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Wagoner, Jennings Lee was born on July 26, 1938 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Son of Jennings Lee and Carolyn Nelme (Phifer) Wagoner.
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American Education: A History, 4e is a comprehensive, highly-regarded history of American education from pre-colonial times to the present. Chronologically organized, it provides an objective overview of each major period in the development of American education, setting the discussion against the broader backdrop of national and world events. The first text to explore Native American traditions (including education) prior to colonization, it also offers strong, ongoing coverage of minorities and women. Key points that define the fourth edition of this volume include: Balanced Perspective – The authors provide contrasting views of American educational traditions, reforms, and theories in order to maintain a balanced view of events. They focus on conflicts, compromises and outcomes (positive and negative) that have defined America’s educational past and that shape its future options. They also set discussions against the broader backdrop of national and world events. Pre-colonial Focus – A unique and much praised opening chapter discusses the educational traditions of Native Americans and the two-way learning exchanges that occurred between two distinct "old world" cultures, that is, between Native American and European cultures. The Indians taught as well as learned from the colonists. No other text has this feature. Cultural Conflict Focus – Throughout the text attention is paid to the cultural conflicts embedded in the majority-minority struggles of Native Americans and various immigrant groups throughout the nation’s history. Chapter 5: Class, Caste and Education in the South provides an in-depth analysis of the educational legacy of Southern culture throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Readability – Reviewers have labeled this the "best written text on the market" in terms of style, clarity and interest. "It’s clarity and readability differentiate it from other books." Changes – The fourth edition will include more visual illustrations as well as substantial new material. A new epilogue adds closing comments on the present and future prospects for American education.
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"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be," wrote Thomas Jefferson, the nation's first "education president." Spurred by this conviction that the new United States would survive only if it encouraged education at all levels, Jefferson struggled unsuccessfully for four decades to establish a system of publicly supported elementary and secondary schools. The book explores Jefferson's efforts to advance publicly supported education, beginning in Virginia with the first bill he introduced promoting "the more general diffusion of knowledge," and continuing with national initiatives, including the founding of the United States Military Academy at West Point. The book concludes with what Jefferson called "the hobby of my old age" the establishment of the University of Virginia, where he designed the buildings, selected the faculty, planned the curriculum, and served at first rector. Written by Jennings L. Wagoner, Jr., a professor of the history of education in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia.
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American Education: A History, 5e is a comprehensive, highly-regarded history of American education from pre-colonial times to the present. Chronologically organized, it provides an objective overview of each major period in the development of American education, setting the discussion against the broader backdrop of national and world events. The first text to explore Native American traditions (including education) prior to colonization, it also offers strong, ongoing coverage of minorities and women. New to this much-anticipated fifth edition is substantial expanded attention to the discussions of Native American education to reflect recent scholarship, the discussion of teachers and teacher leaders, and the educational developments and controversies of the 21st century.
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Wagoner, Jennings Lee was born on July 26, 1938 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Son of Jennings Lee and Carolyn Nelme (Phifer) Wagoner.
Bachelor, Wake Forest University, 1960. Master of Arts in Teaching, Duke University, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1968.
Teacher High Point Public Schools, North Carolina, 1960-1962. Instructor Wake Forest University, 1962-1965. Teaching associate Ohio State University, 1965-1968.
From assistant professor to professor of history of education University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1968, director Center for Study Higher Education, 1975-1985, chairman leadership and policy studies, 1985-1987, distinguished professor Curry School Education University of Virginia, 1987, William C. Parrish Junior Endowed professor, 1994.
Visiting research scholar Harvard University, 1972, University of California, Berkeley, 1984. Visiting professor Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 1992.
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( American Education: A History, 4e is a comprehensive, h...)
( American Education: A History, 5e is a comprehensive, h...)
Member.History of Education Society (president 1983-1985, board directors 1979-1981), American Ednl. Research Association (Vice-President division F 1981-1983), Organisation American Historians, American Ednl. Studies Association (board directors), Association Study Higher Education, Raven Society, Outward Bound, Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Delta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa (faculty advisor), Golden Key National Honor Society.
Married Shirley Canady, August 12, 1962. Children: David Carroll, Brian Jennings.