Roberta Wollons
Biographic Data
| ID | 1047503 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roberta Wollons |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roberta |
| FAMILY NAME | Wollons |
| SIGNATURE | WOLLONS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Boston |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Educating the Empire
Educating the Empire: American Teachers and Contested Colonization in the Philippines Educating the Empire: American Teachers and Contested Colonization in the Philippines. By Sarah Steinbock-Pratt. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019. xii, 327 pp. $59.99.) Roberta Wollons Roberta Wollons University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American H…
A Grander Grand Narrative
These essays by our thoughtful colleagues open a wide range of ideas to consider. I offer some comments on several categories that emerged from reading their essays, each of which leads us to a more complex and interconnected grand narrative for our field: access to evidence, transnational studies, local studies, biography, and autobiography
Entries
The Immigrant Preschool
Today, internationally, early childhood education, whether as nursery schools, kindergartens, or other forms of preschool, is a fully integrated feature of public and private education systems. The kindergarten, for example, had its origin in nineteenth century Germany. Following the 1848 revolution, exiled followers of Friedrich Froebel carried the kindergarten idea to England, America, and other European nations. From these early kindergarten a…
Travelling for God and Adventure
A World of Crisis and Progress
Journal Article A World of Crisis and Progress: The American YMCA in Japan, 1890–1930. By Jon Thares Davidann. (Bethlehem: Lehigh University Press, 1998. 207 pp. $37.50, ISBN 0-934223-43-2.) Get access Roberta Wollons Roberta Wollons Indiana University Northwest, Gary, Indiana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 86, Issue 3, December 1999, Pages 1351–1352, https://doi.org/10…
Schools and Students in Industrial Society
These Are Our Children
Children at Risk in America
Children at Risk in America
Journal Article Children at Risk in America: History, Concepts, and Public Policy. Ed. by Roberta Wollons. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1993. xxvi, 310 pp. Cloth, $54.50, ISBN 0-7914-1197-4. Paper, $17.95, ISBN 0-7914-1198-2.) Get access LeRoy Ashby LeRoy Ashby Washington State University, Pullman, Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 1, J…
Before Head Start
The Black Forest in a Bamboo Garden
The spread and adoption of German educator Friedrich Froebel's kindergarten idea in Japan occurred early in the history of the international kindergarten movement. Kindergartens were introduced as one among the vast array of Western educational ideas that flowed into Japan from Europe and the United States between 1868 and 1880. The years after 1880, however, were marked by increased governmental efforts to centralize authority, a strong shift in…
Inside Looking out
A World of Crisis and Progress
Journal Article A World of Crisis and Progress: The American YMCA in Japan, 1890–1930. By Jon Thares Davidann. (Bethlehem: Lehigh University Press, 1998. 207 pp. $37.50, ISBN 0-934223-43-2.) Get access Roberta Wollons Roberta Wollons Indiana University Northwest, Gary, Indiana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 86, Issue 3, December 1999, Pages 1351–1352, https://doi.org/10…
Schools and Students in Industrial Society
The Black Forest in a Bamboo Garden
The spread and adoption of German educator Friedrich Froebel's kindergarten idea in Japan occurred early in the history of the international kindergarten movement. Kindergartens were introduced as one among the vast array of Western educational ideas that flowed into Japan from Europe and the United States between 1868 and 1880. The years after 1880, however, were marked by increased governmental efforts to centralize authority, a strong shift in…
Educating the Empire
Educating the Empire: American Teachers and Contested Colonization in the Philippines Educating the Empire: American Teachers and Contested Colonization in the Philippines. By Sarah Steinbock-Pratt. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019. xii, 327 pp. $59.99.) Roberta Wollons Roberta Wollons University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American H…
Inside Looking out
Inside Looking out
The Black Forest in a Bamboo Garden
The spread and adoption of German educator Friedrich Froebel's kindergarten idea in Japan occurred early in the history of the international kindergarten movement. Kindergartens were introduced as one among the vast array of Western educational ideas that flowed into Japan from Europe and the United States between 1868 and 1880. The years after 1880, however, were marked by increased governmental efforts to centralize authority, a strong shift in…
Children at Risk in America
Journal Article Children at Risk in America: History, Concepts, and Public Policy. Ed. by Roberta Wollons. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1993. xxvi, 310 pp. Cloth, $54.50, ISBN 0-7914-1197-4. Paper, $17.95, ISBN 0-7914-1198-2.) Get access LeRoy Ashby LeRoy Ashby Washington State University, Pullman, Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 1, J…
Before Head Start
These Are Our Children
Children at Risk in America
A World of Crisis and Progress
Journal Article A World of Crisis and Progress: The American YMCA in Japan, 1890–1930. By Jon Thares Davidann. (Bethlehem: Lehigh University Press, 1998. 207 pp. $37.50, ISBN 0-934223-43-2.) Get access Roberta Wollons Roberta Wollons Indiana University Northwest, Gary, Indiana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 86, Issue 3, December 1999, Pages 1351–1352, https://doi.org/10…
Schools and Students in Industrial Society
Travelling for God and Adventure
Entries
The Immigrant Preschool
Today, internationally, early childhood education, whether as nursery schools, kindergartens, or other forms of preschool, is a fully integrated feature of public and private education systems. The kindergarten, for example, had its origin in nineteenth century Germany. Following the 1848 revolution, exiled followers of Friedrich Froebel carried the kindergarten idea to England, America, and other European nations. From these early kindergarten a…
A Grander Grand Narrative
These essays by our thoughtful colleagues open a wide range of ideas to consider. I offer some comments on several categories that emerged from reading their essays, each of which leads us to a more complex and interconnected grand narrative for our field: access to evidence, transnational studies, local studies, biography, and autobiography
Educating the Empire
Educating the Empire: American Teachers and Contested Colonization in the Philippines Educating the Empire: American Teachers and Contested Colonization in the Philippines. By Sarah Steinbock-Pratt. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019. xii, 327 pp. $59.99.) Roberta Wollons Roberta Wollons University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American H…
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