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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... thing. Alexander Meiklejohn “Education and Democracy,” 1923 One of the deepest and most active convictions just now in our . . . society is this: that there is no common basis for men's reasoning; that at the bottom of all reasoning ...
... thing. Alexander Meiklejohn “Education and Democracy,” 1923 One of the deepest and most active convictions just now in our . . . society is this: that there is no common basis for men's reasoning; that at the bottom of all reasoning ...
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... things which can be found. Let the college stand for that faith.”4 Admittedly, from a twenty-first-century perspective, such a solu- tion to the paradox of democratic education seems problematic. Having abandoned the quest for an ...
... things which can be found. Let the college stand for that faith.”4 Admittedly, from a twenty-first-century perspective, such a solu- tion to the paradox of democratic education seems problematic. Having abandoned the quest for an ...
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... things that a political enthusiast can do,” he wrote. “The men buy uniforms, spend hours in drilling, pay large sums of money for car-fare, and waste their strength and tire their legs in trudg- ing through the streets with a kind of ...
... things that a political enthusiast can do,” he wrote. “The men buy uniforms, spend hours in drilling, pay large sums of money for car-fare, and waste their strength and tire their legs in trudg- ing through the streets with a kind of ...
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... things of the Spirit , then we must go beyond science , seeking yet another realm of knowledge . ” As reasonable , and therefore moral , creatures , human be- ings affirmed “ a deeper , truer knowledge of reality which , revealing the ...
... things of the Spirit , then we must go beyond science , seeking yet another realm of knowledge . ” As reasonable , and therefore moral , creatures , human be- ings affirmed “ a deeper , truer knowledge of reality which , revealing the ...
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... thing that other schools' athletes had not done also. Unwilling to relin- quish its hard-won victory, Brown opted simply to repeal its rule against summer ball. “Practically every Brown man from the president down to the youngest ...
... thing that other schools' athletes had not done also. Unwilling to relin- quish its hard-won victory, Brown opted simply to repeal its rule against summer ball. “Practically every Brown man from the president down to the youngest ...
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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