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William C. Bagley & Essentialism

Kevin P. Jackson

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William Chandler Bagley

Biography

  • Born 15 March 1874 in Detroit, MI
  • Graduated from Michigan State Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) in 1895 and began teaching in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
  • Received master's degree in psychology from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1898
  • Received PhD in psychology from Cornell University in 1901
  • Served as an elementary principal in St. Louis, Missourri from 1901-1902
  • Served as a professor at various schools from 1902-1939
  • Montana State Normal School (Dillon) 1902-1906
  • Oswego Normal School (New York) 1906-1908
  • University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana) 1908-1917
  • Teachers College, Columbia University (New York City) 1918-1939
  • Died 1 July 1946 in New York City

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Political Economy

Political Economy

  • On the rise:
  • Urbanization
  • Industrialization
  • On the decline:
  • Rural Areas
  • Agriculture
  • World War I (1914-1918)
  • More women working outside of the home

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Ideologies

  • Modernism
  • Progressivism and Progressive Education
  • Pragmatism
  • Functionalism
  • Determinism

Ideology

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Essentialism

  • Principles
  • Advocated universal education
  • Focus on the "essentials"
  • Teacher-led
  • Reaction against educational philosophies of John Dewey, William H. Kilpatrick, and E.L. Thorndike
  • Opposed to Determinism

Essentialism

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Essentialism Today

  • Essentialism has persisted to this day
  • No Child Left Behind and William Buckley

Legacy

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