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Finn, Chester E., Jr.; Scanlan, Andrew E. – Princeton University Press, 2019
The Advanced Placement program stands as the foremost source of college-level academics for millions of high school students in the United States and beyond. More than 22,000 schools now participate in it, across nearly forty subjects, from Latin and art to calculus and computer science. Yet remarkably little has been known about how this…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Educational History, High School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
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Steel, Sean – SUNY Press, 2014
Modern scholarship has struggled to come to terms with the meaning of wisdom and its significance in the field of education. This book examines the importance of pursuing wisdom in schools by turning to ancient and medieval sources for clarification concerning the nature of wisdom. Sean Steel argues that our current emphasis on the development of…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Accountability, Educational Philosophy