Creativity and chaos : reflections on a decade of progressive change in public schools, 1967-1977 /

"In Creativity and Chaos: Reflections on a Decade of Progressive Change in Public Schools, 1967-1977, Charles Suhor brings to life the bold challenges to the status quo in education during a decade of national turmoil. The regimentation and rote learning of traditional schooling could not have...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Suhor, Charles (Author), Davis, Mille (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montgomery, AL : NewSouth Books, [2020]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Public schools > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 20th century.
Progressive education > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 20th century.
Educational change > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 20th century.
Écoles publiques > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Éducation progressive > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Enseignement > Réforme > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans > Histoire > 20e siècle.
1900 - 1999.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Educators.
Educational change
Progressive education
Public schools
Louisiana > New Orleans
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Up from the Ninth Ward : grow as you go
  • Contexts for change
  • Change agents in New Orleans
  • Literature : life after Silas Marner
  • Grammar, usage and oral language
  • Writing
  • The media movement
  • Mass testing : the battleground
  • The national decline : backlash from the right
  • The decline of progressivism in New Orleans
  • Update : the (non- )persistence of innovation.

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