Liberal Education and American Schooling

 Thomas R. McCambridge
Ph. D. dissertation (UCLA, 1997)

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Liberal Education and the American Experiment
  1. Introduction
  2. On the Possibility of Definition
  3. Presuppositions on which rest the definition of liberal education
  4. The Greek Origins of the Western Tradition of Education
  5. The Christian Origins of the Western Tradition of Education
  6. Liberal Education as Process and Principle
  7. Modernity and the End of Liberal Education
  8. Schooling as Utility
  9. Individualism, Community, and American Schooling
Chapter 2: American Schooling as Utilitarian, Part I
  1. Introduction
  2. A History of Schooling for Utility
  3. The Triumph of Industrialism, the Growth of Cities, and the Rise of the High School
  4. The Committee of Ten and The History Ten
  5. The Cardinal Principles and the Committee on Social Studies
  6. Conclusion
Chapter 3: American Schooling as Utilitarian, Part II
  1. Progressive Schooling after the Cardinal Principles
  2. Progressive Politics and Schooling in Los Angeles, 1879-1925
  3. The "Great Debate," 1945-1960
  4. Schooling and National Security
  5. Liberal Education Attempts a Comeback
  6. Education for National Security Redux
  7. An Overview, 1893-1993
Chapter 4: An Argument for Liberal Education
  1. Introduction
  2. Arguments Against Utilitarianism
  3. Arguments For Freedom
  4. Arguments Against Liberal Education
  5. Toward a Definition of Liberal Education
  6. Inadequate Arguments for Liberal Education
  7. Liberal Education as Its Own Justification
  8. How Liberal Education Argues for Democracy
  9. The Necessity of Authority for Democracy
  10. Liberal Education as the Source of Authority in a Democracy
  11. Conclusion
Bibliography

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Andrew Chrucky, Jan. 12, 2000