Browsing by Subject "Education, History of."
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Arabic contributions to educational thought /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1972) -
Barbara Andress: Her career and contributions to early childhood music education.
(1999)Barbara Andress is an internationally known music educator, author, artist, designer of early childhood materials and instruments, clinician, and organizational leader who has dedicated nearly 50 years of her life to music ... -
Boyd H. Bode and the theory of democracy :
(The University of Oklahoma., 1979) -
Charles Duncan McIver: Educational statesman.
(2002)A biography of Charles Duncan McIver, a New South educational reformer from North Carolina. -
Clara Luper: A Historical Example for Contemporary Teacher Activists
(2018-01)The purpose of this thesis is to provide contemporary teacher activists resisting against the racism of the New Jim Crow with a historical template for engaging in activism, through the biography of Clara Luper as a political ... -
Coming of age in Oklahoma: Stories girls tell about learning to live wisely and well.
(2006)These questions arise in response to new scholarly and popular literature on girls (Harris, 2004; Brown, 1999; Pipher, 1994) and to the reported comparatively low status of women in Oklahoma (Community Council of Central ... -
A critical analysis of the education thought of Harold Laski /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1967) -
A critical analysis of the educational philosophy of T.S. Eliot /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1970) -
A critical comparison of the educational theories of five educational sociologists /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1974) -
A critical study of the educational thought of Isocrates.
(1982)Athens in the fourth century was socially chaotic, suffering from the consequences of the Peloponnesian War and the failure of the Golden Age. Many leading thinkers sought to restore stability and greatness to Athens through ... -
A critical study of the social and educational perspective of Walter Lippmann /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1971) -
Dr. Gary Garner, Director of Bands at West Texas A&M University, 1963--2002: His career and teachings.
(2006)The purpose of this study was to provide insight into the career and teachings of Dr. Gary Garner who served as the Director of Bands at West Texas A&M University from 1963 to 2002. His legacy as a director began after he ... -
The educational thought of Herbert Marcuse /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1975) -
Excluding the masses: Aptitude in classical and modern rhetorical theory.
(2003)In my discussions of how aptitude operates in the composition theory of the United States, I explore current-traditional, expressivist, and social rhetorics. Although classical commonplaces persist, I argue that American ... -
Exploring the transition from a pre-modern to modern conceptualization of the natural world: Implications for a more connected approach to contemporary education.
(2006)Modernist science is a discourse that separates us externally from our environment, socially from one another, and internally within ourselves. This study not only examines the role education plays in developing our ... -
Fancy and imagination: Cultivating sympathy and envisioning the natural world for the modern child.
(2006)This dissertation examines the attitudes that scientists, educators, and nature-writers held toward fancy and imagination in nature-study and nature books for children around the turn of the century. In a period where ... -
Foundations of Afrocentric thought and practice and its implications as an alternative educational philosophy for African American individual and community empowerment.
(1999)Afrocentricism stems from a total attempt by African Americans to define themselves based on their own value system and their interpretation of reality in which they find themselves without Eurocentric interference, ...