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A History of Issues in Secondary Education

by Robert H. Beck - 1976

In the history of education all issues with which the writer is familiar have originated in what people have thought desirable for education. Thus, the history of issues in American secondary education involves perceptions of, and sometimes debates on, what is desirable. In this discussion, we shall deal with a few crucial issues, which we shall call core issues, plus a very few conjoint issues. Both will be discussed in terms of their respective social and cultural milieus, and within broad periods of time.

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This article originally appeared as NSSE Yearbook Vol 75, No. 2.

Cite This Article as: Teachers College Record Volume 77 Number 6, 1976, p. 30-64
https://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 19099, Date Accessed: 7/13/2020 4:24:19 PM

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Robert Beck University of Minnesota ROBERT H. BECK is a Regents' professor at the University of Minnesota.

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