Historical Trends in American Education

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Week #1

 

 

 

Week #2

 

rticle: "Educational Beginnings" (Model for group presentations)

 

 

 

Week #3

Education Web Site Explanation

Educational Beginnings: Review #1

Review of Chapter 2 Worksheet #1

 

Week #4

Review of Chapter 2 Worksheet #2

Review of Chapter 2 Worksheet #3

 

Week #5

 

Review of Chapter 9 Worksheet

 

Week #6

Adolescence in America Questions

Critical Review

Book List

 

Week # 7

 

Practice Questions, Chapter Three

 

Week # 8

Practice Question, Chapter 10

Week #9

Curriculum as Response: Needs Addressed by Pre-Civil War Formal Schooling

Pre-Civil War Schooling in Response To Needs (Lecture)

Critical Review #2 Asignment

 

Week #10

"Socialization trends in Colonial New England" (article)

Post -Civil War Needs/Concerns

How Schools Responded to the post-Civil War needs /concerns (lecture)

 

Week #11

Articles Review on Post Civil War Issues:

"Kindergartens in Urban New England"

"Adolescence in 20th century America"

Unit 2 Overview: "Curriculum as a Response to Needs"

Curriculum Theory Overview

Curriculum "Ice Breaker" Questions

Curriculum needs survey

"Immigrant Aspirations: 1870-1915"

Test Review

Major Test #2

Week #12

Unit 3 overview

Chapter 4 worksheet

Independent Project Guidelines

Problem #1

Problem #2

 

Week #13

Textbook Review: The Teaching Profession in the Modern Era, pp.2-26.

Book Review Oral Reports

Unit 3 overview

Teacher Profession in PreCivil War America (Lecture)

Thomism Lecture

Existentialism Overview

Maxine Green Article on Existentialism

Existentialism connection to American education

Behaviorism Overview

Behaviorism and American Education (considerations of "Walden Two")

Marxism and American Education

Comments on Marx's Article: "On Education"

Week #14

Teacher Profession in Post Civil War America (Lecture)

Week #15

Teacher Profession In the Modern Era (Lecture)

 

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