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ERIC Number: EJ391442
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1988
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Resistance in School and Society: Public and Pedagogical Debates about Eugenics, 1900-1947.
Selden, Steven
Teachers College Record, v90 n1 p61-83 Fall 1988
This article reviews positions of scientists, educators and publicists who resisted eugenics and determinism. The nature nurture controversy is discussed, as well as the impact of eugenics on American classrooms. Specific attention is given to four resisters: Dewey, Bagley, Jennings, and Lippmann. (IAH)
Descriptors: Biology, Educational History, Heredity, High Schools, Higher Education, Nature Nurture Controversy, Racial Bias, Sociobiology, Textbook Content
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials
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Language: English
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