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Stories of the eight-year study : reexamining secondary education in America / Craig Kridel and Robert V. Bullough Jr.; foreword by John I. Goodlad

Main Author Kridel, Craig Alan Coauthor Bullough, Robert V., 1949- Secondary Author Goodlad, John I. Country Estados Unidos. Publication Albany : State University of New York Press, cop. 2007 Description XIV : il. ; 23 cm ISBN 978-0-7914-7054-1 CDU 373.5

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Item type	Current location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
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An in-depth analysis of one of the most important educational experiments of the twentieth century.

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List of Illustrations (p. ix)
List of Maps (p. xi)
Editor's Preface (p. xiii)
Introduction: The Saga of a Citizen-Soldier (p. 1)
1 A Wrenching Decision, 16 October 1940-7 September 1942 (p. 17)
2 The Gauntlet of Readiness, 7 September 1942-23 May 1944 (p. 26)
3 Merciless Reality Emerges, 5 June 1943-27 May 1944 (p. 42)
4 A Tormenting Ordeal, 29 May 1944-2 October 1944 (p. 57)
5 A Fierce Struggle Renewed, 2 October 1944-15 December 1944 (p. 102)
6 A Maniacal Vision Expires, 16 December 1944-29 January 1945 (p. 131)
7 A Termination Is Culminated, 2 February 1945-8 May 1945 (p. 161)
8 We Long for Home, 10 May 1945-28 July 1945 (p. 189)
9 A Finale Immersed in Pondering, 29 July 1945-2 February 1946 (p. 214)
Notes (p. 227)
Bibliography (p. 251)
Index (p. 263)

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Debate over the function of the American high school did not begin yesterday. It began at the 1929 and 1930 Progressive Education Association annual conferences, with small discussion groups. Discontent with the control that colleges held over school curricula, coupled with the desire to improve the secondary school curriculum and teaching in general, prompted formation of the Commission on the Relation of School and College (also known as the Aikin Commission for its chair, headmaster Wilford M. Aikin). What followed was a 12-year (1930-42) "odyssey in school experimentation." Known primarily as the Eight-Year Study but also misleadingly referred to as the "Thirty School Study" (only 29 secondary schools participated throughout the project), the title refers to the eight years of schooling from high school through college. The format of this well-researched book alternates between chapters on the history of the Eight-Year Study and biographies of leading educators and theorists who spearheaded the project. Useful as a history of education supplementary text, or an informative guide for anyone interested in the challenges and possibilities of educational reform. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through practitioners. E. Razzano Lyndon State College

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Craig Kridel is Professor of Educational Studies and Curator of the Museum of Education at the University of South Carolina. 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.