Author: Benjamin FranklinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Educational Views of Benjamin Franklin
Author: Benjamin FranklinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Benjamin Franklin on Education
Author: Benjamin Franklin and Education
Author: David Excelmons CloydPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Author: Benjamin FranklinPublisher: First Avenue Editions ™
ISBN: 1512405264
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Between 1771 and 1790, American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin sat down to record the important events of his life, from his childhood in Boston to his work as a printer in Philadelphia, to his trips to Paris and his plans for the first public library. The story of the invention of the Franklin stove, the first Poor Richard's Almanac, and his experiments with electricity are all included here. His "Project for Moral Perfection"—a list of desirable virtues and steps to achieve them—influenced the modern self-help genre. Hundreds of years later, Franklin's account of his rise from middle-class obscurity to become a world-renowned scholar and civic figure continues to promote the American Dream. First published in 1791, this unabridged version of Franklin's autobiography is taken from the 1909 copyright edition.
Benjamin Franklin's Proposals for the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania, 1749
Author: Benjamin FranklinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Leonard Covello and the Making of Benjamin Franklin High School
Author: Michael C. JohanekPublisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 9781592135219
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
What is the mission of American public education? As a nation, are we still committed to educating students to be both workers and citizens, as we have long proclaimed, or have we lost sight of the second goal of encouraging students to be contributing members of a democratic society? In this enlightening book, John Puckett and Michael Johanek describe one of America's most notable experiments in "community education." In the process, they offer a richly contextualized history of twentieth-century efforts to educate students as community-minded citizens. Although student test scores now serve to measure schools' achievements, the authors argue compellingly that the democratic goals of citizen-centered community schools can be reconciled with the academic performance demands of contemporary school reform movements. Using the twenty-year history of community-centered schooling at Benjamin Franklin High School in East Harlem as a case study-and reminding us of the pioneering vision of its founder, Leonard Covello-they suggest new approaches for educating today's students to be better "public citizens."
Benjamin Franklin on Education
Author: Benjamin FranklinPublisher:
ISBN: 9780807710777
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Quotations of Benjamin Franklin
Author: Benjamin FranklinPublisher: Quotations of Great Americans
ISBN: 9781557099389
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Pocket-Sized Collection of Quotations by Benjamin Franklin in an Elegant Hardcover Edition
Young Benjamin Franklin
Author: Nick BunkerPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1101872802
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
In this new account of Franklin's early life, Pulitzer finalist Nick Bunker portrays him as a complex, driven young man who elbows his way to success. From his early career as a printer and journalist to his scientific work and his role as a founder of a new republic, Benjamin Franklin has always seemed the inevitable embodiment of American ingenuity. But in his youth he had to make his way through a harsh colonial world, where he fought many battles with his rivals, but also with his wayward emotions. Taking Franklin to the age of forty-one, when he made his first electrical discoveries, Bunker goes behind the legend to reveal the sources of his passion for knowledge. Always trying to balance virtue against ambition, Franklin emerges as a brilliant but flawed human being, made from the conflicts of an age of slavery as well as reason. With archival material from both sides of the Atlantic, we see Franklin in Boston, London, and Philadelphia as he develops his formula for greatness. A tale of science, politics, war, and religion, this is also a story about Franklin's forebears: the talented family of English craftsmen who produced America's favorite genius.
Author: Benjamin Franklin