Schooled to Work: Vocationalism and the American Curriculum, 1876-1946

by Herbert M. Kliebard

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In this trenchant interpretation of the rise of vocational education, Herbert M. Kliebard explains how Americans turned to public schools for answers to the problems of an increasingly urban, industrial society. Tracing the evolution of job training as an educational ideal, Kliebard analyzes the construction of vocationalism through three overlapping but distinctive stages. In the first stage, manual training is promoted as a pedagogical reform...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0807738662

ISBN13:9780807738665

Release Date:April 1999

Publisher:Teachers College Press

Length:312 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.2" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Adult & Continuing Education Education Education & Reference Education Theory History History & Theory Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Schools & Teaching

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