Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education

Provides an interdisciplinary perspective from areas such as comparative education, educational anthropology, educational sociology, the history of education, and the philosophy of education; presents essays on major movements in the field, including the Free School and Visual Instruction movements; includes more than 130 biographical entries; offers interpretations of legal material, including Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and the GI Bill of Rights; explores theoretical debates fundamental to the field, such as religion in the public school curriculum, rights of students and teachers, surveillance in schools, and tracking and detracking; and contains a visual history of American education with nearly 350 images and an accompanying narrative. Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr., ed. Available through Sage Reference Online.