Historical Trends in American Education
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Week #1
Week #2
rticle: "Educational Beginnings" (Model
for group presentations)
Week #3
Week #4
Week #5
Week #6
Week # 7
Week # 8
Week #9
Pre-Civil War Schooling in Response To Needs (Lecture)
Week #10
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
Week #13
Textbook Review: The Teaching Profession in the Modern Era, pp.2-26.
Book Review Oral Reports
Thomism Lecture
Existentialism Overview
Behaviorism Overview
Behaviorism and American Education (considerations of "Walden Two")
Marxism and American Education
Comments on Marx's Article: "On Education"
Week #14
Week #15
Teacher Profession In the Modern Era (Lecture)
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