Reviews for Cooperative Occupational Education

The average rating for Cooperative Occupational Education based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-05-28 00:00:00 Djj Crombie Though I did enjoy the majority of this book, there were some troubling uses of language that caused me to give it a three, not a four. They tended to deal with the educational experiences of women, African Americans, etc., particularly in the first half of the book, in sections that were set away from the rest of the chapter. In one of these, "The OUtcasts: Native and African Americans" the authors chose only to talk about Thomas Jefferson's views of Native and African Americans. Later on, they describe the trail of tears as Native Americans being "herded" across the Mississippi (because of course you should talk about people as if they were animals, and use language that downplays the number of people who died because of this policy). They use passive voice to describe the accomplishments of women; for example, "Young's doctoral dissertation. . . gave her the chance to refine her educational views." I got the feeling that some of this type of language was left over from previous editions. The book is very readable and definitely addresses the socially constructed nature of history. In the end, I'm glad that I read it as it gives a very good overview of how certain educational policies came about, flourished, or got left by the wayside. Aside from the way that their language privileges certain histories over others, it was an excellent treatment of the topic.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-12-18 00:00:00 James Millican This is actually a pretty good text on the history of American education- kind of dry at points (but I don't think you could write 400+ pages on the topic without that), but overall a very good read.