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1、 The Tragedy of American School Reform 9780230107984_01_prexiv.indd i9780230107984_01_prexiv.indd i3/7/2011 2:35:40 PM3/7/2011 2:35:40 PM Also by Ronald W. Evans The Hope for American School Reform: The Cold War Pursuit of Inquiry Learning in Social Studies This Happened in America: Harold Rugg and
2、the Censure of Social Studies The Social Studies Wars: What Should We Teach the Children? The Handbook on Teaching Social Issues (coeditor) 9780230107984_01_prexiv.indd ii9780230107984_01_prexiv.indd ii3/7/2011 2:35:40 PM3/7/2011 2:35:40 PM The Tragedy of American School Reform How Curriculum Politi
3、cs and Entrenched Dilemmas Have Diverted Us from Democracy Ronald W. Evans 9780230107984_01_prexiv.indd iii9780230107984_01_prexiv.indd iii3/7/2011 2:35:40 PM3/7/2011 2:35:40 PM THE TRAGEDY OF AMERICAN SCHOOL REFORM Copyright Ronald W. Evans, 2011. All rights reserved. Portions of Chapter 1 are adap
4、ted from “National Security Trumps Social Progress: The Era of the New Social Studies in Retrospect.” by Ronald W. Evans, 2010, in Barbara Slater-Stern, (ed.), The New Social Studies: People, Politics and Perspectives, 140. Copyright 2010 by Information Age Publishing. Adapted with permission. First
5、 published in 2011 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN in the United Statesa division of St. Martins Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in
6、 England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave and Macmillan are registered trademarks in the United States, the United King
7、dom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 9780230107984 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Evans, Ronald W. The tragedy of American school reform : how curriculum politics and entrenched dilemmas have diverted us from democracy / Ronald W. Evans. p. cm. ISBN-13: 9780230107984 (hardback)
8、 ISBN-10: 0230107982 1. Social studiesStudy and teachingUnited States. 2. Educational changeUnited States. I. Title. LB1585.3.E93 2011 300.719073dc22 2011005469 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edit
9、ion: May 2011 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America. 9780230107984_01_prexiv.indd iv9780230107984_01_prexiv.indd iv3/7/2011 2:35:40 PM3/7/2011 2:35:40 PM This book is dedicated to my late mentor, Richard E. Gross, who read a previous draft manuscript and remarked, “This is wha
10、t weve been up against for all these years.” 9780230107984_01_prexiv.indd v9780230107984_01_prexiv.indd v3/7/2011 2:35:41 PM3/7/2011 2:35:41 PM 9780230107984_01_prexiv.indd vi9780230107984_01_prexiv.indd vi3/7/2011 2:35:41 PM3/7/2011 2:35:41 PM Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi In
11、troduction: Challenges of Curriculum Development 1 The Problem 4 Part I Changes 1 The New Social Studies 9 Cold War Origins 9 Emergence 15 The Projects 20 Concerns and Critiques 23 Reform in Perspective 24 2 The Newer Social Studies 27 1968: The Year Everything Changed 28 The New- Wave Critique of S
12、chooling 35 New Trends in Social Studies 46 Conclusion 57 3 Larger Trends in Schools 59 Open Education 60 Multicultural Education 64 Critical Pedagogy 68 Behind the Newer Social Studies 72 Influence in Schools 75 Conclusion 79 Part II Reaction 4 Aftermath: “We Face a National Conspiracy” 83 Academic
13、 Freedom Cases 84 The Fenton Textbook Controversy 86 9780230107984_01_prexiv.indd vii9780230107984_01_prexiv.indd vii3/7/2011 2:35:41 PM3/7/2011 2:35:41 PM viii Contents The Kanawha County War 91 Conclusion 97 5 The MACOS Controversy and Beyond 99 Initial Confrontations 100 Nationwide Controversy 11
14、4 Who Were the Critics? 119 Controversy in Congress 127 Conclusion 146 6 The Conservative Restoration 149 Books Burning in Indiana 149 The Conservative Restoration in School and Society 155 A Nation at Risk? 165 The Revival of Traditional History 171 Explaining the Conservative Restoration 178 Concl
15、usion 182 Part III Making Sense 7 Can We Transcend the Grammar of Social Studies? 185 Status Studies 186 Constancy and Change 192 The Grammar of Social Studies 196 Failure of the New and Newer Social Studies 203 Conclusion: Reflections on Education for Democracy 209 Dissonance 210 Can We Make a Diff
16、erence? 211 Lasting Impressions 213 List of Abbreviations 217 List of Manuscript Collections Abbreviated in Notes 221 Notes 223 Index 251 9780230107984_01_prexiv.indd viii9780230107984_01_prexiv.indd viii3/7/2011 2:35:41 PM3/7/2011 2:35:41 PM Illustrations (Following Page 98) 1 Jerome S. Bruner 2 Edwin P. Fenton 3 Alice Moore Reelection Poster 4 Mel and Norma Gabler 5 Robert Welch, founder of the John Birch Society 6 Peter B. Dow 7 Jigging
