A Passion for Learning: The Education of Seven Eminent Americans

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Teachers College Press, 03/04/2005 - 183 páginas
In his engaging new book, Philip Cusick puts the personal back into education by examining the educational experiences of seven eminent American, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, Jane Addams, W.E.B. Du Bois, Eleanor Roosevelt, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Dorothy Day. Devoting a chapter to each, Cusick describes what they learned, how they learned, what they called their education, and how they used education to establish their place in the world. More than providing just a series of personal histories, Cusick argues that the discourse about education has turned into a discourse about educational institutions. But his descriptions show that one can talk about education without talking about schools, talk about learning without talking about the state curriculum, talk about achievement without talking about test scores, and talk about accountability without talking about teacher preparation.
 

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Introduction
1
Benjamin Franklin 17061789
5
Abraham Lincoln 18091865
26
Jane Addams 18601935
47
W E B Du Bois 18681963
69
Eleanor Roosevelt 18841962
91
J Robert Oppenheimer 19041967
113
Dorothy Day 18971980
134
Lives of Learning
155
REFERENCES
165
INDEX
173
ABOUT THE AUTHOR 183
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Philip A. Cusick is a professor and chair of the Department of Educational Administration at Michigan State University.

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