New England Colonies
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1950's-2000
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Reason to teach people to read.
What is being able to read the Bible?
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Believed in hands-on learning and father of progressive education.
Who is John Dewey?
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Father of Education: believed in schools for everyone
Who is Horace Mann?
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First books used in colonial times were covered with a material from a cow's horn.
What is a hornbook? Also New England Primer
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Women demanded equal pay and opportunities.
What is women's rights movement.
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First books used in colonial times were covered with a material from a cow's horn.
What is a horn book or New England Primer?
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1986- First teacher going into space and the rocketship blew up.
What is the Challenger disaster?
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Believed in education but not for women or slaves. Started U of Va.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
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More colleges were started here than any other colony before the Revolution
What is NJ?
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Defined HS mission and purposes: Recommended uniform curriculum which was mostly College prep: science, math, history, English language, foreign languages, Latin Recommended 8 years elementary, 4 years HS
What is Committee of Ten?
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Classes held in the home, taught by women: Girls learned sewing and cooking, boys learned to read and write.
What is a Dame school?
300
These were the forerunners of teacher education colleges. People realized there was a need for greater training for teachers.
What is a Normal School?
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Created first American textbooks and Americans dictionary.
Who is Noah Webster?
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Used puzzle boxes to examine cats' behavior. Father of educational psychology.
Who is Edward Thorndike?
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Social unrest- urban riots, anti Vietnam protests Civil rights
What is the 1960's?
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Cause of major changes in the late 1800's that affected education
What is increased industrialization, the move away from farms to urban centers, and the need for more skills.
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Examples of this frame are graduation and award ceremonies, Pledge of Allegiance, "Ivy" League schools.
What is the symbolic frame?
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He was the first state-supported teacher, and believed in games, good willof students to learn, and holidays.
Who is Quintilian?
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A method of questioning named after its founder. Place where education truly began.
What is Socratic method? Greece and Rome
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More attention to needs of people with disabilities: Vocational Rehabilitation Act- increased physical accessibility Education for Handicapped (Bonus)) now IDEA
What is the 1970's? 1975
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Puritans- emphasis on religion More diversity- immigrants from all over Europe- parochial schools started Education reserved for the wealthy; non existent for African Americans
What are some differences in education in New England, The South, the Mid Atlantic States
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This is the time for Americans to focus on math and science to be competitive with other countries.
What is meant by a "sputnik moment?"
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Created first school for women: Hartford Female Seminary.
Who is Catherine Beecher?
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Education here largely depended on class and if you were wealthy.
What is the Southern colonies?
500
Law stating that all children must succeed including Sub groups (race, gender, non-English ELL) By 2006, 95% of all students in grades 3-6 had to be tested annually and once in grades 10, 11, and 12 2) If school failed to make this, they were “in need of improvement”
What is NCLB (No Child Left Behind) and AYP?
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