Stories of the Eight-Year Study: Reexamining Secondary Education in America - Hardcover

Kridel, Craig; Bullough Jr. Jr., Robert V.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0791470539 ISBN 13: 9780791470534

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2007

Synopsis

An in-depth analysis of one of the most important educational experiments of the twentieth century.

Winner of the 2008 AERA Division B Outstanding Book Award

Presenting the first complete history of the Progressive Education Association's Eight-Year Study, which took place during the 1930s and the 1940s, this book corrects common misinterpretations of one of the most important educational experiments of the twentieth century and explores the study's value for reexamining secondary education in America today.

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About the Authors

Craig Kridel is E. S. Gambrell Professor Emeritus of Educational Studies and Curator Emeritus of the Museum of Education at the University of South Carolina. His many books include Stories of the Eight-Year Study: Reexamining Secondary Education in America (with Robert V. Bullough Jr.), also published by SUNY Press.

Robert V. Bullough Jr. is Professor of Teacher Education and Associate Director of the Center for the Improvement of Teacher Education and Schooling at Brigham Young University. His previous books include Stories of the Eight-Year Study: Reexamining Secondary Education in America (coauthored with Craig Kridel), also published by SUNY Press.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791470539
• ISBN 13: 9780791470534
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 312