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Thomas Fallace
A compelling history of the learning style concept and how it was shaped by shifting ideas in psychology, anthropology, and education. The widely embraced notion that we all process information…
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This fascinating historical study traces the rise and fall of the theory of recapitulation and its enduring influence on American education. The theory of recapitulation was pervasive in the social…
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Thomas D. Fallace
Examines the period between World War I and the 1980s, focusing on how US schools countered the influence of fascist and communist ideologies, as well as racial discrimination. The author…
Traces how John Dewey, like most of his contemporaries, struggled with the major dilemma of how to reconcile evolution, pedagogy, democracy, and race. The author seeks to capture Dewey’s original…