by Michael Knoll (Author)

While John Dewey is an icon of American education and his work object of comprehensive
studies, this book ventures to fill gaps that have been neglected by previous research.

Author Biography

Michael Knoll, Ph.D., Dipl.Päd., was a high school teacher and school principal; a visiting
scholar at Teachers College-Columbia University and the University of South Carolina;
a research fellow at the universities of Kiel, Bayreuth, Eichstaett and the Swiss Institute
of Technology, Zurich; an interim full professor, University of Rostock. His primary areas
of scholarship are the history of curriculum, instruction and school administration with
the focus on progressive education in the United States and Germany.