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Kliebard, Herbert M.

The struggle for the American curriculum, 1893-1958 / Herbert M. Kliebard. - 3rd ed. - New York, NY : RoutledgeFalmer, 2004. - xxii, 330 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-316) and index.

Curriculum ferment in the 1890s -- The curriculum versus the child -- The curriculum of the Dewey School -- Scientific curriculum-making and the rise of social efficiency as an educational ideal -- Some subject realignment and the triumph of vocationalism -- From home-project to experience curriculum -- The Great Depression and the heyday of social meliorism -- The hybridization of the curriculum -- The mounting challenge to the subject curriculum -- The state of school subjects at midcentury -- Life adjustment education and the end of an era.

ISBN: 0415948908 (hardback : alk. paper) 0415948916 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2004004891

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Education--Curricula--History--United States--20th century.
Curriculum planning--History--United States--20th century.
Education--Curricula--History--United States--19th century.
Curriculum planning--History--United States--19th century.

LC Class. No.: LB1570 / .K585 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 370.11/3/0973