[Dissertation] The Child-Study Movement in American Education, 1880-1910: A Quest for Educational Reform through a Systematic Study of the Child

Acknowledgment Table of Contents I. Introduction II. A Precursor of Child-Study Ideas: Charles F. Adams, Jr., 1870-1880 III. A Publicist of Child-Study Ideas: G. Stanley Hall, 1880-1890 IV. Organizational Promotion of Child-Study among Educators in the 1890’s V. The Child-Study Movement’s Basic Ideas about Scientific Child-Study in the 1890’s VI. The Child-Study Movement’s Naturism in the 1890’s: Knowledge of the Child’s Nature as a Norm for Education VII. Critics of the Child-Study Movement in American Education, 1895-1905 VIII. The Child-Study Movement’s Passing as an Organized Movement from the Educational Scene 1901-1910 IX. Conclusion Selected Bibliography Vita