Thesis ID: CBB770486806

The National Science Foundation and a Comparative Study of Precollege Mathematics and Science Education Reform in the United States, 1950-2000 (2013)

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The history of math education reform is fragmented and must be placed in conversation with the history of science education reform, as both are better understood when considered in parallel rather than historically conflated. The early coherency of the math education community permitted it to capitalize on post-Sputnik funds--mainly supplied by the National Science Foundation (NSF)--in a wholly different manner than that in science education. Over time, the NSF's role in education was curtailed by changing federal administrations, competing agency, rising internationalism, and unsettled questions of democracy. By directly comparing the histories of math and science education reform I question the general narrative of educational reform in modern American history and replace it with a more focused examination of their individual rhetorical strategies, thus providing a more suitable historical context for ongoing discussions of reform efforts.

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Authors & Contributors
Phillips, Christopher James
Phillips, Christopher J.
Bjarnadóttir, Kristín
Cox-Petersen, Anne M.
Evans, Ronald W.
Geller, Margaret J.
Journals
Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education
The Bridge: Journal of the National Academy of Engineering
History of Education Quarterly
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Journal of American History
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
Publishers
Harvard University
Palgrave Macmillan
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Chicago Press
Yale University Press
Dowling College
Concepts
Primary and secondary education
Science education and teaching
Mathematics education
Education
Mathematics
Cold War
People
Euclid
Gentile, Giovanni
Begle, Edward Griffith
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
Places
United States
Iceland
New York (U.S.)
Denmark
Europe
Finland
Institutions
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
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