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Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education Series
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Description edit
From the earliest contributions of Native Americans in the colonial period to the workforce preparation crisis in the 1980s, this book explores the patterns, themes, and changing ideologies of learning and education in adulthood.
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Owen: Add a description of this character.
- Knowles
- Stubblefield
- Foner
- Benjamin Franklin
- Scott
- Adams
- Hall
- Grace
- Morris
- Holbrook
- Grattan
- Lowell
- Seybolt
- Rossiter
- Ahlstrom
- Laurie
- Cremin
- Bridenbaugh
- Curti
- Cohen
- Hamilton
- Jacoby
- Horace Mann
- Bates
- Levin
- William Ellery Channing
- Smith
- Harris
- Dolan
- Moss
- Bode
- Claxton
- Verner
- Van Hise
- Kornbluh
- Burr
- Taylor
- Alexander
- Calvert
- Brown
- Luke
- Tyack
- Fisher
- Hirsch
- Norton
- Bailyn
Setting & Locations edit
- United States
- New York City
- Philadelphia
- Massachusetts
- America
- Boston
- Virginia
- New England
- Ohio
- South Carolina
- Chicago
- Washington
- Britain
- Pennsylvania
- Charleston
- London
- Cincinnati
- Europe
- New Jersey
- Connecticut
- New Harmony
- Indiana
- Maine
- Illinois
- San Francisco
- Northeast
- Atlantic
- Wisconsin
- U.s.a.
- Kentucky
- D.c.
- Maryland
- Texas
- New Deal
- Michigan
- Midwest
First Sentence edit
A publicly funded, hierarchical system for educating America's children and youth has gradually taken shape through the development of common schools, high schools, colleges and universities, and community colleges over a period of approximately 150 years.
Table of Contents edit
Formative influences on adult education in America --
Part 1: Adult education in early America --
Informal and literary endeavors --
The evolution of regulated access --
Part 2: The early National and Antebellum eras --
Education's role in building the New Republic --
The spread of literacy --
The "elaborate experiments" --
Education and labor --
Developing the "true woman" --
Education and minorities --
Part 3: Adult education in an era of modernization --
Preparing for civic and work life --
Challenging the limits to advancement and mobility --
Supporting the new industrial and urban order --
Part 4: The nation amid crisis and recovery --
Ordering knowledge for the American public --
Education's role in addressing unfinished agendas --
Educational responses to national emergencies --
Part 5: America at the peak of world power --
Entering the age of adult education --
Adult education's critical and conserving functions --
Crafting a national agenda for adult education --
Conclusion: Becoming responsive to the needs of all learners.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education Series. (publisher series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Harold W. Stubblefield (Author)
- Patrick Keane (Author)
Classification edit
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- Dewey: 374.973
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