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Non-Western Education
Sume (now part of Iraq) might of had "some form of school." Evidence suggests that "formal schools existed in China during Hsig and shang dynasties." 2000BCE -
146
Roman Schools
146BCE Romans conquered Greece, which lead Greek teachers and the education system to be "absorbed" into Roman Empire. -
200
Latin Grammar Schools
Between 50BCE and 200CE Latin grammer schools were somewhat like twentieth-century secondary schools in function. Students who were preparing for a career of political service received their training in schools of rhetoric, which offered courses in grammar, rhetoric, dialectics, music, arithmetics, geometry, and astronomy. -
Period: 400 to Jan 24, 1000
Education in the Dark Ages
Education started to regress. Political and religious oppression caused the people to regress. -
Period: 476 to Jan 24, 1300
Education in the Middle Ages
Roman Catholic Church was on its way to becoming the greatest power in government and education in the Western world. -
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Western Education
Formal Education was organized in Greece during the Age of Pericles. Spartan education centered on developing ideas as courage, patriotism obedience, cunning, and physical strenghth. Little intellectual content in Spartan education. -
Period: Jan 24, 1000 to Jan 24, 1300
Age of the revival of Learning
Between 1000 and 1300 a period called the "age of the revival of learing" took place. It was when people started to regain a thirst for education. -
Jan 27, 1300
The Renaissancce
Started in Italy around 1300. It spread through Europe. Vittorino da Feltre was an educator during this time. He believed that "people could be educated and also be Christians at the same time." -
Jan 27, 1517
The Reformation
During the start of the reformation, the churche believed that it "was not" desirable for each person to read and interpret the Bible for himself. Luther felt taht people should read and interpret the Bilble for themselves. Because of this, education became important as a way of obtaining salvation. -
John Locke
Locke publishes "Some Thoughts Concerning Education", an essay that introduced a new perspective on teaching children. -
The Age of Reason
A revolt of the intellectuals against the superstition and ignorance that dominated people's lives at the time influenced education in this early modern period. The ones who joined the movement were known as rationalists because of the faith they placed in human rational power. "If one places greater emphasis on human ability to reason, then education takes on new importance as the way in which humans can develop this power." -
The Emergence of Common Man
Another "trend" that affected education was a concept called the Emergence of Common Man. This was when the thinkers who promoted the emergence of common man argued that common people deserved a better life--politically, economically, socially, and educationally. -
Benjamin Franklin
In this year, Franklin formed the American Philosophical Society, which brought forth some ideas from the European Enlightenment, including those of John Locke.
In 1751, Franklin also founded the first English Academy in Philedelphia. -
James Pillans
James Pillans invents the blackboard, a revolutionary idea for teaching students all at once, rather than each child writing on individual slates. -
Booker T. Washington
Washington founded and was the first principal of the Tuskegee Institute. -
Committee of Ten
• 1892 a committee was established by the National Education Association (NEA) To study the function of the U.S. High Schoolo High school should consist of grades 7 through 12o Courses should be arranged sequentiallyo Students should be given very few electives in high schoolo One unit, called the Carnegie unit, should be awarded for each separate course that a student take each hear, provided that the course meets four or five times each week all year long. -
Maria Montessori
Montessori develops a new teaching method: "Looking becomes reading; touching becomes writing." -
Cardinal Principles
• 1918 Commission on Reorganization of Secondary Education published the report Cardinal Principle of Secondary Education.o These principles stated that the student should receive an education in the following seven fields: health, command of fundamental processes, worthy home membership, vocation, civic education, worthy use of leisure, and ethical character.• -
School District Consolidation
In 1939,the number of separate school districts started to reduce from 117,000 in 1940 to 14,000 today. There was a corresponding decline in the number of one-teacher-schools. Because of the fewer number of school districts, students would have to travel farther to reach schools, this caused a growth in busing. It is guessed that 60% of all students are bused to school, by about 450,000 school buses. -
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Budget Increase
Between the years of 1940 and 1990 the Fedral budget for education increased $206 billion. -
GI Bill
provided for the education of veterans of WWII, similar bills were also created to assist veterans of the Korean conflict. These federal acts afforded education to more than ten million veterans at a cost of almost $20 billion. 1966 another GI Bill was passed for veterans of the war in Vietnam. -
Period: to
Enrollment Grwoth
The most dramatic change that has occurred in education during the past 60 years is the sheer expnasion in size of the educational enterprise. The number of public school students has doubled in the past 75 years. This has caused a need for more schools to be built and more teachers to be hired. -
National Science Foundation
emphasized the need for continued support of basic scientific research. Created to promote the progress of science, to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense; and for other purposes. -
Categorical Federal Aid
the first soviet space vehicle was launched; the federal government further increased its participation in education. NDEA, the Vocational Education Act of 1963, the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and the International Education Act of 1966. Project Head Start, the National Teacher Corps, and Upward Bound. -
No Child Left Behind
One of the federal government’s recent major efforts to improve education and help children learn, especially disadvantaged children, is the sweeping legislation. Three major criticism are:o Sufficient funds have not been made available to effectively implement the law,o The mandated testing required by the law is not sufficiently valid or reliable and is too time-consuming,o The law and testing do not take into account the extremely wide abilities of students.
