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Loading... Schooled to Work: Vocationalism and the American Curriculum, 1876-1946by 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 and moral corrective. In the second stage, vocational training for the new industrial workplace emerges as a major component of the American curriculum and contributes to its bifurcation. In the final stage, preparation to enter the workforce begins to eclipse other educational purposes. Concluding with a Deweyan critique of vocationalism, this book offers a much-needed perspective with which to view current debates about the meaning of public education and the transition from "school to work." No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)370.1130973Social sciences Education Education Theory of education; Meaning; Aim Objectives of EducationLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |