Civic learning through agricultural improvement : bringing "the loom and the anvil into proximity with the plow"

• Main Author: Lauzon, Glenn P. (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2011.
• Series: Studies in the history of education (Greenwich, Conn.)
• Subjects: Agricultural conservation > Middle West > 19th century.; Service learning > Middle West > 19th century.; Social participation > Middle West > 19th century.; Social Science > Anthropology > Cultural & Social.; History of education.; Social and cultural anthropology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806616848
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-61735-149-5
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 240 pages)

How do people use education to respond to change? How do people learn what is expected of 'good citizens' in their communities? These questions have long concerned educational historians, civic educators, and social scientists. In recent years, they have captured national attention through...