The origins of American philosophy of education. Its development as a distinct discipline, 1808-1913. by Chambliss, J. J. (Joseph James), 1929-

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Spare the rod : punishment and the moral community of schools by Scribner, Campbell F., 1981-, Warnick, Bryan R., 1974-

“…History and philosophy of education…”


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Have a little faith : religion, democracy, and the American public school by Justice, Benjamin, 1971-, Macleod, Colin M. (Colin Murray), 1962-

“…History and philosophy of education…”


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Touchy subject : the history and philosophy of sex education by Bialystok, Lauren, Andersen, Lisa M. F.

“…History and philosophy of education…”


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Education in a free society : an American history by Rippa, S. Alexander

Table of Contents: “…The colonial tradition -- Education in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- Age of the Enlightenment : the impact of secular thought -- The common school movement -- Evolving patterns of educational thought -- Toward a new pedagogy -- Building a philosophy of education -- The influence of educational psychology -- Continuing struggles for equality of educational opportunity -- The impact of the business creed -- The American school in transition -- Crosscurrents in higher education -- Contemporary issues and problems -- Approaching the twenty-first century -- Bibliographical essay : guides to further readings.…”


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John Witherspoon's American Revolution by Mailer, Gideon

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Enlightenment and religion between Scotland and America -- "A road to distinction very different from that of his more successful companions" : Augustinian piety in Witherspoon's Scotland -- "Of local and temporary reformation, local and occasional depravation" : Kirk divisions and American prospects at midcentury -- "The bulwark of the religion and liberty of America" : Presbyterian revivalism and American higher education before Witherspoon -- "All the conclusions drawn from these principles must be vague" : American moral philosophy after Witherspoon -- "When their fathers have fallen asleep" : domestic culture, public virtue, and the power of language -- "Every one of them full of the old Cameronian resisting sentiments" : piety, Anglo-Scottish union, and American independence -- "How far the magistrate ought to interfere in matters of religion" : public faith and the ambiguity of political representation after 1776 -- "The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man" : John Witherspoon, James Madison, and the American Founding -- "Great things hath God done for his American Zion" : Presbyterian moral philosophy and educational conflict during the nineteenth century.…”


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Dewey's laboratory school : lessons for today by Tanner, Laurel N.

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Theories of education in early America, 1655-1819 by Smith, Wilson (Francis Wilson), 1922-

Table of Contents: “…Benjamin Rush on republican education (1786) -- Benjamin Rush on women's education (1787) -- Noah Webster's plea for an American language (1789) -- Samuel Harrison Smith's prize essay (1798) -- Thomas Jefferson's republican philosophy of education (1813) -- Thomas Jefferson on the moral instinct of man (1814) -- Thomas Jefferson's design for his state university -- The Rockfish Gap Report (1818) -- De Witt Clinton on educating New York City's poor children (1805) -- Clinton champions the Lancasterian plan (1809) -- Archibald De Bow Murphey's comprehensive plan for North Carolina (1817) -- Joseph C. …”


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The new Black history : revisiting the second Reconstruction

Table of Contents: “…: Black power and self-defense / Simon Wendt -- The black Bolsheviks: Detroit revolutionary union movements and shop-floor organizing / Elizabeth Kai Hinton -- Septima Clark: organizing for positive freedom / Stephen Lazar -- Harambee Nation: CORE, black power, and community development in Cleveland / Nishani Frazier -- "Black is beautiful but so is green": capitalism, black power, and politics in Floyd McKissick's Soul city / Zachary Gillan -- Integration, black nationalism, and radical democratic transformation in African American philosophies of education, 1965-74 / Russell Rickford.…”


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The American legacy of learning; readings in the history of education,

Table of Contents: “…Boutwell ; The Kalamazoo Decision ; Letter to Peter Carr / Thomas Jefferson ; Plan for an industrial university for Illinois / Jonathan Baldwin Turner ; Pythagoras / Bronson Alcott ; On a child's acquirements / Bronson Alcott ; Reports on Concord schools / Bronson Alcott ; From "The American scholar" / Ralph Waldo Emerson ; From the journal / Ralph Waldo Emerson ; Constitution of the Brook Farm Community ; Proposed constitution for the American Lyceum / Josiah Holbrook ; Proposed subjects for discussion -- An era of expansion and reform 1877-1960. The philosophy of education / William T. Harris ; Object teaching / Edward A. …”


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Formative ideas in American education : from the colonial period to the present by Thayer, V. T. (Vivian Trow), 1886-1979

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