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William McGuffey : mentor to American industry /

Thanks to William Holmes McGuffey, frontier America's literacy rate was the world's highest, producing four generations of American leadership in the arts, science, and engineering. In his much-loved series of readers, McGuffey revolutionized education in America, merging basic principles...

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Main Author: Skrabec, Quentin R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Algora Pub., ©2009.
Subjects:
McGuffey, William Holmes, > 1800-1873.
Educators > United States > Biography.
Moral education > United States > History.
Readers > History.
Biographies.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780875867281
0875867286
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central

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505 0 0 |t Introduction --  |t Frontier Scotch and Scotch-Irish --  |t A rich heritage --  |t The early education of William Holmes McGuffey --  |t Transylvania --  |t The Miami years --  |t College of teachers --  |t Cincinnati --  |t Ohio University --  |t Woodward College --  |t University of Virginia professor --  |t The Civil War and final years --  |t The one-room school house --  |t The McGuffey Reader --  |t An American view of education --  |t Pedagogy and methodology --  |t A common vision --  |t McGuffeyland capitalism --  |t McGuffeyland morals and patriotism --  |r The legacy of the man and his books. 
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