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The Making of a National Hero: Tao Xingzhi's Legacies in the People's Republic of China
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Yao, Yusheng – Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, 2002
Tao Xingzhi (1891-1946) was an outstanding modern educator, whose theory and practice of life education represented a radical discourse in the Chinese debate on modern education and national reconstruction. Although he is most often known as a Deweyan reformer in the mainstream of American studies, in his theoretical maturity Tao can more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mass Instruction, American Studies, Educational Policy
Frieda Hennock: Leader for Educational Television.
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Beadle, Mary E.; Stephenson, Alan – TechTrends, 1997
Focuses on one of the founders of educational television Freida Hennock. Discusses her early career, appointment to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), initial call for educational representation at FCC hearings, response to educational channel assignments, belief in childrens television, and ongoing struggle for educational programming…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Childrens Television, Educational History, Educational Television
Mexican Muralism: Its Social-Educative Roles in Latin America and the United States.
Goldman, Shifra M. – Aztlan--International Journal of Chicano Studies Research, 1982
Traces the history of Mexican muralism (1920s to 1970s) as an art of advocacy intended to change consciousness and promote political action; shows how it can still be used in an educative manner in schools. Emphasizes the effects of three great muralists (Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros). (LC)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Art Education, Art Expression, Art History