The American state normal school : an instrument of great good /

Nearly two-hundred state colleges and regional universities throughout the country began as "normal" schools, but the institutions themselves have buried their history, and scholars have largely overlooked them. Christine A. Ogren focuses on the lives of the first wave of "nontraditio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ogren, Christine A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Teachers colleges > United States > History.
Educational change > United States > History.
Écoles normales > États-Unis > Histoire.
Enseignement > Réforme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Higher & further education, tertiary education.
Emergency services.
EDUCATION > Research.
Education.
Educational change
Teachers colleges
Lehrerbildung
United States
USA
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: "It Wasn't Much of a College"
  • "To Awaken the Conscience": Establishing Teacher Education and State Normal Schools
  • "Beyond Compare": Further Dimensions of Early State Normal Schools
  • "The Masses and Not the Classes": A Tradition of Welcoming Nontraditional Students
  • "Substantial Branches of Learning" and "A Higher Degree of Culture": Academic Studies and Intellectual Life
  • Teacher Education: Breathing "The Ozone of Teaching"
  • "Noble" Men and "Not Necessarily Bloomer Women": The Public Sphere, Gender Attitudes and Life Choices
  • Epilogue: "Lots of Pep! Lots of Steam!
  • Appendix: State Normal Schools in the United States.

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