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A Textbook In The History Of Modern Elementary Education - With Emphasis On School Practice In Relation To Social Conditions (1912) (Paperback)
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A Textbook In The History Of Modern Elementary Education - With Emphasis On School Practice In Relation To Social Conditions (1912) (Paperback)
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A TEXTSQQK IN THE HISTORY OE MODERN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION WITH
EMPHASIS ON SCHOOL PRACTICE IN RELATION TO SOCIAL CONDITIONS BY
SAMUEL CHESTER PARKER ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION AND DEAN OF
THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO GINN AND
COMPANY UOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO - LONDON ATLANTA DALLAS - COLUMBUS
SAN FRANCISCO DEDICATED TO MY MOTHER PREFACE This book is
constructed on the principles that have been applied in the making
of some recent textbooks in history, such as Robinsons History of
Western Europe. These principles involve i the intensive treatment
of a limited field 2 emphasis on a relatively few selected
movements, institu tions, or individuals in this field as typical 3
the discussion of the chosen topics in such a concrete way as to
help the student to appreciate the reality of the historical
development. These three principles are opposed to the sketchy
encyclo pedism that formerly prevailed in the construction of
historical textbooks. By confining the discussion to the history of
modern ele mentary education it is possible to present a relatively
con tinuous, connected narrative of institutional development that
will contribute directly to the students understanding of the
problem of the elementary school. In carrying out this plan the
author has endeavored to trace the development from the first city
elementary vernacular schools of the Middle Ages down to the
present time. A definite attempt has been made to maintain a proper
ratio between the three following elements i descriptions of social
conditions 2 statements of educational theory and 3 descriptions of
school practice. The relations which have existed between these
factors in the historicaldevelop ment have been demonstrated as far
as possible. In describing changes in social conditions, those have
been selected concerning which the ordinary normal-school vi MODERN
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION or college student may be expected to have an
elementary knowledge. Hence such concrete matters are presented as
the growth of English cities and of town life in New England, the
development of natural science, of religious toleration, of
national governments, and of democracy, which the students
high-school courses in general history and in science prepare him
to understand. Changes in educational theories are traced in
connection with social changes and with those educational movements
and educational reformers that have directly modified elementary
school practice. Consequently many theoretical writers who have
exerted little or no direct influence on practice are omitted from
the discussion. The developments in actual school practice that is,
the changes in the curricula and methods of school systems are
especially emphasized. These are not presented in an isolated way,
however, but as definitely related to changes in social conditions
and fundamental theory. Whenever a given move ment can be typified
by describing English or American conditions, this has been done.
In some cases, however, such as the Rousseau movement or the
secularizing of the Prussian school system, the importance of the
continental European situation necessitates a lengthy description
of it without special reference to its relation to the American
development. About two thirds of the book is devoted to changes in
elementary education since the publication of Rousseaus fimile in
1762. This emphasis on laterdevelopments is justified by the fact
that relatively little change occurred in elementary education from
1500 to 1800, as compared with the revolu tionary developments of
the nineteenth century. The emphasis on the secularizing of
elementary education which occurs in the middle part of the book is
intended sim ply as a statement of historical fact, not as
discrediting the PREFACE vil importance of religion in public
education...
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