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The American Public School (Finney)

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A Macmillan survey textbook for normal school students covering the historical development of American public education and major European educational influences.

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  • The American Public School (Finney), a survey history of American public education for beginning teachers: A Macmillan textbook covering the Colonial period through the Recent Period (1890-1920), with chapters on Rousseau, Pestalozzi, Herbart, and Froebel, designed for normal school students. The reviewer calls it "a brief survey, made concrete by the inclusion of numerous pictures, charts and diagrams" that should help make beginning teachers intelligent about public education's historical development. (Rugg (1921))

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  • Rugg, E. U. (1921). New Publications. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=Journal+of+Educational+Psychology
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title The American Public School (Finney)
description A Macmillan survey textbook for normal school students covering the historical development of American public education and major European educational influences.
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