Efficiency Jettisoned: Unacknowledged Changes in the Curriculum Thought of John Franklin Bobbitt.

Null, J. Wesley

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Publication Date: 1999

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Efficiency Jettisoned: Unacknowledged Changes in the Curriculum Thought of John Franklin Bobbitt.

Null, J. Wesley

Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, v15 n1 p35-42 Fall 1999

Often classified as efficiency-minded, Bobbitt changed his position in his final book, "Curriculum of Modern Education." This article examines four later ideas: the importance of general education, schools' inability to predetermine students' future lives and roles, schools' need to develop students' intellect, and Bobbitt's respect for great books. (Contains 26 references.) (MLH)

Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational History, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, General Education, Intellectual Development, Theory Practice Relationship

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Language: English

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