German Influences on Education in the United States to 1917

Analyses educational influences of Germany on the United States during the nineteenth century.

Henry Geitz (Edited by), Jürgen Heideking (Edited by), Jurgen Herbst (Edited by)

9780521026246, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 27 April 2006

312 pages
22.8 x 15.1 x 1.7 cm, 0.48 kg

"All the contributions make welcome additions to the literature on the subject of German influences, and it is fortunate to have them assembled in one place." Charles E. McClelland, History of Education Quarterly

This volume summarizes recent scholarship on German-American relations in the field of education until World War I. The articles prove the various influences of German scholarship and institutions on the development of the American system of education from kindergarten to university. The book provides an overview for the benefit of scholars, students and the interested general reader. As a cooperative effort of German and American scholars the volume is intended to stimulate further exploration of these themes on both continents.

Introduction Jürgen Herbst
Part I. Americans and Germans Look at Each Others Schools: 1. American observations concerning the Prussian educational system in the nineteenth century Karl Ernst Jeismann
2. Interdependence between democratic pedagogy in Germany and the development of education in the United States in the middle of the nineteenth century Karl-Heinz Günther
3. Prussian Volksschulen through American eyes: two perspectives on curriculum and teaching from the 1890s Gregory P. Wegner
4. American responses to German continuation schools during the progressive era Derek S. Linton
Part II. Varieties of Teachers and Styles of Teaching: 5. American and German women in the Kindergarten movement, 1850–1914 Ann Taylor Allen
6. German ideas and practice in American natural history museums Sally G. Kohlstedt
7. Schoolmarm, Volkserzieher, Kantor, and Schulschwester: German teachers among immigrants during the second half of the nineteenth century Juliane Jacobi
8. German models, American ways: the 'new movement' among American physics teachers, 1905–1909 Kathryn M. Olesko
Part III. German Schools in America: 9. The von Mosheim society and the preservation of German education and culture in the new republic, 1789–1813 Anthony Greg Roeber
10. The German English Academy, the National German-American Teachers Seminary, and the public school system in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1851–1919 Bettina Goldberg
Part IV. The German Influence in Higher Education: 11. American students in Germany 1815–1914: The Structure of German and U.S. Matriculants at Göttingen University Konrad H. Jarausch
12. Philip Schaff (1819–1893): his roles in American evangelical education Gary K. Pranger
13. German influence on the higher education of American women, 1865–1914 James C. Albisetti
14. Basil L. Gildersleeve: the formative influence Ward W. Briggs
15. A mediator between two historical worlds: Hermann Eduard von Holst and the University of Chicago Jörg Nagler
16. German influences on American clinical medicine, 1870–1914 Thomas N. Bonner
Index.

Subject Areas: History of the Americas [HBJK]