Faking a Dissertation: Ellsworth Collings, William H. Kilpatrick, and the "Project Curriculum.".

Knoll, Michael

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ERIC Number: EJ541944

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Publication Date: 1996

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Faking a Dissertation: Ellsworth Collings, William H. Kilpatrick, and the "Project Curriculum."

Knoll, Michael

Journal of Curriculum Studies, v28 n2 p193-222 Mar-Apr 1996

Reports that Ellsworth Collings faked data and misrepresented his research in a 1923 study that became a hallmark of progressive education. "An Experiment with a Project Curriculum," supposedly documented a group of high school students' independent efforts at studying an outbreak of typhoid. Collings seriously misrepresented his input. (MJP)

Descriptors: Conflict of Interest, Credibility, Deception, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational History, Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Educational Theories, Ethics, Higher Education, Progressive Education, Research Problems, Scholarship

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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