Please note this is a ‘Palgrave to Order’ title. Stock of this book requires shipment from an overseas supplier. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. This book grapples with two basic questions. What is history? And How can history help illuminate contemporary concerns about the nature and character of America’s schools? From antiquity to the postmodern present, history has served multiple purposes, including a basic human need to learn from what came before. Americans hav...
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Introduction PART I: HISTORY AND ITS USES On the Nature and Purpose of History What History Teaches About the Impact of Educational Research Upon Practice PART II...
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WILLIAM J. REESE is Professor of Educational Policy Studies, History, and European Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.