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Eminent Educators Studies in Intellectual Influence
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Maurice R. Berube
Book Code: GM1060
ISBN: 0-313-31060-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31060-7
192 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 1/30/2000
List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Contributions to the Study of Education
Series Number: 76
Reviews:
  • [I]t is...worthwhile as one person's "appreciation" (Berube's characterization) of the four intellectual influences.
    —Choice
  • Endorsement From Robert V. Remini, Professor of History Emeritus
    Research Professor of Humanities Emeritus
    University of Illinois at Chicago:     This is a splendid study, written with clarity and grace, that is shaped around the contributions of four of the most influential intellectual figures in American Education in the 20th century. It is a remarkable achievement in that it expertly analyzes the work of a philosopher, an anthropologist and two psychologists whose legacy the author convincingly demonstrates is what distinguishes American education from that of any other country in the world.
Description: Eminent Educators is the first book of its kind. Focusing on the four intellectual giants of the 20th century--John Dewey, Howard Gardner, Carol Gilligan, and John Ogbu--the book provides biographical information and analysis of their intellectual contributions. Each of these individuals caused a major paradigm shift in American education with their intellectual influence, and each, in their unique contribution indelibly shaped education for the better. Each educator represents one aspect of that most American of educational philosophies: Progressive Education. Progressive educators sought to educate the whole child: intellectually, morally, socially, and aesthetically. In Eminent Educators, Dewey represents two aspects of Progressive Education, intellectually and aesthetically; Gardner redefined intelligence; Gilligan probed the moral development of girls/women; and Ogbu remapped the education of African Americans, thus representing the social change aspect of Progressive Education.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • In Search of Leadership
  • John Dewey: American Genius
  • John Dewey and the Abstract Expressionists
  • Howard Gardner and the Theory of Multiple Intelligences
  • Carol Gilligan and Moral Development
  • John Ogbu and the Theory of Caste
  • An Intellectual Legacy
LC Card Number: 99-29555
LCC Class: LB875
Dewey Class: 370
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