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Factors infuencing the economy and social climate
-poverty level had risen
-immigrants increased
-slavery
-population growth
-urbanization of cities
-media expansion
-transportation expansion
-land-grants
-students NOT college ready -
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UICSM
Mathmaticians redeveloped field of mathematics. -
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William H. Wells
William H. Wells divided schools into grades -
-Woodward-Manual Training School of Washington-
Mechanics, engineers and manufacturers -
Lester Frank Ward
Lester Frank Ward published Dynamic Sociology. He opposed Social Darwinists, he argued civilization was changed by the power of intelligent intervention to change things for the better. -
Mental Discipline
Emphasis on mental discipline in the 1890's with the report of the Yale faculty in 1828 -
Technological advances
Technological advances lead to loss of jobs and dramatic rise in secondary school enrollments in 1890's. -
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Massive in flux of new students into secondary schools
A technologial unemployment among teenagers led them to go to school. -
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National Herbart Society
Had a scientific educational theory, that spoke of an interrelationship in subjects. Interest declined quickly but facets are still seen in education today. -
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The Public School System of the United States
Nine articles voiced the concern of the school system being lifeless. -
Economic Depression
Severe Economic Depression leads to increase in drop-outs. -
Committee of Ten
Committee of ten report published a uniformity in high school curriculum is seen. -
Committee of fiftteen
Advocated for a humanistic curriculum. -
-Demands of Sociology upon Pedagogy-
@ National Educational Association-peices only not a whole -
-Dewey-The Child and the Curriculum-
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Eliot's Psychology of Adolescence
Advocated for a curriculum that was equal and accessible to all, not a differentiated one that would determine the social and occupational destinies of students. -
-Eliot-
"Teachers....must sort the pupils by their evident and probable destinies" (Kliebard,2004) -
-Dewey-How we Think-
"thinking is problem-solving" (Kliebard, 2004) -
Scientific Management in Education
Addressed standardization and efficiency in the curriculum. -
Critial Scrutiny
Critical scrutiny of schools. -
*Bobbit*
Bobbit insists "education is primarily for adult life, not for the child life" -
-Vocational Education recieves Major Federal Aid-
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SRI: Russian Revolution
Americans unhappy with direction of capitalism -
-The Home Project-
As a phase of vocational agricultural edu.--:.....the project....reconstructing the curriculum around the real and immediate needs of the students" (Kliebard, 2004) -
-The Project Method-Kilpatrick-
"within the child lay the key to the revitalized curriculum" --opposes The Committee of Economy of Time-(Kliebard, 2004) -
-Hosic-Journal of Educational Method-
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-Bagley-
Skeptiical of project curriculum not enough "experimentation" (Kliebard, 2004) -
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SRI: The Program of Social Studies & Ruggs
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SRI:Counts and Needs of American civilization
American education only serving the select few by birth or by talent. There was no program in education addressing the needs of the American civilzation -
-Kilpatrick- Foundations of Methods-
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-Stockton-Project Work in Education-
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SRI: Bobbitt
"Life can not be 'prepared for'. It can only be lived." -
Counts: Unequal representation in School Board Members
"......drawn from more favored economic and social classes" (Kliebard, 2004) -
SRI: Progressive Education
Dewey questions 9-year program saying it ignored the social impact of education. -
SRI: Black Thursday
"vista of endless prosperity vanished" -
SRI: Man and his Changing Society
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-The Experiment Curriculum-
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-Dewey-The Way Out of Educational Confusion-
critism of curriculum ideologies subject vs. project (Kliebard, 2004) -
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SRI: Critism of Ruggs text books-seen as anti-American
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-DeBoer-
Curriculum be built around life activities of the learners rather than traditional subject-matter (Kliebard, 2004) -
World War II
Focus shifts from critism of American society to patriotism--Social Reconstruction dies down -
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United States and WWII
Discovered many Americans had a very poor understanding of mathematics. -
Sputnik Scare
Federal government increases its spending on education. -
"New Curriculum" Movement
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MACOS
Revitilize teaching of social studies provided a teacher education program. -
*Gange*
9 Components -
-Cardinal Principals Report-
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Ed Hirsch
Writes Cultural Literacy -
NCLB
NCLB /Race to the Top ensure accountability that students are able to compete globally. -
*The Sorry State of American Schools*
The Teaching Commission points out that "academic achievement" is inadequate (Schiro 2013)