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William McGuffey
Mentor to American Industry
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ISBN-13:
9780875867281
Veröffentl:
2009
Einband:
EPUB
Seiten:
254
Autor:
Quentin R Skrabec
Sprache:
Deutsch
Beschreibung:
Thanks to William Holmes McGuffey, frontier AmericaA's literacy rate was the world's highest, producing four generations of American leadership in the arts, science, and engineering. In his much-loved series of "e;readers,"e;A"e; McGuffey revolutionized education in America, merging basic principles with classic readings. Throughout Prof. SkrabecA''s research on American industrialists, the name William McGuffey kept popping up. William McGuffey was clearly the mentor of many of AmericaA''s greatest capitalists. Almost all had been educated using the McGuffey Reader and developed their belief systems in one-room schoolhouses. Now his story, too, is told.
Thanks to William Holmes McGuffey, frontier AmericaA's literacy rate was the world's highest, producing four generations of American leadership in the arts, science, and engineering. In his much-loved series of "e;readers,"e;A"e; McGuffey revolutionized education in America, merging basic principles with classic readings. Throughout Prof. SkrabecA''s research on American industrialists, the name William McGuffey kept popping up. William McGuffey was clearly the mentor of many of AmericaA''s greatest capitalists. Almost all had been educated using the McGuffey Reader and developed their belief systems in one-room schoolhouses. Now his story, too, is told.