Eminent Educators (Hardcover)

Maurice R. Berube

ISBN 10: 0313310602 / ISBN 13: 9780313310607

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Westport, 2000

About this Item

Hardcover. Eminent Educators is the first book of its kind. Focusing on the four intellectual giants of the 20th centuryJohn Dewey, Howard Gardner, Carol Gilligan, and John Ogbuthe 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. Examines the life and work of four intellectual giants in 20th-century American education: John Dewey, Howard Gardner, Carol Gilligan, and John Ogbu. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Eminent Educators (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Westport
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0313310602
• ISBN 13: 9780313310607
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

MAURICE R. BERUBE is Professor of Educational Leadership in the Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling at Old Dominion University. He is the author of American Presidents and Education (1991), Teacher Politics: The Influence of Unions (1988), and Education and Poverty: Effective Schooling in the United States and Cuba (1984), and many more, all published by Greenwood.