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Contemporary American education

Stan Dropkin

Contemporary American education

an anthology of issues, problems, challenges

by Stan Dropkin

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Published by Macmillan in New York .
Written in

    Places:
  • United States
    • Subjects:
    • Education -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

    • Edition Notes

      Bibliography: p. 598-600.

      Statement[by] Stan Dropkin, Harold Full [and] Ernest Schwarcz.
      ContributionsFull, Harold, joint ed., Schwarcz, Ernest, joint ed.
      Classifications
      LC ClassificationsLA191.82 .D7
      The Physical Object
      Paginationvii, 600 p.
      Number of Pages600
      ID Numbers
      Open LibraryOL5946179M
      LC Control Number65017829

      Contemporary Educational Psychology publishes articles that involve the application of psychological theory and science to the educational particular relevance are descriptions of empirical research and the presentation of theory designed to either explicate or enhance the educational process. Contemporary culture refers to the common themes of art, music, architecture and literature that are popular at the present time. Contemporary culture can also refer to certain political attitudes, religious beliefs and news events that lead trends during the present time. Currently in the contemporary music culture, most young people prefer to.

      Heike Schaefer is Professor of North American Literature and Culture at the University of Education Karlsruhe, Germany. She is the author of American Literature and Immediacy: Literary Innovation and the Emergence of Photography, Film, and Television () and Mary Austin’s Regionalism () and co-editor of Network Theory and American Studies () and .   MARK MALATESTA is a former literary agent turned author coach. Mark now helps authors of all genres (fiction, nonfiction, and children's books) get top literary agents, publishers, and book deals through his company Literary Agent Undercover and The Bestselling 's authors have gotten six-figure book deals, been on the NYT bestseller list, and .

      American literature is literature written or produced in the United States of America and its preceding colonies (for specific discussions of poetry and theater, see Poetry of the United States and Theater in the United States).Before the founding of the United States, the British colonies on the eastern coast of the present-day United States were heavily influenced by English literature. - Swiss-born Jean-Jacques Rousseau's book, Emile, ou l'education, which describes his views on education, is published. Rousseau's ideas on the importance early childhood are in sharp contrast with the prevailing views of his time and influence not only contemporary philosophers, but also 20th-Century American philosopher and educational.


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