Research Catalog

Title

A disciplined progressive educator : the life and career of William Chandler Bagley / J. Wesley Null.

Author

Null, J. Wesley, 1973-

Publication

New York : P. Lang, c2003.

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Description

xxvi, 341 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

History of schools & schooling ; v. 43

Uniform Title

History of schools and schooling ; v. 43.

Subject

• Bagley, William C. 1874-1946
• Educators > United States > Biography
• Progressive education > United States > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-327) and index.

Contents

Introduction, William Chandler Bagley : a complex and misunderstood professor of education -- Childhood, politics, education, and the beginning of a professional career (1874-1902) -- A Cornell graduate in the mountains of Montana (1902-1906) -- On the way to bigger things : a short stay in Oswego (1906-1908) -- Education and pedagogy at Illinois and the rise to national prominence (1908-1914) -- Final years at Illinois, a year of wartime service, and arrival at Teachers College (1914-1918) -- Early years at Teachers College, the dangers of determinism, and "the most amazing phenomena" (1918-1934) -- Later years at Teachers College, educational philosophy, and plans for essentialism (1934-1938) -- From footnote to headlines in Atlantic City (1938-1939) -- A scholar to the end (1939-1946) -- Epilogue, disciplined progressive pedagogy : Bagley's moral challenge.

Call Number

JFE 05-11970

ISBN

0820469092 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2003011192

OCLC

52288301

Author

Null, J. Wesley, 1973-

Title

A disciplined progressive educator : the life and career of William Chandler Bagley / J. Wesley Null.

Imprint

New York : P. Lang, c2003.

Series

History of schools & schooling ; v. 43

History of schools and schooling ; v. 43.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-327) and index.

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Research Call Number

JFE 05-11970