Stories of the Eight-Year Study: Reexamining Secondary Education in America

By Craig Kridel and Robert V. Bullough

Book Overview

An in-depth analysis of one of the most important educational experiments of the twentieth century.

Winner of the 2008 AERA Division B Outstanding Book Award

Presenting the first complete history of the Progressive Education Association's Eight-Year Study, which took place during the 1930s and the 1940s, this book corrects common misinterpretations of one of the most important educational experiments of the twentieth century and explores the study's value for reexamining secondary education in America today.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791470547
• ISBN13: 9780791470541
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher