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National forces and local democratic voices: A historical comparative case study of the Rugg textbook controversy in two cities

机译:国民力量和地方民主声音:两个城市鲁格教科书争议的历史比较案例研究

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Harold Rugg, a prominent social studies advocate, wrote and edited a series of widely adopted social science textbooks, Man and His Changing Society, which became both popular and controversial in the late 1930s and early 1940s for its inquiry-based, critical approach to history and the social studies. This controversy is important because it demonstrates, in dramatic fashion on both a national and local level, the extent to which vested interests can shape the discourse of schooling and the development of curriculum. Feeling threatened by the content in the series, powerful national organizations, such as the Hearst Newspaper Organization, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the Advertising Federation of America, organized to expose what they believed to be questionable content in the textbooks and remove them from public secondary schools throughout the United States. The prevalent historical perspective of the controversy depicts the events as an organized corporate and conservative attack on progressive education, with the financial publisher, Bertie C. Forbes, as one of the leaders of the charge.;In this dissertation, I provide a historical descriptive narrative comparing two cities that became mired in the controversy --- Binghamton, New York and Englewood, New Jersey --- to illustrate the complexity of curriculum development and the importance of local voice in the decision-making process within the United States educational system. What transpired in these two cities is but a small chapter in the turbulent history of the social studies curriculum. Yet, their stories demonstrate how differently national political forces, powerful individuals, ideological movements, and community culture can influence curricular decisions and what is taught in public school. The fact that Rugg's textbooks had a lasting impact upon social studies textbook design, format, and instructional practice, indicates that the story of conservatives triumphing over progressive educators is much too simple. Even more telling, are the events in Englewood, New Jersey, where Forbes, an appointed member of the school board who became a nationally known opponent of Rugg, led an unsuccessful crusade to remove the books from where it mattered most, his own children's school. The merger of national and local forces in one major, forceful figure will reveal much about the way textbook and curricular decisions play out and how national forces influence the local scene.;This dissertation offers insight to school reformers, curriculum developers, social studies educators, and social studies teachers about the importance of local forces in the adoption of curriculum. As shown in the comparative case studies, curricular decision-making in this country is the result of a complex democratic process that requires a careful analysis to understand how certain forces affect the selection of teaching materials in public schools.
机译:著名的社会研究倡导者哈罗德·拉格(Harold Rugg)撰写和编辑了一系列被广泛采用的社会科学教科书《人与他的改变的社会》,该书以基于探究的批判性历史方法在1930年代末和1940年代初变得流行和争议和社会研究。这项争议之所以重要,是因为它在国家和地方层面以戏剧性的方式展示了既得利益集团可以在多大程度上影响着学校教育和课程发展。由于受到该系列内容的威胁,强大的国家组织(例如,赫斯特报纸组织,全国制造商协会和美国广告联合会)组织起来,揭露了他们认为是教科书中可疑内容的内容,并将其从中删除。全美国的公立中学。争议的普遍历史视角将这些事件描述为对进步教育的有组织的公司和保守的攻击,金融出版商Bertie C. Forbes是负责人之一。在本文中,我提供了历史描述叙述比较了陷入争议的两个城市-纽约的Binghamton和新泽西的Englewood-来说明课程开发的复杂性以及在美国教育体系内决策过程中当地声音的重要性。在这两个城市中发生的事情只是动荡的社会研究课程历史中的一小章。然而,他们的故事表明,国家政治力量,强大的个人,意识形态运动和社区文化如何不同地影响课程决策以及在公立学校教授的内容。拉格的教科书对社会研究教科书的设计,形式和教学实践产生了持久影响,这一事实表明,保守派战胜进步教育家的故事太简单了。更能说明问题的是新泽西州恩格尔伍德市的事件,福布斯是学校董事会的指定成员,后来成为全国知名的拉格的反对派,他率先进行了一次失败的十字军东征,将最重要的书籍从他自己的孩子的学校中删除。 。将国家和地方军队合并成一个主要的,有力的人物,将大大揭示教科书和课程决策的发挥方式以及国家军队如何影响当地情况。本论文为学校改革者,课程开发者,社会研究教育者,和社会研究教师,了解当地力量在采用课程中的重要性。如比较案例研究所示,该国的课程决策是复杂的民主进程的结果,需要仔细分析以了解某些力量如何影响公立学校教材的选择。

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  • 作者

    Poland, Karen Marie.;

  • 作者单位

    State University of New York at Binghamton.;

  • 授予单位 State University of New York at Binghamton.;
  • 学科 Social sciences education.;Curriculum development.;Education history.;Pedagogy.
  • 学位 Ed.D.
  • 年度 2014
  • 页码 285 p.
  • 总页数 285
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
  • 中图分类 水产、渔业;
  • 关键词

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