The education of selves : how psychology transformed students /

This title examines the role that psychology (especially educational psychology) played in the transformation of American and Canadian classrooms and schools into sites for the self-development of students, creating an ideal image of the successful student as self-expressive, enterprising, and entit...

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Main Author: Martin, Jack, 1950-
Other Authors: McLellan, Ann-Marie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This title examines the role that psychology (especially educational psychology) played in the transformation of American and Canadian classrooms and schools into sites for the self-development of students, creating an ideal image of the successful student as self-expressive, enterprising, and entitled to forms of education that recognize and cater to such expressivity and enterprise.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 230 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199913688
0199913684
9780199315949
0199315949