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The Colonial Period began when Jamestown was settled in 1607 and ended at the singing of the Peace Treaty with Great Brittain after the Revolutionary War. With religion being the principal concern of this period, the curriculum mainly consisted of the Bible, spellers, books of prayers, catechisms and other religious texts.
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Human mind is a tabula rasa (blank slate) and knowledge is derived through experience.
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Beginning in the 13 colonies and led to the American Revolution
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The Montessori Elementary Material: The Advanced Montessori Method
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Though the exact dates are not known about the beginning or end of the Industrial Revolution, it was a transition that included going from hand production to machine production.
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Published "Emile, ou léducation" which expressed his views on education and included the importance of early childhood.
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Proposed a two-track education system (laboring and the learned). This reminds me of the new JumpStart initiative (2014) in Louisiana that provides a two-path diploma.
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School was considered a solution to a host of social problems and a tool of economic and political development.
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Secretary of Massachusetts State Board of Education and a proponent of free, universal education. Advocate for pedagogical reform.
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Watertown, Wisconsin (Margarethe Schurz).
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Donation of public lands to states for at least one college for the purpose of agriculture and mechanic arts.
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Co-Founded Hull House for immigrants.
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Response to a new era of industrial developoment and urban growth. Two types of progressives emerged at this time: Pedagogical and Administrative
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Louisiana--Separate but Equal
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Wrote "The Public School and the Immigrant Child"
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Tarrytown, NY
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View help advance the progressive education movement.
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Provided funds for agricultural and vocational education.
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Wrote "The Curriculum". Wanted to prepare students for their role in an industrial society. Borrowed his efficiency philosophy from Frederick Taylor's principals of scientific management.
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Some Famous Progressives who placed children at the center of the learning process:
John Locke (1632-1704)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827)
Friedrich Fröbel (1782-1852)
Francis Wayland Parker (1837-1902)
John Dewey (1859-1952)
Hans Froelicher Sr. (1865-1930)
Eugene Randolph Smith (1876-1968) http://www.parkschool.net/about/philosophy/principles-of-progressive-education/ -
Published "The Child's Conception of the World" which outlined his theory of cognitive development.
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Ushered in the Great Depression until economies began recovery in the mid-1930's.
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Dare the School Build a New Social Order
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal
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"The Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The Classification of Educational Goals; Handbook I: Cognitive Domain" is established
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Put science education under the microscope in the U.S. Resulted in the National Defense Eduation Act (NDEA 1958) which increased funds for science, mathe, and foreign language education.
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Prohibits discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin.
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Part of Johnson's War on Poverty. Established Title I
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Newsweek cover story--Debate about national literacy. Starts back-to-the-basics movement.
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Report by the National Commission on Excellence in Education--sweeping reforms in public education and teacher training. Added the study of computer science.
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PL 105-332--Goal was to increase the quality of vocational-technical education (Reauthoried in 1998 & 2006)
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President George W. Bush signs into law. Reauthorizes ESEA of 1965 and replaces Bilingual Ed. Act of 1968. "Mandates high-stakes student testing, holds schools accountable for student achievement levels, and provides penalities for schools that do not make dequate yearly progress".
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Curriculum Development in the Postmodern Era--2nd Edition
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Establishes two diploma tracks--Core Four (TOPS) Diploma or Career (TOPS Tech) Diploma
