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Saber-tooth curriculum : including other lectures in the history of paleolithic education
- Title
- Saber-tooth curriculum : including other lectures in the history of paleolithic education / by J. Abner Peddiwell and several tequila daisies ; as told to Raymond Wayne ; with a foreword by Harold Benjamin.
- Author
- Benjamin, Harold Raymond Wayne, 1893-1969.
- Publication
- New York ; London : McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1939.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | LA23 .B43 1939 | Off-site |
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- Description
- [2], xiii, [1], 139, [5] pages (first 2 pages and last 5 pages blank) : illustrations; 20 cm
- Summary
- "A classic of educational criticism proves its relevance in light of today's educational quandaries First published by McGraw-Hill in 1939, The Saber-Tooth Curriculum was a groundbreaking satire of the educational establishment, and its unwillingness to adapt to changing times. Throughout the decades, this witty work has not only become an educational classic, but has also remained as relevant and applicable to the key questions in education today as it was when first published. With tongue firmly in cheek, Peddiwell takes on the conflicting philosophies of education, from its imagined origins at the dawn of time to its culmination in a ritualistic, deeply entrenched social institution with rigidly prescribed norms and procedures. Developed within a fanciful framework of fictional lectures, given by fictional author Professor J. Abner Peddiwell, doyen in the History of Education at Petaluma State College, this humorous fable illustrates the progress of education and gives valuable insights into how it could continue to develop in the decades to come."--Desc. of new 2004 ed., via amazon.ca
- Subject
- College teachers > Fiction
- Education > Curricula
- Wit and humor
- Education
- Curriculum
- Wit and Humor as Topic
- curricula
- humor
- Wit and humor
- Education > Curricula
- College teachers
- Geschiedenisonderwijs
- Education
- Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) > Fiction
- Mexico > Tijuana (Baja California)
- Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland
- Genre/Form
- Fictional Work
- Fiction
- Fantasy fiction.
- Fiction.
- American wit and humor.
- Romans.
- Note
- Illustrated t.-p. on two leaves.
- Contents
- Foreword of the Classic Edition / John I. Goodlad -- Introduction / R. Lee Hornbake -- The saber-tooth curriculum / J. Abner Peddiwell -- A historical note on this book and its author / Curtis G. Benjamin -- Under his own command: the careers of Harold R.W. Benjamin / Franklin Parker.
- ISBN
- 0070491518
- 9780070491519
- LCCN
- 39004058
- OCLC
- ocm02709342
- 2709342
- SCSB-182281
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library