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1、HistoryofEducationSocietyReformsandResponse:TheYaleReportof1828Author(s):MelvinI.UrofskyReviewedwork(s):Source:HistoryofEducationQuarterly,Vol.5,No.1(Mar.,1965),pp.53-67Publishedby:HistoryofEducationSocietyStableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/366937.Accessed:18/12/201203:09YouruseoftheJS
2、TORarchiveindicatesyouracceptanceoftheTerms&ConditionsofUse,availableat.http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp.JSTORisanot-for-profitservicethathelpsscholars,researchers,andstudentsdiscover,use,andbuilduponawiderangeofcontentinatrusteddigitalarchive.Weuseinformationtechno
3、logyandtoolstoincreaseproductivityandfacilitatenewformsofscholarship.FormoreinformationaboutJSTOR,pleasecontactsupport@jstor.org..HistoryofEducationSocietyiscollaboratingwithJSTORtodigitize,preserveandextendaccesstoHistoryofEducationQuarterly.http://www.jstor.orgThiscontentdownloadedonTue
4、,18Dec201203:09:55AMAllusesubjecttoJSTORTermsandConditionsREFORMSANDRESPONSE:THEYALEREPORTOF1828MelvinI.UrofskyIScarcelyhadAmericanindependencebeenwonin1783thanafloodofarticles,pamphlets,andbooksaskedwhatshouldbethefunctionsofeducationinarepublic?TheAmericanPhilosophicSocietyofferedaprize
5、forthebestproposalofaliberaleducationsuitedtothegeniusofthenewAmericannation.GeorgeWashing-ton,RobertCoran,BenjaminRush,WilliamSmith,FrancisHopkinson,andJonathanTrumballallcalledforaneweducationforthenewrepublic.Regardinghighereducation,theyallagreedthateducationmustbemorethanamereadornme
6、nt;itmusthaveapracticalbent.BenjaminRushwrote:lWeoccupyanewcountry.Ourprinciplebusinessshouldbetoexploreandapplyitsresources,allofwhichpressustoenterprize[sic]andhaste.Underthesecircumstances,tospendfourorfiveyearsinlearningtwodeadlanguages,istoturnourbacksuponagoldmine,inordertoamuseouse
7、lvescatchingbutterflies.Asearlyas1779ThomasJeffersonhadproposedreformingthecurriculumatWilliamandMaryintoeightbroaddivisions,ofwhichonlyonewouldbeconcernedwiththeclassics.Evenearlier,FranklindesiredtoreplacetheclassicswithmorepracticalsubjectsinhisPhiladelphiaacadem
