Horace Mann, the Educator (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Priaulx, Osmond De Beauvoir

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440033757 ISBN 13 : 9781440033759

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Horace Mann and the Birth of Public Schooling examines how one reformer’s ideas, global travels, and heated debates helped shape modern education.

This book reveals the forces behind the rise of public schooling and Mann’s lasting influence on classrooms, curricula, and policy.

Across chapters, the author traces Mann’s evolving views, his international comparisons, and the controversies that challenged his leadership. It situates his work in a broader story of educational reform, showing how his efforts connected to schools, teachers, and communities.

• Learn how Mann’s ideas traveled from Massachusetts to the world and influenced schooling systems.
• See how public education took shape through debates, reforms, and practical challenges.
• Understand the balance between ideals and the realities of running a state education program.
• Explore the historical moments and figures that intersected with Mann’s career.

Ideal for readers of educational history and reform, this book offers a clear view of the origins of public schooling and the debates that still echo in today’s classrooms.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Great men are rare. Mute, inglorious Miltons may be numerous, but greatness, as the world views it, must be judged from the way in which emergencies are met. Horace Mann was a great educator because hemet a great educational emergency. With some characters greatness is linked to a single event. Columbus discovered A merica, Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo, Perry wrote, We met the enemy and they are ours. With others it is an inherited reputation of which few have any definite estimate as to the merit of the popular verdict. Walpole and Pitt in England, John Hancock and Charles Sumner in America are securely anchored in the public mind though few can give a reason for the admiration that is in them. Horace Mann sreputation is largely of the latter class. His name is a household word among teachers and yet few can tell aught of the man or of his work. The one hundredth anniversary of his birth (M ay 4, 1896) should make this entire year a memorial season so far as to give every teacher and every school acquaintance with the essential features of his character and with the leading characteristics of his work. There is one great monument to this leader in the Life and Works of Horace Mann, in five volumes edited by his widow and published by Lee Shepard, Boston. Without these volumes comparatively little could now be written of his life. His correspondence was voluminous and confidential, giving details regarding his contests and he was one of the few men fortunate enough to keep a good diary. The correspondence and the diary were both available when Mrs. Mann wrote this Life, and for the service here rendered the educational public owes her a debt of gratitude. These volumes also contain his reports and addresses.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440033757
• ISBN 13: 9781440033759
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 118
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