The Basics
Each section of this guide includes links to your required readings; additional resources; and suggestions for finding other books and articles on related topics.
Many of the resources listed in the sections below are marked Restricted Access. You should have
no problem connecting to these from any networked computer on campus. However, by contract, remote access to the Rutgers
University Library's indexes, electronic journals, and electronic reserve articles is available only to current Rutgers
students, faculty and staff. In order to use these from off-campus, you must log in with your Rutgers NetID. For
instructions see the Libraries' Remote Access to Library Resources.
Once you have gone to a Rutgers Libraries page and logged in with your NetID [your pegasus username and password] you can use the "Off-Campus Link" provided for each Rutgers-restricted
resource below to connect to that database or article. These links will not work from a networked computer on-campus. Use
the link embedded in the citation to access these resources on campus.
IRIS is the online catalog for all the Rutgers University Libraries except the Newark and Camden Law Libraries. In each section below you will find suggestions for searching IRIS to locate other books on the
topic(s) covered in that section.
If a book that you need is not available (not owned/checked out) at the Dana Library, but is available from another Rutgers Library,
you can request delivery of that book to Dana by bringing up the record for the book in IRIS and clicking on tbe Deliver/Recall button. Show Me
ERIC is the primary database used to identify and locate education-related materials (articles, books, reports, etc.). For each unit below you will find a link to ERIC as well as some suggestions for finding
materials in ERIC that relate to that to the topic under discussion.
Want to maximize your use of Library resources? Check out Searchpath, the Libraries' interactive tutorial.
Ideas and Ideals for Education. The Common School
Readings for June 6th
Thomas Jefferson. Letter to Colonel Charles Yancey. January 6, 1816.
Thomas Jefferson. A Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowlege. 1779.
Note:Text begins on page 365. From the Thomas Jefferson Digital Archive at the University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center.
Thomas Jefferson.
"Laws," Notes on the State of Virginia. 1782.
Note: Read section beginning with the last line on page 271. From the Thomas Jefferson Digital Archive at the University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center.
Horace Mann.
Tenth Annual Report of the Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education. 1846.
Horace Mann. Twelfth Annual Report to
the Massachusetts State Board of Education. 1848.
Coleman, James S.
"Equal Schools or Equal Students?" Public Interest no. 4, Summer 1966, pp. 70-75.
Off-Campus Link Restricted Access.
Greene, Maxine. "The Passions of Pluralism: Multiculturalism and the Expanding Community," Journal of Negro Education 61(3), Summer 1992, 250-261.
Off Campus Link
Restricted Access.
Asante, Molefi Kete. "The Afrocentric Idea in Education," The Journal of Negro Education 60(2), Spring 1991, pp. 170-180.
Off-Campus Link Restricted Access.
Other Early Writings
Benjamin Franklin. Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania. Philadelphia, 1749.
Franklin's pamphlet on the aims of education.
Noah Webster. An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to Improve the Minds
and Refine the Taste of Youth. And Also to Instruct Them in the Geography, History, and Politics of the United States. Third Edition, greatly englarged. Philadelphia, 1787.
Searchable edition of one of the first and most popular American textbooks.
Off-Campus Link Restricted Access.
Other Resources
Thomas Jefferson
Biographical entries, bibliography, annotated list of principal works, and links to major web sites from Answers.com.
Jewett, Thomas. "Jefferson, Education and the Franchise," Early America Review Winter 1996/1997.
Kaestle, Carl F. Pillar of the Republic: Common Schools and American Society, 1780-1860. New York, Hill and Want, 1983.
Dana Call Number: LA215 .K33 1983
Need books on related topics?
Check IRIS, the Rutgers Libraries online catalog.
Some relevant subject searches you can use to locate books on the early history of American education include:
- Education United States History
- Education United States History Sources (Hint: Use this if you're looking for collections of early writings on education.)
- Education United States History 18th Century
- Education United States Aims and Objectives
If you're looking for books on public schools and public education, some relevant subject searches you can try include:
- Public Schools United States History
- Public Schools United States History 19th Century
- Right to Education United States
- Multicultural Education United States
- Educational Equalization United States
More on finding books in IRIS.
Need some articles?
You will need to use a periodical index in order to identify relevant articles on your topic.
The primary database for educational research is ERIC:
ERIC
The ERIC database contains more than one million abstracts covering research documents, journal articles, technical reports, program descriptions and evaluations, and curricular materials in the field of education.
ERIC also provides links to a large collection of full-text reports. 1966+
Off-Campus Link Restricted Access.
