William Bagley (educator)
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William Chandler Bagley (March 15, 1874, in
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– July 1, 1946, in
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), was an American educator and editor. He graduated in 1895 from
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, currently called Michigan State University; completed MS, in 1898, from the
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, 1898; and was awarded PhD by
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in 1900. He taught in elementary schools before becoming (1908) professor of education at the
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, where he served as the director of the School of Education from 1908 until 1917. He was professor of education at
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, Columbia, from 1917 to 1940. An opponent of pragmatism and progressive education, Bagley insisted on the value of knowledge for its own sake, not merely as an instrument, and he criticized his colleagues for their failure to emphasize systematic study of academic subjects. Of his many works, ''Education and Emergent Man'' (1934) contains the clearest exposition of his educational philosophy. His other writings include: *The Educative Process (1905). *Education and Utility (1909). *Educational Values (1911). * (1911). *School Discipline (1914). *History of the American People (1923, co-authored with Charles A. Beard) *Determinism in Education (1925). *Education, Crime, and Social Progress (1931). A champion of educational essentialism, Bagley said "gripping and enduring interests frequently grow out of initial learning efforts that are not appealing or attractive." Bagley was editor in chief of the ''Journal of the National Education Association'' (1920-1925) and '' School and Society'' (1939-1946).


References

* See biographies by F. B. Stratemeyer (1939) and I. L. Kandel (1961). * For the definitive biography of Bagley, see J. Wesley Null, ''A Disciplined Progressive Educator: The Life and Career of William Chandler Bagley'' (New York: Peter Lang, 2003). * For an anthology that includes many of Bagley's published writings, see J. Wesley Null and Diane Ravitch, ''Forgotten Heroes of American Education: The Great Tradition of Teaching Teachers'' (Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, 2006).


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bagley, William 1874 births 1946 deaths Michigan State University alumni Cornell University alumni National Education Association people Teachers College, Columbia University faculty Philosophers of education