American Education by Wayne J Urban

American Education by Wayne J Urban

Offers an objective overview of various periods in the development of American education, setting the discussion against the broader backdrop of national and world events. This book explores Native American traditions prior to colonization, and offers coverage of minorities and women.

"Now in its fourth edition, American Education: A History is the best general history of American education in print todayWith twelve chapters containing material ranging from Native American education in precolonial America to the advent of No Child Left Behind at the turn of the twenty-first-century, Urban and Wagoner’s textbook presents a comprehensive survey of American educational history that is unparalleled."--Jeffrey Aaron Snyder, Education Review, September 2009

Jennings Wagoner is emeritus Professor of the History of Education at the U. of Virginia. A past president of the History of Education Society and vice president of Division F (History and Historiography) of the American Educational Research Association, he was a recipient of the Outstanding Professor Award from Virginia’s Curry School of Education. Wayne Urban is Professor of Education at the U. of Alabama. A former president of the History of Education Society and of the American Educational Studies Association, he is currently the secretary of the International Standing Conference for the History of Education. Among his other books are: Accountability in American Education: A Critique (1976) Why Teachers Organized (1982) Black Scholar: Horace Mann Bond: 1904-1972 (1992 Gender, Race and the National Education Association: 1922-1977 (1998)

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ISBN 13	9780415965293
ISBN 10	0415965292
Title	American Education
Author	Wayne J Urban
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2008-10-01
Number of pages	470
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