Search Terms:
- You can search by keyword phrases such as "common schools," or "coleman report".
- You can also try combining terms (or names) with subject headings such as Educational Philosophy, Educational History, Public Education,
Public Schools, Equal Education, Multicultural Education, or Cultural Pluralism. Show Me
Hint:If you're combining terms with names such as Jefferson or Mann, you'll get the most focused results if you enter the name in inverted form and in quotation marks. For example, you can use
"mann thomas" or "jefferson thomas" as a search term. Show Me
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Black Education in the United States
Minter, Thomas K. and Alfred E Prettyman. "Education," Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History. New York, Macmillan, 1996, vol. 2, pp. 846-876.
Overview of the history of African-American education from slavery thru current issues involving school choice. Includes a lengthy bibliography.
Dana Call Number: Ref. E185 .E54 1996.
Williams, Heather Andrea. Self-taught: African American Education in Slavery and Freedom. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 2005.
Dana Call Number: LC2802 .S9W55 2005 [IN PROCESS]
Woodson, Carter G. The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861: A History of the Education of the Colored People
from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War. Washington, D.C., 1919.
Carter Woodson's classic work.
Readings for June 8
Anderson, James D. "Ex-Slaves and the Rise of Universal Education in the South, 1860-1880," IN Education of Blacks in the South, 1860-1935.
Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 1988, Chapter 1, pp. 4-32. [Dana Call Number: LC2802 .S9A53 1988]
Electronic Reserves
Off-Campus Link Restricted Access.
Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave. 1845.
Excerpt from Chapter 10.
Washington, Booker T. The Future of the American Negro. 1899. pp. 389-392.
DuBois, W.E.B. "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others," The Souls of Black Folk. 1903. Chapter 3.
From the University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center.
DuBois, W.E.B.
"Of the Training of Black Men," The Souls of Black Folk. 1903. Chapter 6.
From the University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center.
Waite, Cally L. "DuBois and the Invisible Talented Tenth," IN Feminist Engagements: Reading, Resisting, and Revisioning
Male Theorists in Education and Cultural Studies. Edited by Kathleen Weiler. New York, Routledge, 2001, pp. 33-46. Electronic Reserve
Off-Campus Link Restricted Access.
Need books on related topics?
Check IRIS, the Rutgers Libraries online catalog.
Some relevant subject searches you can try include:
- African Americans Education History
- African Americans Education [geographical area] History For example: African Americans Education Southern States History, or, African Americans Education New Jersey History
- Slaves Education
- Segregation in Education United States
More on finding books in IRIS.
Need some articles?
You will need to use a periodical index in order to identify relevant articles on your topic.
The primary database for educational research is ERIC:
ERIC
The ERIC database contains more than one million abstracts covering research documents, journal articles, technical reports, program descriptions and evaluations, and curricular materials in the field of education.
ERIC also provides links to a large collection of full-text reports. 1966+
Off-Campus Link Restricted Access.
Search Terms:
- You can search by keyword phrases such as "african americans," or "talented tenth".
- You can also try combining terms (or names) with subject headings such as Black Students, Black Education,
Blacks, Slavery, or, Access to Education. Show Me
Hint: If you're combining terms with names such as DuBois or Douglass, you'll get the most focused results if you enter the name in inverted form and in quotation marks. For example, you can use
"du bois w e b" [make sure you put the space between "du" and "bois"!] or "douglass frederick" as a search term. Show Me
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John Dewey
Garrison, Jim. John Dewey
Essay from the online Encyclopaedia of Philosophy of Education.
Readings for June 13
John Dewey. "The School and Social Progress," IN The School and Society: Being Three Lectures by John Dewey. Chicago,
University of Chicago press, 1907. Chapter 1, pp. 19-44.
John Dewey. "The Democratic Conception in Education," IN Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education. New York,
Macmillan, 1916. Chapter 7
John Dewey. Selections From Experience and Education. New York, Macmillan, 1938.
Chapters 1, 2, and 3.
Other Documents
John Dewey. My Pedagogic Creed 1897.
Need books by or about Dewey?
Check IRIS, the Rutgers Libraries online catalog.
To find books by John Dewey, at the "Basic Search" screen
- enter dewey john as your search term
- select "AUTHOR (last name first)" from the pull-down menu
- click on SEARCH
To find books about John Dewey, at the "Basic Search" screen
- enter dewey john as your search term
- select "SUBJECT begins with" from the pull-down menu
- click on SEARCH
More on finding books in IRIS.
