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The Quest for a Science of Education in the Nineteenth Century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2017

James R. Robarts
James R. Robarts*
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Florida State University
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Extract

When one reads the records of nineteenth-century educators as they wrestled with the question, “Is there a discipline of education?” one finds them very often assuming or flatly asserting that there is or can be such a science and then devoting a major part of their attention to the need for the development of it. Throughout the period this need reflected two concerns: the quality of education and professional status.

Type
The Century of Hope I
Information
History of Education Quarterly , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , Winter 1968 , pp. 431 - 446
Copyright
Copyright © 1968 by New York University 

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