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OverviewThe Once and Future School argues that to make sense of the current trials of secondary educational system and to maintain any sense of direction and vision for its future, we need a clear understanding of its path in the past and of its setting in a multi-national world. From their beginnings in colonial America to the present day, Jurgen Herbst traces the debates, discussions, pronouncements and reports through which Americans have sought to hammer out and clarify their conceptions of the goals and purposes of education beyond the common school. Herbst presents this history as an integral part and variant of a wider North Atlantic civilization. Distinguishing the American high school in the 19th century from its European counterparts - sites of learning for the elite and leisured classes - Herbst argues that the American secondary school was a 'people's college', a truly democratic educational experiment. The American high school embraced the liberal historical and social principles upon which our country was founded and became a place where the working-class, the immigrant, and the average student could excel and gain social and economic mobility. It is in examining our history, Herbst maintains, that we can go beyond the seemingly never-ending cries for change and reform and restore confidence in the viability of secondary education. In the concluding chapter, Herbst draws lessons from his study of the past and proposes the we replace schooling with education, and that we view the high school as only one among several institutions for the secondary education of American youth. The Once and Future School speaks to anyone interested in and concerned for the future of American education, most particularly legislators and school board members, parents, educators and students. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jurgen HerbstPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.520kg ISBN: 9780415911948ISBN 10: 041591194 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 12 November 1996 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments, Preface, 1 The Origins of Secondary Education, 2 Grammar Schools, Colleges, and Academies in Early America, The Nineteenth-Century Liberal Arts College, 4 The People’s College, 5 State Systems of Secondary Education, 6 Midwestern Democracy, 7 Between Town and Gown: The High School in Wisconsin, 8 Growing Pains, 9 The Committee of Ten, 10 From Manual to Vocational Education, 11 The Legacy of Vocational Education, 12 Toward the Comprehensive High School, 13 The High School Under Siege, 14 The High School in Search of Itself, 15 End of an Era, 16 From the Twentieth to the Twenty-First Century, Notes, IndexReviews... The Once and Future School is a valuable and important book. Herbst has produced the single best volume on the history of the American high school that we have to date, and, in the process, he raises some provocative questions about what secondary education in this country should look like in the twenty-first century . <br> Far more than a history of secondary education, this volume is a thoughtful perspective on how and what schooling can become in a restructured education system that provides lifelong careers in education.. <br>- Choice <br> ...The Once and Future School is a valuable and important book. Herbst has produced the single best volume on the history of the American high school that we have to date, and, in the process, he raises some provocative questions about what secondary education in this country should look like in the twenty-first century American Journal ofEducation. Far more than a history of secondary education, this volume is a thoughtful perspective on how and what schooling can become in a restructured education system that provides lifelong careers in education. -- Choice Author InformationJurgen Herbst is Professor Emeritus of Educational Policy Studies and of History at University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has served as president of the American History of Education Society and of the International Standing Conference for the History of Education. His most recent book is And Sadly Teach, a history of teacher education in the United States. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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