23 Myths about the History of American Schools

23 Myths about the History of American Schools
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Publisher : Teachers College Press
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9780807769263
ISBN-13 : 0807769266
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Synopsis 23 Myths about the History of American Schools by : Sherman Dorn

In this fascinating collection, some of the foremost historians of education--including Barbara Beatty, Larry Cuban, Linda Eisenmann, Yoon K. Pak, John L. Rury, and Jonathan Zimmerman--debunk commonly held myths about American schooling. Each short, readable chapter focuses on one myth, explaining what the real history is and how it helped shape education today. Contributors take on a host of tall tales, including the supposed agrarian origins of summer vacation; exaggerated stories of declining student behavior and academic performance; persistent claims that some people are born to be teachers; idealistic notions that the 1954 Brown decision ended segregation in American schools; misleading beliefs that classrooms operate in ways designed to fit the industrial era; and more. 23 Myths About the History of American Schools will awaken the inner history nerd of everyone who ever asked, "How did we get this irrational school system?" It will affirm the truth that its readers are as entitled to think critically about schooling as anyone else. Book Features: Examines how the history of American education has been distorted and misrepresented, either intentionally or unintentionally. Provides important stories that can help guide discussion about the future of education. Anticipates what local and state politicians are likely to say (and misstate) about schooling. Provides engaging chapters that highlight why real history is important and more fascinating than the myths. Accessible to a wide range of readers from undergraduates to career educators.

Bulletin

Bulletin
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Total Pages : 794
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ISBN-10 : UCD:31175004199058
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Synopsis Bulletin by : United States. Office of Education

Bulletin - Bureau of Education

Bulletin - Bureau of Education
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Total Pages : 962
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105126758940
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Synopsis Bulletin - Bureau of Education by : United States. Bureau of Education

Bulletin

Bulletin
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Total Pages : 792
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ISBN-10 : PURD:32754080703741
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Biennial Survey of Education in the United States

Biennial Survey of Education in the United States
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Total Pages : 790
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ISBN-10 : MINN:31951D01976419J
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Synopsis Biennial Survey of Education in the United States by : United States. Office of Education

Parents, Children, and Adolescents

Parents, Children, and Adolescents
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 422
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ISBN-10 : 9781317721246
ISBN-13 : 1317721241
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Parents, Children, and Adolescents by : Anne Marie Ambert

Parents, Children, and Adolescents presents an integrative perspective of the parent-child relationship within several contexts. You can expand your empirical and theoretical knowledge of the parent-child relationship and child development through the book’s unusually holistic, theoretical perspective that integrates three main frameworks: interactional theories on parents, children, and development; contextual (ecological) models; and behavior genetics. This insightful book’s empirical scope is broader than that of most books in that it considers the parent-child relationship throughout the life course as well as within a great variety of contexts, including interactions with sibling and peers, at school, in their neighborhoods, and with professionals. You’ll gain immeasurable knowledge about: parents’child-rearing styles and how they are affected by environmental variables the interaction between parents and children, and between their personalities behavior genetics as one of the explanatory frameworks for the role of genetics and environment negative child outcomes--emotional problems, conduct disorders, and delinquency poverty and other stressors affecting parents and children problematic-abusive, emotionally disturbed, alcoholic parents siblings and peers as contexts for the parent-child dyad the effect of the school system on the family, with a focus on minority families family structure--divorce, remarriage, and families headed by never-married mothers adolescent mothers and their own mothers the psychogenetic limitations on parental influence and cultural roadblocks to parental moral authority Complete with an Instructor’s Manual, Parents, Children, and Adolescents is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate classes in family studies and human development, sociology of the family, interdisciplinary developmental psychology, and social work classes that need a thorough perspective on the parent-child relationship. Professionals and scholars in these fields seeking an interdisciplinary framework as well as research suggestions and incisive critiques of traditional perspectives will also find this innovative book a valuable addition to their reading lists.