ALL ABOUT HAROLD RUGG
Mr. Rugg was born in what year? In what state?
1886 in Massachusetts
Harold Rugg believed that schools should play a stronger role in helping to...
reconstruct or improve society
What did Harold believe about schools in his era?
they provided "inadequate information and inadequate practice using it"
What did Rugg pilot at the Lincoln School in 1920
his Social Studies textbooks
What is Harold Rugg's middle name?
Ordway
His formal educational training was in the area of
Civil Engineering
Wanted the next generation to use their imaginations to solve_________________
the current social issues
Rugg was one of the early founders of what educational organization?
The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
What content area was Rugg's work centered around
Social Studies
Curriculum that highlights social reform as the aim of education
Reconstructivism
Name on educational theorist that he was heavily influenced by?
Dewey
As a reconstructivist, what did Harold Rugg believe
the aim of education is to solve societal problems
Name 1-3 concepts that Rugg believed education should focus on.
Citizenship education that transcends geography, history and current events
Inquiry based learning: students ask questions rather than read and listen
Active learning
Textbooks as a means to promote social reform
What did Rugg believe was the best way to engage students in social studies?
to approach the material from a social-justice perspective, so he advocated focusing the curriculum on students’ investigations of social problems.
Name another influential educational philosopher that Rugg's work was inspired by
John Dewey, Georgia O’Keefe, William Mason, all who he referred to as “Freedom Thinkers”
Harold Rugg was a Professor at what University?
Teachers College at Columbia University
Curriculum should be designed around these three principles
Investigation, analysis, and organization.
Harold Rugg was an integral part of which education movement?
Progressive education reform movement
In the early 1920's Rugg published articles in which he called for the different branches of the social studies to be taught as part of an integrated, coherent program that would be more meaningful for students and less burdensome for teachers. These different branches were:
history, geography, economics, and political science
Reconstructivist educators focus on
A curriculum that highlights social reform as the aim of education
Harold Rugg created an influential social studies textbook series entitled:
Man and His Changing Society
Harold Rugg was considered a
Social Reconstructivist; change agent for Social Justice
Rugg was pivotal in the reform for social studies education and
focused on issues with the modern social studies model
In 1921, Rugg started on what was perhaps his most-influential work. A series of educational pamphlets focused on social problems in the United States and encouraged students to explore potential solutions. The pamphlets sold more than 750,000 copies. In 1929 the pamphlets were published as a ____________________
series of textbooks
This involves the implementation of different types of instructional strategies and organizational methods that are focused on achieving optimal student development and student learning outcomes.
Curriculum Development