. Pure reason, he asserted, conformed to 20 providence, 1872–1911.
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... organized religion behind. “For you who believe,” he said, “such faith as this may well suffice; in ritual and praise the Christian finds revealed the presence of the Eternal Power. And yet this cannot be the only way of knowing God ...
... organized religion behind. “For you who believe,” he said, “such faith as this may well suffice; in ritual and praise the Christian finds revealed the presence of the Eternal Power. And yet this cannot be the only way of knowing God ...
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... that the very possibility of a democratic college community was at stake. Meiklejohn's duties as dean extended beyond the realm of admissions, financial aid, and curriculum organization to the realm of student 40 providence, 1872–1911.
... that the very possibility of a democratic college community was at stake. Meiklejohn's duties as dean extended beyond the realm of admissions, financial aid, and curriculum organization to the realm of student 40 providence, 1872–1911.
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... organization to the realm of student conduct. After admissions, discipline had the most direct impact on the creation of a self-governing democracy at Brown. Indeed, disciplinary ac- tions took more of Meiklejohn's time than any other ...
... organization to the realm of student conduct. After admissions, discipline had the most direct impact on the creation of a self-governing democracy at Brown. Indeed, disciplinary ac- tions took more of Meiklejohn's time than any other ...
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... organization of this club is compatible with its predominance in such a democratic community as that of our undergraduates,” he noted in his dean's report of 1907. “Party cliques among the students or distrust of its elections will ...
... organization of this club is compatible with its predominance in such a democratic community as that of our undergraduates,” he noted in his dean's report of 1907. “Party cliques among the students or distrust of its elections will ...
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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