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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... seemed to be no guiding ideas ” in the undergraduate course.41 First adopted at Harvard under Pres- ident Charles William Eliot in 1869 , the elective system gave students total freedom in the choice of courses in the belief that the ...
... seemed to be no guiding ideas ” in the undergraduate course.41 First adopted at Harvard under Pres- ident Charles William Eliot in 1869 , the elective system gave students total freedom in the choice of courses in the belief that the ...
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... seemed to others that his ef- forts to be reasonable defied reason itself. In May of 1893, Meiklejohn graduated as the valedictorian of his se- nior class at Brown. His commencement oration, delivered “under the elms” on the campus ...
... seemed to others that his ef- forts to be reasonable defied reason itself. In May of 1893, Meiklejohn graduated as the valedictorian of his se- nior class at Brown. His commencement oration, delivered “under the elms” on the campus ...
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... seemed to be to play as dirty a game as was possible . Slugging , kicking , kneeing , and every trick known in football to injure players seemed to be at their command . ” 40 In 1903 , Brown's football manager noted the futility of ...
... seemed to be to play as dirty a game as was possible . Slugging , kicking , kneeing , and every trick known in football to injure players seemed to be at their command . ” 40 In 1903 , Brown's football manager noted the futility of ...
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... seemed impracticable, then the university had nothing of value to teach its students. In 1905, the nationwide controversy surrounding intercollegiate ath- letics climaxed with the game-related deaths of 18 players and the serious ...
... seemed impracticable, then the university had nothing of value to teach its students. In 1905, the nationwide controversy surrounding intercollegiate ath- letics climaxed with the game-related deaths of 18 players and the serious ...
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... seemed that Meiklejohn's statement relinquished the possibility of universal ethical principles in a single uni- fied curriculum . Yet , on closer examination , it became clear that his con- ception of interests already latent within a ...
... seemed that Meiklejohn's statement relinquished the possibility of universal ethical principles in a single uni- fied curriculum . Yet , on closer examination , it became clear that his con- ception of interests already latent within a ...
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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