Need some articles?
You will need to use a periodical index in order to identify relevant articles on your topic.
The primary database for educational research is ERIC:
ERIC
The ERIC database contains more than one million abstracts covering research documents, journal articles, technical reports, program descriptions and evaluations, and curricular materials in the field of education.
ERIC also provides links to a large collection of full-text reports. 1966+
Off-Campus Link Restricted Access.
Hint: When you enter a word or phrase into ERIC, you will normally be offered a list of possible subject headings that you can choose from. However,
the ERIC Thesaurus does not include names of individuals or other proper nouns. To search for articles and other materials about John Dewey, enter "dewey john" in quotation marks as your search term.
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Ideology and Curriculum
Tanner, Daniel and Laurel Tanner. History of the School Curriculum. New York, Macmillan, 1990.
Dana Call Number: LB2806.15 .T36 1990
Textbooks and Schooling in the United States. Edited by David L. Elliott and Arthur Woodward. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1990.
Dana Call Number: LB5 .N25 89th pt.1
Readings for June 15
Counts, George S. "Dare Progressive Education be Progressive?"
Progressive Education 9(4), April 1932, pp. 257-263.
Speech originally delivered at the 1932 Progressive Education Association annual conference.
Anyon, Jean. "Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work," Journal of Education 162(1), February 1980, 67-92.
Off-Campus Link Restricted Access.
Apple, Michael W. "The Politics of Official Knowledge: Does a National Curriculum Make Sense?" Teachers College Record 95(2), Winter 1993, 222-241.
Off Campus LinkRestricted Access.
Need books on related topics?
Check IRIS, the Rutgers Libraries online catalog.
Some relevant subject searches you can try include:
- Education Curricula United States
- Education United States Curricula
- Curriculum Planning Social Aspects
- Curriculum Planning United States
- Textbooks United States History
More on finding books in IRIS.
Need some articles?
You will need to use a periodical index in order to identify relevant articles on your topic.
The primary database for educational research is ERIC:
ERIC
The ERIC database contains more than one million abstracts covering research documents, journal articles, technical reports, program descriptions and evaluations, and curricular materials in the field of education.
ERIC also provides links to a large collection of full-text reports. 1966+
Off-Campus Link Restricted Access.
Search Terms:
Try combining terms (or names) with subject headings such as Core Curriculum, National Curriculum,
Elementary School Curriculum, Secondary School Curriculum, or even Curriculum (it's usually better to use the more specific terms). Show Me
Hint:If you are searching for, or combining terms with, personal names enter the name in inverted form and in quotation marks. For example, you can use
"counts george" as a search term. Show Me
Can't figure out how to get to the article? Show Me
The Schools, Society, and the Courts
Readings for June 20
BROWN ET AL. v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA ET AL. No. 1 Appeal From the United States District Court for the District of Kansas
Argued December 9, 1952; Decided May 17, 1954.
ABBOTT v. BURKE II
Argued September 25, 1989; Decided June 5, 1990. NOTE: Enter 119 N.J. 287 into the Citation search box and click on Search.
Off-Campus Link
Restricted Access.
Rosenberg, Gerald N. "Constraints, Conditions, and the Courts," IN The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change? Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1991, pp. 72-106. Electronic Reserves
Off Campus Link Restricted Access.
Additional Resources
Brown vs. Board of Education
Overview, 'myths versus truths,' virtual exhibit, and research sources. From the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research.
Tatum, Gail. Brown v. Board of Education--Fifty Years
Partially annotated bibliography on Brown and its aftermath.
Orfield, Gary and Chungmei Lee. Brown at 50: King's Dream or
Plessy's Nightmare?. Cambridge, Mass., The Civil Rights Project, Harvard University, January 2004.
Examines the decade of resegregation that began with the Supreme Court's 1991 Dowell decision, which authorized a return to neighborhood schools even if that would
result in segregated schools.
"Segregation and Civil Rights
Brief audio clip of Justice Thurgood Marshall speaking in 1978 at Howard University Law School. From National Public Radio (NPR).
Abbott v Burke
Education Law Center site includes the texts of the Abbott IV - Abbott X decisions, a chronology, profiles of the New Jersey Abbott districts, news stories, etc.
Need books on related topics?
Check IRIS, the Rutgers Libraries online catalog.
To find other materials on Brown v. The Board of Education in IRIS, use the subject heading: Brown, Oliver, 1918 Trials, Litigation, etc.
