Printer Friendly VersionHISTORY/PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL REFORM
American as Public School
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JMU Media Resources Videotape no.6907
Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities and Sciences, c2001
1 videocassette (55 min.) VHS
Describes how massive immigration, child labor laws, and the growth of cities increased school attendance and changed public education in America during the first half of the twentieth century. Looks at the ideas of John Dewey, the effects of IQ tests, the "life adjustment" curriculum, and Cold War politics on students
Series School, the story of American public education ; episode 2, 1900-1950
School, the story of American public education (Television program)
Education -- United States -- History
Public schools -- United States -- History
Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise
Memorial Hall-ETMC 344.0798 Bey
Harriman, NY : Distributed by Firelight Media, c2004
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) DVD
Explores the legacy and impact of Brown vs. Board of Education, the 1954 Supreme Court decision ending legal segregation in American education
Brown, Oliver, 1918- -- Trials, litigation, etc
Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education -- Trials, litigation, etc
Documentary films
Segregation in education -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Discrimination in education -- Law and legislation -- United States
The Bottom Line
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JMU Media Resources Videotape no.6909
Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities and Sciences, c2001
1 videocassette (55 min.) VHS
Tells how the 1983 report "Nation at Risk" damaged public confidence in America's school system and spurred attempts at educational reform. Looks at such things as vouchers, charter schools, and privatization as challenges to the historical concept of a common school
Series School, the story of American public education ; episode 4, 1980-the present
School, the story of American public education (Television program)
Education -- United States -- History
Public schools -- United States -- History
Educational change -- United States
The Common School
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JMU Media Resources Videotape no.6906
Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2001
1 videocassette (55 min.) VHS
Describes the development of a common system of tax-supported schools in America following the Revolution in order to mix people of different backgrounds and strengthen democracy. Tells of the influence of Thomas Jefferson, Noah Webster, Horace Mann, and others in this effort
Series School, the story of American public education ; episode 1, 1770-1890
School, the story of American public education (Television program)
Education -- United States -- History
Public schools -- United States -- History
Critical Thinking and Educational Reform
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.958
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Adult Learning Service, 1988
1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.)
A lecture/discussion on books important to the higher education committee
Barry, Vincent E. Invitation to critical thinking
Critical thinking
Thought and thinking
Paul, Richard W. Critical thinking handbook : K-3
Paul, Richard W. Critical thinking handbook : grades 4-6
Ruggerio, Vincent Ryan. Teaching thinking across the curriculum
Ruggerio, Vincent Ryan. Art of thinking
Economics of Education
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.2932
Bethesda, MD : distributed by Discovery Program Enterprises, c1992 ] / a co-production of The Learning Channel and the National Education Association
1 videocassette (ca. 22 min.)
Series Teacher TV ; v. 10
Education -- Finance
Public schools -- United States -- Costs
Educational innovations
Education
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.3840
New York : Distributed by Insight Media, c1991 / a production of Dallas County Community College
1 videocassette (30 min.)
Series Sociological imagination ; pt. 18
Explores the relationship between education and society as a whole, including the role of schools in the socialization of the young, and the relationship between schools and political and economic institutions.
Sociology -- Study and teaching
Educational sociology
Socialization
Education on Trial. Part 2, Is our public school system beyond repair?
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.2257
c1992 / a co-production of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions and GWETA
1 videocassette (60 min.)
From the PBS television series Learning in America
Licensed off-air recording made January 12, 1992, over WVPT, Harrisonburg, Virginia
Using a trial format, questions about the actual nature of, causes of, and possible remedies for our degenerating American public education system are raised and debated. Are the problems in our educational system caused primarily by external social factors (e.g. quality of parenting, debilitating criticism) or are they primarily internal systemic problems (e.g. entrenched educational bureaucracy, quality of teaching)?
Public schools -- United States
Educational accountability -- United States
Education -- Evaluation
Educational change -- United States
The End of Education
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.4724
Northampton, MA : Into the Classroom Video, c1996
1 videocassette (50 min.) + 1 instructor's guide (9 p.; 30 cm.)
Postman lectures on the modern crisis in American education. He reveals the erosion of traditional narratives which once gave coherent purpose to learning, and believes that the new 'gods' of economic utility, consumership, technology and multiculturalism threaten the possibility of meaningful education. He pleads for alternative narratives which will help recover a sense of purpose, tolerance, and respect for learning
Education -- United States -- Philosophy
Education -- United States -- Aims and objectives
Equality
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JMU Media Resources Videotape no.6908
Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities and Sciences, c2001
1 videocassette (55 min.)
Describes the inequalities in American public education in the 1950s, issues raised by equal rights proponents, and changes made
Series School, the story of American public education ; episode 3, 1950-1980
School, the story of American public education (Television program)
Education -- United States -- History
Public schools -- United States -- History
Discrimination in education -- United States -- History
Segregation in education -- United States -- History
Failing Forward
Memorial Hall ETMC 370 Mer v.4 VHS tape
1 videocassette (57 min.) New York : Merrow Report ; Learning Matters, Inc., 1997 / a production of Learning Matters, Inc. ; presented by South Carolina ETV on PBS ; producer, John D. Tulenko
The Merrow report: The lead story in this program discusses social promotion," a practice where students are passed to the next grade even though they get only Ds and Fs. Also featured are reports on bilingual education in schools where dozens of languages are spoken; a common-sense, low-budget approach to technology and the classroom memories of actor Edward James Olmos"
Promotion (School)
Education -- New York (N.Y.)
Learning in America
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.903-907
Alexandria, Va : PBS Adult Learning Service, 1989 /a co-production of McNeil/Lehrer Productions [and] WETA.
5 videocassettes (VHS) (60 min. each)
Contents [pt. 1] The Education Race -- [pt. 2] Upstairs/Downstairs -- [pt. 3] Teach your children -- [pt. 4] Wanted: A Million Teachers [pt. 5] Paying the Freight
Performer(s) Hosted by Roger Mudd
Presents problems in the American education system and shows how these problems affect the whole nation. Goal of series is to make issues and developments in American education more understandable to the general public
Education -- United States
Education -- Japan
Public schools -- United States
Teaching
Will School Reform Ever Work?: A Town Hall Panel
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.6300
Arlington, Ill. : Skylight Professional Development, 1999
1 videocassette (80 min.)
Note(s) A panel discussion held at the Fifth International Teaching for Intelligence Conference held in San Francisco in 1999
Peter Senge's theory of learning organization provides the context for this examination of the current state of school reform in the United States
Educational change -- United States -- Congresses
