The Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia, 1905-2005: Preparing Men and Women for Leadership in Scientific Educational Work
Books / Hardcover
ISBN: 0977631206 / Publisher: University of Virginia Press, May 2006
In celebration of a century of preparing teachers for the classroom, this volume offers a chronological account of the U. of Virginia's Curry School of Education from its founding to the present day. Drawing upon extensive archival research, Wilson (who teaches there) describes how the school and its programs developed over the years in response to the changing needs of the nation's educational system. The volume is illustrated throughout with b&w photographs. Oversize: 9.5x11.75". Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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In 1905, as the University of Virginia inaugurated him as its first president, the revered southern educator Edwin Anderson Alderman proposed an education school, despite the thriving existence of normal teachers’ colleges, primarily female, throughout the state. John D. Rockefeller Sr. donated $100,000 in support, and the Curry Memorial School of Education was born.In the century since, the Curry School of Education has grown and solidified, struggled and diversified, and raised its expectations and its visibility. It has steered a dedicated course through the challenges of depression, war, student disaffection, and faculty debate by holding true to the visions of Jefferson and Alderman. Always attuned to and often leading the discussion about current educational theories, Curry School faculty, students, and graduates represent the evolution of American education during the twentieth century and into the twenty-first.From its original founding in 1905 to the visions it is now creating for the teachers and children of tomorrow, the Curry School of Education has a distinguished and significant history. In this centennial volume, Eleanor Vernon Wilson chronicles the decisions, responses, programs, initiatives, and accomplishments that together form the panoramic history of the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia.
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