- enter brown oliver 1918 trials litigation as your search term
- select "SUBJECT begins with" from the pull-down menu
- click on SEARCH
To find other materials on Abbott v. Burke in IRIS, use the keywords: abbott and burke.
- enter abbott and burke as your search terms (make sure you include the 'and')
- click on SEARCH
Other relevant subject heading searches you can try include:
- Discrimination in Education Law and Legislation
- Segregation in Education Law and Legislation
- Educational Equalization Law and Legislation
The Rutgers-Newark Law Library will also have a lot of material on this topic; use the above
strategies to search the Law Library Catalog.
More on finding books in IRIS.
Need some articles?
You will need to use a periodical index in order to identify relevant articles on your topic.
The primary database for educational research is ERIC:
ERIC
The ERIC database contains more than one million abstracts covering research documents, journal articles, technical reports, program descriptions and evaluations, and curricular materials in the field of education.
ERIC also provides links to a large collection of full-text reports. 1966+
Off-Campus Link Restricted Access.
Search Terms:
Try combining terms (or names) with subject headings such as Desegregation Litigation, School Desegregation,
Equal Education, Educational Equity, or Finance Reform. Show Me
Hint: If you are searching for, or combining terms with, specific legal cases search the case name as a keyword.
For example, you can use "brown v board of education" or "abbott v burke" as a search term. Show Me
Can't figure out how to get to the article? Show Me
Schooling and Politics
Readings for June 22
"Bureaucracy and Control in Education," IN Justice, Ideology and Education: An Introduction to the Social Foundations
of Education. 4th edition. Edited by Edward Stevens, Jr. and George H. Wood. New York, McGraw Hill, 2002, Chapter 8, pp. 215-234.
Electronic Reserves
Off-Campus Link Restricted Access.
"Readings on the Politics of Schooling: The Centralization of Control," IN Justice, Ideology and Education: An Introduction to the Social Foundations
of Education. 4th edition. Edited by Edward Stevens, Jr. and George H. Wood. New York, McGraw Hill, 2002, Chapter 9, pp. 235-293. Electronic Reserves
Off-Campus Link Restricted Access.
Deasy, John E. "Moving From Oversight to Insight: One Community's Journey With its Superintendent," Phi Delta Kappan 82(1), September 2000, pp. 13-15.
Off-Campus Link
Restricted Access.
Tirozzi, Gerald N. "The Artistry of Leadership: The Evolving Role of the Secondary School Principal,"
Phi Delta Kappan 82(6), February 2001, pp.434-439.
Off-Campus Link Restricted Access.
Other Resources
Selected Abstracts on Educational Governance.
Literature relating to the trends and issues in general, state, and local educational governance. From the Clearinghouse on Educational Policy and Management at the University of Oregon.
The Clearinghouse also has sections on trends and issues in related areas such as "relationships with community," "role of the school leader," "school choice," and "social & economic context."
Need books on related topics?
Check IRIS, the Rutgers Libraries online catalog.
Some relevant subject searches you can try include:
- Education and State
- Politics and Education
- Educational Leadership United States
- Community and School United States
- Education Parent Participation United States
- School Management and Organization United States
- School Administrators United States
- School Superintendents United States
- School Boards United States
More on finding books in IRIS.
Need some articles?
You will need to use a periodical index in order to identify relevant articles on your topic.
The primary database for educational research is ERIC:
ERIC
The ERIC database contains more than one million abstracts covering research documents, journal articles, technical reports, program descriptions and evaluations, and curricular materials in the field of education.
ERIC also provides links to a large collection of full-text reports. 1966+
Off-Campus Link Restricted Access.
Search Terms:
Try combining terms (or names) with subject headings such as Politics of Education,
Government School Relationship, School Community Relationship, Educational Administration,
School Administration or Boards of Education. Show Me
Hint:If you are searching for, or combining terms with, personal names enter the name in inverted form and in quotation marks. For example, you can use
"bush george w" as a search term. Show Me
Can't figure out how to get to the article? Show Me
Social Foundations of Learning
Monroe, Walter Scott. Teaching-Learning Theory and Teacher Education, 1890 to 1950. Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1952.
Dana Call Number: LA128 .M6
Vygotskii, Lev Semenovich. Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes. Edited by Michael Cole. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1978.
Dana Call Number: BF311 .V93 1978
Vygotsky's Developmental Theory: An Introduction. San Luis Obispo, Calif., Davidson Films, 1994. [Video]
"Presents Lev Vygotsky's early childhood learning theories and demonstrates them in classrooms."
