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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Pitzer, Donald E. |
| Title, Analytic | Progressive Education in Harmonist New Harmony: 1814-1824 |
| Journal Title | Contemporary Education |
| Date of Publication | 1987 |
| Volume ID | 58 |
| Issue ID | 2 |
| Location in Work | 67-73 |
| Abstract | This article examines the educational views of George Rapp, the founder of the New Harmony, Indiana, community of religious separatists, and the education of its members. Education was made to serve the communal group and the movement which it represented. It could ensure literacy, supply a rising generation equipped with essential practical skills and provide cultural enrichment in a process of lifelong learning. It also permitted the teaching not only of English, but also the German language and ethnic uniqueness of their native Wuerttemberg. Through education the younger generation and new members could be indoctrinated, values could be substantiated or altered, outside influences could be modified or eliminated, talents of service to the community could be cultivated, and propaganda could be disseminated. In total, education could help prepare the sanctified Harmonist community for its predestined role of leadership during the soon-expected return of Christ. |
| Call Number | MKI P87-153 |
| MKI Terms | New Harmony (Ind.)/ Harmony Society/ Indiana/ Education/ Rapp, George, 1757-1847/ German Americans -- Indiana/ Teaching |