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xxi, 848 pages : 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

The ancient world: foundation elements of our western civilization Greece- Rome -- Christianity : The old Greek education : Greece and its people ; Early education in Greece -- Later Greek education : The new Greek education -- The education and work of Rome : The Romans and their mission ; The period of home education ; The transition to school education ; The school system as finally established ; Rome's contribution to civilization -- The rise and contribution of Christianity : The rise and victory of Christianity ; Educational and governmental organization of the early church ; What the Middle Ages started with -- The medieval world: the deluge of barbarism; the medieval struggle to preserve and reestablish civilization : New peoples in the empire -- Education during the early Middle Ages : Condition and preservation of learning -- Education during the early Middle Ages : Schools established and instruction provided -- Influences tending toward a revival of learning : Moslem learning from Spain ; The rise of scholastic theology ; Law and medicine as new studies ; Other new influences and movements -- The rise of the universities -- The transition from medieval to modern attitudes: recovery of the ancient learning; the reawakening of scholarship; and the rise of religious and scientific inquiry : The revival of learning -- Educational results of the revival of learning -- The revolt against authority -- Educational results of the protestant revolts : Among Lutherans and Anglicans -- Educational results of the protestant revolts : Among Calvinists and Catholics -- Education results of the protestant revolts : The reformation and American education -- The rise of scientific inquiry -- The new scientific method and the schools :Humanistic realism ; Social realism ; Sense realism ; Realism and the schools -- Theory and practice by the middle of the eighteenth century : Pre-eighteenth-century education theories ; Mid-eighteenth-century-educational conditions -- Modern times: the abolition of privilege; The rise of democracy ; A new theory for education evolved ; The state takes over the school : The eighteenth a transition century : Work of the benevolent despots of continental Europe ; The unsatisfied demand for reform in France ; England and the first democratic nation ; Institution of constitutional government and religious freedom in America ; The French revolution sweeps away ancient abuses -- The beginnings of national education :New conceptions of the education purpose ; The new state theory in France ; The new state theory in America -- A new theory and subject-matter for the elementary school : The new theory stated ; German attempts to work out a new theory ; The work and influence of Pestalozzi ; Redirection of the elementary school -- National organization in Prussia : The beginnings of the national organization ; A state school system at last created -- National organization in France and Italy : National organization in France ; National organization in Italy -- The struggle for national organization in England : The charitable-voluntary beginnings ; The period of philanthropic effort ; The struggle for national education ; The development of a national system -- Awakening an educational consciousness in the United States : Early national attitudes and interests ; Awakening an educational consciousness ; Social, political, and economic influences ; Alignment of interests and propaganda -- The American battle for free state schools : The battle for tax support ; The battle to eliminate the pauper-school idea ; The battle to make the schools entirely free ; The battle to establish school supervision ; The battle to eliminate sectarianism ; The battle to establish the American high school ; The state university crowns the system -- Education becomes a great national tool : Spread of the state-control idea ; New modifying forces ; Effect of these changes on education -- New conceptions of the educational process : The psychological organization of elementary instruction ; New ideas from Herbartian sources ; The kindergarten, play, and manual activities ; The addition of science study ; Social meaning of these changes -- New tendencies and expansions : Political ; Scientific ; Vocational ; Sociological ; The scientific organization of education -- The future

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