Dana Media Call Number: VIDEO 1725
Readings for June 27
John-Steiner, Vera and Holbrook Mahn. "Sociocultural Approaches to Learning and Development: A Vygotskian Framework," Educational Psychologist 31(3/4), Summer/Fall 1996, 191-206.
Off Campus LinkRestricted Access.
Rogoff, Barbara. "Observing Sociocultural Activity on Three Planes: Participatory Appropriation, Guided Participation, and
Apprenticeship," IN James V. Wertsh, Pablo Del Rio, and Amerlia Alvarez (eds.), Sociocultural Studies of Mind. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1995, pp. 139-164.
Electronic Reserves
Off-Campus Link Restricted Access.
Other Resources
Lev Vygotsky Archive
Biographical information, links to Vygotsky works available online, and links to some articles about Vygotsky and his work. From www.marxists.org.
The Vygotsky Project
Online collection of articles, with annotations, about Vygotsky and his work. Includes Vygostsky's daughter Gita's reflection on His Life.
Need books on related topics?
Check IRIS, the Rutgers Libraries online catalog.
To find books by Vygotsky, at the "Basic Search" screen
- enter vygotskii l s lev as your search term [Note the spelling]
- select "AUTHOR (last name first)" from the pull-down menu
- click on SEARCH
To find books about Vygotsky, at the "Basic Search" screen
- enter vygotskii l s lev as your search term [Note the spelling]
- select "SUBJECT begins with" from the pull-down menu
- click on SEARCH
Other relevant subject searches you can try include:
- Learning Psychology of
- Educational Psychology
- Educational Sociology
- Educational Anthropology
- Multicultural Education
- Motivation in Education
- Education Social Aspects
- Working Class Education
- Sex Differences in Education
More on finding books in IRIS.
Need some articles?
You will need to use a periodical index in order to identify relevant articles on your topic.
The primary database for educational research is ERIC:
ERIC
The ERIC database contains more than one million abstracts covering research documents, journal articles, technical reports, program descriptions and evaluations, and curricular materials in the field of education.
ERIC also provides links to a large collection of full-text reports. 1966+
Off-Campus Link Restricted Access.
Search Terms:
Try combining terms (or names) with subject headings such as Learning,
Learning Processes, Cognitive Development, Sociocultural Patterns,
or Socioeconomic Status. Show Me
Hint:If you are searching for, or combining terms with, personal names enter the name
in inverted form and in quotation marks. For example, you can use
"vygotsky lev s" as a search term. Show Me
Note that while in IRIS he's Vygotskii, in ERIC he's Vygotsky!
Can't figure out how to get to the article? Show Me
Classrooms and Society
Readings for June 29
Rist, Ray C. "Student Social Class and Teacher Expectations: The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy in Ghetto Education," Harvard Educational Review 40(3), August 1970, 411-451. Electronic Reserves
Off Campus Link Restricted Access.
Oakes, Jeannie and Amy Stuart Wells. "Detracking: The Social Construction of Ability, Cultural Politics, and Resistance to Reform," Teachers College Record 98(3), Spring 1997, 482-510.
Off Campus LinkRestricted Access.
Panofsky, Carolyn P. The Relations of Learning and Student Social Class: Toward "Re-"Socializing" Sociocultural Learning Theory
Draft of article published in Vygotsky's Educational Theory in Cultural Context. Edited by Alex Kozulin et al., New York, Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp. 411-431.
Need books on related topics?
Check IRIS, the Rutgers Libraries online catalog.
Some relevant subject searches you can try include:
- Students Rating of
- Ability Grouping in Education
- Teachers Attitudes
- Academic Achievement
More on finding books in IRIS.
Need some articles?
You will need to use a periodical index in order to identify relevant articles on your topic.
The primary database fof educational research is ERIC:
ERIC
The ERIC database contains more than one million abstracts covering research documents, journal articles, technical reports, program descriptions and evaluations, and curricular materials in the field of education.
ERIC also provides links to a large collection of full-text reports. 1966+
Off-Campus Link Restricted Access.
Search Terms:
Try combining terms (or names) with subject headings such as Ability Grouping,
Track System, Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Attitudes,
or Academic Achievement. Show Me
Hint: If you are searching for, or combining terms with, proper nouns [i.e, the name of a specific person, place, or thing]
enter the name in quotation marks and search it as a keyword. Personal names should be entered with the last name first.
For example, you could use "rasch model" or "vygotsky lev s" as a search term. Show Me
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Social Foundations of Education in the U.S.