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Thanks to William Holmes McGuffey, frontier America's literacy rate was the world's highest, producing four generations of American leadership in the arts, science, and engineering. In his much-loved series of readers, McGuffey revolutionized education in America, merging basic principles...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Skrabec, Quentin R.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Algora Pub., ©2009.
Sujets:
McGuffey, William Holmes, > 1800-1873.
McGuffey, William Holmes, > 1800-1873
Educators > United States > Biography.
Moral education > United States > History.
Readers > History.
Éducateurs > États-Unis > Biographies.
Éducation morale > États-Unis > Histoire.
Anglais (Langue) > Lectures et morceaux choisis > Histoire.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Educators.
EDUCATION > History.
EDUCATION > Comparative.
Educators
Moral education
Readers
United States
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • Frontier Scotch and Scotch-Irish
  • A rich heritage
  • The early education of William Holmes McGuffey
  • Transylvania
  • The Miami years
  • College of teachers
  • Cincinnati
  • Ohio University
  • Woodward College
  • University of Virginia professor
  • The Civil War and final years
  • The one-room school house
  • The McGuffey Reader
  • An American view of education
  • Pedagogy and methodology
  • A common vision
  • McGuffeyland capitalism
  • McGuffeyland morals and patriotism
  • The legacy of the man and his books.

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