This textbook covers the development of American school curricula, with a focus on important historical and pedagogical insights. Author Herbert M. Kliebard analyzes changes in the American curriculum, specifically the period of attacks on subjects in the 1940s and 1950s. The book is suitable for professionals and students in the education field who are looking for insight into the history and evolution of the American curriculum.
Product information
- Author: Herbert M. Kliebard
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint: Routledge
- Publication date: 2004-08-01
- Number of pages: 360
- ISBN: 9780415948913
- Theme: Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy
- BISAC: EDUCATION / General
About the author
Herbert M. Kliebard is Professor Emeritus of Educational Policy Studies and Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He also wrote Schooled to Work: Vocationalism and the American Curriculum, 1876-1946.