Gill, Brian; Schlossman, Steven

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ERIC Number: EJ538628

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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"A Sin against Childhood": Progressive Education and the Crusade To Abolish Homework, 1897-1941.

Gill, Brian; Schlossman, Steven

American Journal of Education, v105 n1 p27-66 Nov 1996

Major shifts in policy have marked the attitude toward homework in U.S. educational history. This discussion focuses on the effort to abolish homework waged by Progressive educational experts in the early 20th century. Health was the primary argument against homework in the years before World War I. (SLD)

Descriptors: Attitude Change, Child Development, Child Health, Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Homework, Humanistic Education, Progressive Education, Recreational Activities

Publication Type: Historical Materials; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Research supported by a grant from the Lilly Endowment, Inc. to the RAND Institute on Education and Training.