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This volume consists of twenty six autobiographical essays by leading historians of American education which document the enormous variety of paths taken to get into this field.
A companion to earlier volumes on philosophy of education and curriculum studies, the historians in this volume reflect a wide variety of interests that underlay accomplishment in this scholarly field. They come from diverse backgrounds that have animated their scholarly careers in compelling ways.
Readers in any variety of educational or historical study should learn from this volume how unplanned careers can still result in highly successful sets of accomplishments. That realization is a tribute both to the individual contributors and to the great attractiveness of educational history to committed scholars of various backgrounds and orientations.
A companion to earlier volumes on philosophy of education and curriculum studies, the historians in this volume reflect a wide variety of interests that underlay accomplishment in this scholarly field. They come from diverse backgrounds that have animated their scholarly careers in compelling ways.
Readers in any variety of educational or historical study should learn from this volume how unplanned careers can still result in highly successful sets of accomplishments. That realization is a tribute both to the individual contributors and to the great attractiveness of educational history to committed scholars of various backgrounds and orientations.
Price: $49.00
Pages: 326
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Leaders in Educational Studies
Publication Date:
01 January 2011
ISBN: 9789460917530
Format: Paperback
“These are no isolated scholars, entirely removed from the current concerns of society. There are different emphases - some have been more deeply involved in history as such, others’ concerns have been more broadly political or administrative. But all share a devotion to the belief that history is a key to understanding where we are in the vital field of education, and how one might best think about the policies that account for the shaping of minds and the transmission of culture in thegreat swirl of American life.
“And there is something more. These memoirs—short, insightful, candid, and lucid—are themselves important documents in the history of education and scholarship. The authors’ careers are part of the story they tell.”
—Bernard Bailyn (from the Foreword)
“And there is something more. These memoirs—short, insightful, candid, and lucid—are themselves important documents in the history of education and scholarship. The authors’ careers are part of the story they tell.”
—Bernard Bailyn (from the Foreword)