An Elusive Science by Ellen Condliffe Lagemann
Since its beginnings at the turn of the 20th century, the science of education has been regarded as a poor relation, reluctantly tolerated at the margins of academe. In this provocative history of education research, the author explains how and why this came to be. The text chronicles the consequences of this turn: the traditions, conflicts, people and institutions that have shaped the study of education over the past century. From the development of standardized tests, to the panic occasioned by Sputnik, she takes the reader into the last half of this century when the federal government came to see education research as a tool for increasing equality.
ELLEN CONDLIFFE LAGEMANN is professor of history and education and director of the Center for the Study of American Culture and Education at New York University. She is also president of the National Academy of Education. LEE S. SHULMAN is president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and professor of education at Stanford University. He is a past president of the National Academy of Education.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226467726 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226467724 |
| Title | An Elusive Science |
| Author | Ellen Condliffe Lagemann |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 2000-05-31 |
| Number of pages | 264 |
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