Provides information on the life and work of Maria Montessori along with an abridged and annotated edition of 'The Montessori Method.'

Provides information on the life and work of Maria Montessori along with an abridged and annotated edition of 'The Montessori Method.'

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Product Description: An ambitious, comprehensive account of the events and forces that shaped education in America! Those interested in how the patterns and cycles of education have been molded by historical events, as well as some of the people who crafted them, will benefit from this well-written, well-documented text...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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This comprehensive volume examines the impact on education of such momentous world events as the ascendancy of neo-Conservatism, the collapse of the Soviet system, the end of the Cold War, the reunification of Germany, and the resurgence of ethnonationalism. It creates an historical perspective by identifying and analyzing the significant formative ideas and institutions that have shaped the Western educational heritage. Not-for-sale instructor resource material available to college and university faculty only; contact publisher directly. Titles of related interest from Waveland Press: Gutek, American Education in a Global Society: International and Comparative Perspectives, Second Edition (ISBN 9781577664048) and Gutek, An Historical Introduction to American Education, Third Edition (ISBN 9781577667520). (view table of contents)

Describes museum villages in the mid-American states

Describes museum villages in the western states and includes archaeological sites