The Emergence of the Common School in the U.S. Countryside. Mellen Studies in Education, Volume 36.

Autor/inn/en	Parkerson, Donald H.; Parkerson, Jo Ann
Titel	The Emergence of the Common School in the U.S. Countryside. Mellen Studies in Education, Volume 36.
Quelle	(1998), (195 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-7734-8349-7
Schlagwörter	Agriculture; Child Rearing; Educational History; Educational Sociology; Elementary Education; Farmers; Free Enterprise System; Parent School Relationship; Public Education; Rural Economics; Rural Education; Rural Women; Values + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Landwirtschaft; Kindererziehung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungssoziologie; Erziehungssoziologie; Elementarunterricht; Farmer; Agriculturist; Landwirt; Landwirtin; Freie Wirtschaft; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Öffentliche Erziehung; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Rural area; Rural areas; Woman; Women; Ländlicher Raum; Frau; Frauen; Wertbegriff
Abstract	This book uses agricultural production statistics, school records, and records on births and families to provide a new interpretation of how agriculture's development in a market economy impacted the formation of elementary education during the 19th century. It provides background on the competing purposes underlying compulsory state-supported education, including nationalism, religion, capitalism, work discipline, and labor. Chapter 1 documents primary school attendance in the northern United States during the middle 19th century and the factors contributing to its growth. Chapter 2 reviews the rural perspective on the common school and how the common school was shaped by businessmen, artisans, farmers, and religious and democratic traditions. Chapter 3 focuses on the role that farmers played in "classless" rural education by defining four classes of farmers, with special emphasis on the commercial farmer. Chapter 4 reviews the growth of a market economy and its influence on education, with emphasis on the work and teaching methods of John Lancaster. Chapter 5 explores the "riddle of republicanism" and curricular emphases on God and religion, civic virtues, and love of country. Chapter 6 provides individual and community analyses of the decline in rural fertility. Chapter 7 discusses the curriculum of the home and the widespread belief in the importance of the mother's educational role. Chapter 8 sums up the reasons for the growth of the common school in America. (Contains notes, illustrations, an appendix explaining quantitative data used, and a bibliography.) (SAS)
Anmerkungen	The Edwin Mellen Press, Box 450, Lewiston, NY 14092-0450 ($79.95).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC