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School and Society: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, 4/e
Stephen E. Tozer, The University of Illinois, Chicago
Paul C. Violas
Guy Senese, Northern Arizona University
Liberty and Literacy: The Jeffersonian Era

LIBERTY AND LITERACY: THE JEFFERSONIAN ERA


Introduction: Why Jefferson?

Political Economy of the Jeffersonian Era

  • Geography, Transportation, and Communication
  • The Family and Agrarian Society
  • Early American Governance

Ideology of the Jeffersonian Era

  • The Breakdown of Feudalism
  • The Classical Roots of Liberal Ideology
  • Jefferson as Classical Liberal
  • Jefferson and Intellectual Freedom
  • Jefferson, Democracy, and Education
  • Jefferson as Realist
  • Government by a "Natural Aristocracy"

Jefferson's Plan for Popular Education

  • Elementary School Districts
  • Grammar Schools
  • University Education
  • Self-Education
  • Educational Method and "Faculty Psychology"
  • Jefferson's Views on Slavery, Native Americans, and Women

Concluding Remarks

Primary Source Reading: Thoughts upon the Mode of Education Proper in a Republic

Questions for Discussion and Examination









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