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Innocents Abroad : American Teachers in the American Century /

Until the early twentieth century, teachers went abroad with assumptions of their own superiority. But by the mid-twentieth century, they became far more self-questioning about their social assumptions, their educational theories, and the complexity of their role in a foreign society. Drawing on ext...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zimmerman, Jonathan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Aboard the USS Thomas
  • I: American Dilemmas
  • 1. The American Method
  • 2. The American Curriculum
  • 3. Schooling for All?
  • II: American Critiques
  • 4. The Protective Garb of the "Job"
  • 5. Going Global, or Going It Alone?
  • 6. Ambivalent Imperialists
  • Epilogue: American Teachers in a Global Age
  • Notes
  • Index