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This volume is the result of an invitation from Leonard Waks to me to solicit essays from leaders in the field of history of education about their personal and academic backgrounds and how they came to work in this field. It is the third in a series, preceded by volumes in philosophy of education and curriculum studies. Initially, like in the two predecessor volumes, the plan was to involve contributors...
I have had one previous experience in doing an autobiography. That essay, “Wayne’s World, Growing Up in Cleveland Ohio,” was published in 1996.1 It detailed my family background (third generation Polish American), my early religion (Roman Catholic), and an education through the bachelor’s degree spent in public schools and Catholic schools in and around Cleveland, Ohio. I graduated from John Carroll...
This volume consists of twenty six autobiographical essays by leading historians of American education which document the enormous variety of paths taken to get into this field. A companion to earlier volumes on philosophy of education and curriculum studies, the historians in this volume reflect a wide variety of interests that underlay accomplishment in this scholarly field. They come from diverse...
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