Education and Democracy: The Meaning of Alexander Meiklejohn, 1872–1964Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2009 M03 11 - 440 pages This definitive biography of the charismatic Alexander Meiklejohn tracks his turbulent career as an educational innovator at Brown University, Amherst College, and Wisconsin’s “Experimental College” in the early twentieth century and his later work as a civil libertarian in the Joe McCarthy era. The central question Meiklejohn asked throughout his life’s work remains essential today: How can education teach citizens to be free? |
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... receiving an honorary degree at the University of California, Berkeley, 1964 324 326 Alexander Meiklejohn wearing his Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1963 327 Preface: Meiklejohn, Socrates, and the Paradox of Democratic Education He x ...
... receiving an honorary degree at the University of California, Berkeley, 1964 324 326 Alexander Meiklejohn wearing his Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1963 327 Preface: Meiklejohn, Socrates, and the Paradox of Democratic Education He x ...
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... received from us were only appearances. In reality, during all that time, they were being formed and fed in the womb of the earth. When they were completed, the earth, their mother, sent them up; and so, their country being their mother ...
... received from us were only appearances. In reality, during all that time, they were being formed and fed in the womb of the earth. When they were completed, the earth, their mother, sent them up; and so, their country being their mother ...
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... received from Janet's unparalleled cookies and conversation. I have received a great deal of helpful feedback from readers solicited by the University of Wisconsin Press, including Paul Boyer, Charles An- derson, Michael Hinden, Rodney ...
... received from Janet's unparalleled cookies and conversation. I have received a great deal of helpful feedback from readers solicited by the University of Wisconsin Press, including Paul Boyer, Charles An- derson, Michael Hinden, Rodney ...
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... received countless suggestions and bits of advice—in letters, calls, and e-mail messages from Pakistan—each lovingly bestowed. I cannot express how grateful I am for the care, con- cern, and support my family has given during the ...
... received countless suggestions and bits of advice—in letters, calls, and e-mail messages from Pakistan—each lovingly bestowed. I cannot express how grateful I am for the care, con- cern, and support my family has given during the ...
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... received his doctorate from the University of Freiburg in Germany and who served as an instructor in the newly emerging field of psychology , and President Andrews himself , who had also studied in Germany and who , like most college ...
... received his doctorate from the University of Freiburg in Germany and who served as an instructor in the newly emerging field of psychology , and President Andrews himself , who had also studied in Germany and who , like most college ...
Contents
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To Whom Are We Responsible? 19201924 | 97 |
A New College with a New Idea 19251928 | 133 |
A Most Lamentable Comedy 19291932 | 165 |
A Fresh Start 19331940 | 199 |
A Reply to John Dewey 19411947 | 233 |
What Does the First Amendment Mean? 19481954 | 263 |
The Faith of a Free Man 19551964 | 296 |
Education and the Democratic IdealThe Meaning of Alexander Meiklejohn | 329 |
Notes | 337 |
Bibliography and Suggestions for Further Reading | 391 |
Index | 403 |
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