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Connected Thoughts
Stephen R. Herr
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Description for Connected Thoughts
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Since Antioch's reorganization in the early 1920s the event has been heralded as a wonder of academic innovation and generally credited to the work of one man, Arthur Morgan. This book examines the politics of educational innovation as represented by that reorganization. Connected Thoughts draws on a large number of sources to redefine Antioch College's reorganization. In doing this the author links the event to the numerous institutions, organizations and individuals who helped define the event, showing that the reorganization was neither a remarkable educational innovation not the work of one man, but rather required the efforts of a number ... Read more
Since Antioch's reorganization in the early 1920s the event has been heralded as a wonder of academic innovation and generally credited to the work of one man, Arthur Morgan. This book examines the politics of educational innovation as represented by that reorganization. Connected Thoughts draws on a large number of sources to redefine Antioch College's reorganization. In doing this the author links the event to the numerous institutions, organizations and individuals who helped define the event, showing that the reorganization was neither a remarkable educational innovation not the work of one man, but rather required the efforts of a number ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761805809
SKU
V9780761805809
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Ref
99-15
About Stephen R. Herr
Stephen R. Herr is Assistant Professor of Education at Tennessee Wesleyan College in Athens, Tennessee.
Reviews for Connected Thoughts
...raises so many important questions about the legends surrounding Antioch College.
The Antioch Review
Herr does an excellent job of setting the stage...by tracing the history of Antioch as well as the evolution of manual labor as a part of higher education.
History of Education Quarterly
Herr does an excellent job of setting the stage...by tracing ... Read more
The Antioch Review
Herr does an excellent job of setting the stage...by tracing the history of Antioch as well as the evolution of manual labor as a part of higher education.
History of Education Quarterly
Herr does an excellent job of setting the stage...by tracing ... Read more