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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Geitz, Henry//Heideking, Juergen//Herbst, Jurgen |
| Title, Monographic | German Influences on Education in the United States to 1917 |
| Place of Publication | Washington, D.C. ; Cambridge ; New York |
| Publisher | German Historical Institute; Cambridge University Press |
| Date of Publication | 1995 |
| Extent of Work | vi, 301 |
| Packaging Method (e.g., pp.) | pp. |
| Notes | ; book, in MadCat. |
| Abstract | This book represents the result of recent historical research by German and American scholars on German influences on education in the United States during the 19th century. The authors deal with all aspects of education, from kindergarten through primary and secondary education to universities. Contents: Part One: Americans and Germans Look at Each Other's Schools. "American Observations Concerning the Prussian Educational System in the Nineteenth Century," by Karl-Ernst Jeismann -- "Interdependence between Democratic Pedagogy in Germany and the Development of Education in the United States in the Nineteenth Century," by Karl-Heinz Guenther -- "Prussian Volksschulen through American Eyes: Two Perspectives on Curriculum and Teaching from the 1890s," by Gregory P. Wegner -- "American Responses to German Continuation Schools during the Progressive Era," by Derek S. Linton. Part Two: Varieties of Teachers and Styles of Teaching. "American and German Women in the Kindergarten Movement, 1850-1914," by Ann Taylor Allen -- "German Ideas and Practice in American Natural History Museums," by Sally Gregory Kohlstedt -- "Schoolmarm, Volkserzieher, Kantor, and Schulschwester: German Teachers among Immigrants during the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century," by Juliane Jacobi -- "German Models, American Ways: The 'New Movement' among American Physics Teachers, 1905-1909," by Kathryn M. Olesko. Part Three: German Schools in America. "The von Mosheim Society and the Preservation of German Education and Culture in the New Republic, 1789-1813," by Anthony Gregg Roeber -- "The German-English Academy, the National German-American Teachers' Seminary, and the Public School System in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1851-1919," by Bettina Goldberg. Part Four: The German Influence on Higher Education. "American Students in Germany, 1815-1914: The Structure of German and U.S. Matriculants at Goettingen University," by Konrad H. Jarausch -- "Philip Schaff: His Role in American Evangelical Education," by Gary K. Pranger -- "German Influence on the Higher Education of American Women, 1865-1914," by James C. Albisetti -- "Basil L. Gildersleeve: The Formative Influence," by Ward W. Briggs -- "A Mediator between Two Historical Worlds: Hermann Eduard von Holst and the University of Chicago," by Joerg Nagler -- "German Influences on American Clinical Medicine, 1870-1914," by Thomas N. Bonner. |
| Call Number | MKI/MEM LA 216 G47 1995 |
| MKI Terms | Education/ United States/ History/ German influence/ German Americans |