Educational research, the national agenda, and educational reform
Subtitle: a history
By: by Erwin V. Johanningmeier and Theresa Richardson.
Contributors: Richardson, Theresa R., 1945-
Series: Studies in the history of education; Studies in the history of education (Greenwich, Conn.)
Publisher: IAP-Information Age Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Charlotte, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9781593117306; 9781593117313
Subjects: Education -- Research -- United States; Educational change -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-463) and index.
Table of contents: title: The progressives, public education, and educational research; title: Controversies over the origins of educational research; title: Defining status and privilege in educational research; title: Origins of public education and educational research : the common school; title: Education as a conscious business : Herbart and the Herbartians; title: Darwinism in the United States; title: Child study, G. Stanley Hall, Arnold Gesell, and Lewis M. Terman; title: Educational efficiency and tests : Daniel Starch and Stuart A. Courtis; title: The laws of learning : the legacy of Edward L. Thorndike; title: The mental hyiene movement : psychiatry Rockefeller philanthropy and the promotion of a medical model in educational research; title: Nature-nurture controversies : institutionalizing interlligence as a variable in educational research; title: Cultural lag : the Laura Spellman Rockefeller Memorial and educational research; title: Educational reform and educational research in the post-World War II era; title: The achievement gap : the Coleman report and its legacy in no child left behind; title: The history of education as educational research : the national agenda and a discipline.