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The Imperfect Panacea

The Imperfect Panacea more books like this

by Henry J Perkinson

This short history of American Education examines our nation's peculiar faith in the power of its schools to solve its various social problems. Focusing mainly on the post Civil War period, it shows how our early public school system was used in an attempt to solve such problems as racial inequality, urban decay, unemployment, and nationalization. ...

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Two Hundred Years of American Educational Thought

Two Hundred Years of American Educational Thought more books like this

by Henry J Perkinson (Editor)

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Getting Better: Television and Moral Progress more books like this

by Henry J Perkinson

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Since Socrates: Studies in the History of Western Educational Thought more books like this

by Henry J Perkinson

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The Imperfect Panacea: American Faith in Education, 1865-1990 more books like this

by Henry J Perkinson

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The imperfect panacea; American faith in education, 1865-1965 more books like this

by Henry J. Perkinson

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Resolve to Live as a Grown-Up

Resolve to Live as a Grown-Up more books like this

by Henry J Perkinson

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No Safety in Numbers: How the Computer Quantified Everything and Made People Risk-Aversive more books like this

by Henry J Perkinson

This work addresses the social and cultural aspects of computing. Its perspective is that computers encode the world mathematically and statistically, and that this knowledge has resulted in an increased awareness of risks in all sectors of social life, making people avoid risk.

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The Inevitability of Conservatism

The Inevitability of Conservatism more books like this

by Henry J Perkinson

Why is conservatism inevitable? Political conservatives want to preserve constitutional government; economic conservatives want to maintain the free, competitive market; cultural conservatives want to protect the traditional cultural institutionsaathe family, religious institutions, schools, and local communities. This book argues that all ...

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The possibilities of error; an approach to education more books like this

by Henry J. Perkinson

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Teachers Without Goals, Students Without Purposes more books like this

by Henry J Perkinson

This is a short treatise that challenges the theory of knowledge supporting contemporary educational practice. This prevailing theory of knowledge holds that schools and teachers should be responsible for transmiting to students a fixed body of knowledge (educational goals). Perkinson challenges this theory with another developed by Karl Popper ...

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How Things Got Better: Speech, Writing, Printing, and Cultural Change

How Things Got Better: Speech, Writing, Printing, and Cultural Change more books like this

by Henry J Perkinson, Henry J Parkinson

This work argues that media of communication has played a pivotal role in improving lives. The author shows how human speech enabled people to construct social arrangements that improved their life chances. The invention of writing and the printing press further improved their chances.

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Knowledge and Fallibilism: Essays on Improving Education more books like this

by Ronald M Swartz, Henry J Perkinson, Stephenie Edgerton

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Learning from Our Mistakes: A Reinterpretation of Twentieth-Century Educational Theory

Learning from Our Mistakes: A Reinterpretation of Twentieth-Century Educational Theory more books like this

by Henry J Perkinson

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Flight from Fallibility: How Theory Triumphed Over Experience in the West

Flight from Fallibility: How Theory Triumphed Over Experience in the West more books like this

by Henry J Perkinson

Examines the threats caused by theorists who quest for certain knowledge over experience. Perkinson provides an original historical interpretation that shows how our intellectual, political, economic, and social institutions emerged out of and are based upon the acceptance of human fallibilty. However, ever since Plato, theorists have tried to ...

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