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Founding Mothers and Others: Women Educational Leaders During the Progressive Era
Alan R. Sadovnik
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Description for Founding Mothers and Others: Women Educational Leaders During the Progressive Era
Paperback. Sadovnik and Semel investigate why, during a time of under-representation, the so-called progressive era, many women founded private, experimental progressive schools in the United States. Editor(s): Sadovnik, Alan R.; Semel, Susan F. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JNK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
Interest in progressive education and feminist pedagogy has gained a significant following in current educational reform circles. Founding Mothers and Others examines the female founders of progressive schools and other female educational leaders in the early twentieth century and their schools or educational movements. All of the women led remarkable lives and their legacies are embedded in education today. The book examines the lessons to be learned from their work and their lives. The book also analyzes whether their leadership styles support contemporary feminist theories of leadership that argue women administrators tend to be more inclusive, democratic, and caring than ... Read more
Interest in progressive education and feminist pedagogy has gained a significant following in current educational reform circles. Founding Mothers and Others examines the female founders of progressive schools and other female educational leaders in the early twentieth century and their schools or educational movements. All of the women led remarkable lives and their legacies are embedded in education today. The book examines the lessons to be learned from their work and their lives. The book also analyzes whether their leadership styles support contemporary feminist theories of leadership that argue women administrators tend to be more inclusive, democratic, and caring than ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
268
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312295028
SKU
V9780312295028
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About Alan R. Sadovnik
ALAN R. SADOVNIK is Professor of Education and Sociology Chair of the Department of Education and Academic Foundations at Rutgers University-Newark. He is the co-editor (with Susan F. Semel) of 'Schools of Tomorrow' Schools of Today: Whast Happened to Progressive Education and Knowledge and Pedagogy: The Sociology of Basil Bernstein. SUSAN F. SEMEL is Associate Professor in the School ... Read more
Reviews for Founding Mothers and Others: Women Educational Leaders During the Progressive Era
'Founding Mothers and Others is a rich book, which undoubtedly meets the aim 'to document the contribution of women to the Progressive Education Movement'' - Paedagogica Historica