Thomas Jefferson and the Development of American Public EducationExamination of Jefferson's innovations and achievements. Also considers the relevance to today's education. |
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... Jeffer- son speak for himself . The earliest account of his educational pro- posal of 1779 ( apart from the bill itself ) is contained in a book pub- lished while Jefferson was in Paris in 1785 but written to a con- siderable extent ...
... Jeffer- son speak for himself . The earliest account of his educational pro- posal of 1779 ( apart from the bill itself ) is contained in a book pub- lished while Jefferson was in Paris in 1785 but written to a con- siderable extent ...
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... Jeffer- son's selective principles - in essence scholarship proposals — for the present generation of Americans ? Over the years their relevance has been slight indeed . Has the situation radically altered ? I believe it has ...
... Jeffer- son's selective principles - in essence scholarship proposals — for the present generation of Americans ? Over the years their relevance has been slight indeed . Has the situation radically altered ? I believe it has ...
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... Jeffer- son was becoming more interested in a university than in the other parts of his total scheme for education . The educational innovator of 1779 had to some degree lost interest in the most novel parts of his own invention . 10 ...
... Jeffer- son was becoming more interested in a university than in the other parts of his total scheme for education . The educational innovator of 1779 had to some degree lost interest in the most novel parts of his own invention . 10 ...
Contents
JEFFERSON AS AN EDUCATIONAL INNOVATOR | 1 |
THE FATE OF Jeffersons Proposals in the Nineteenth | 20 |
THE RELEVANCE of Jeffersons IDEAS TODAY | 41 |
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