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School in Society

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reflects the society and socializes students

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School as a Society

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consists of a complex interrelationship of teachers, students, administrators, parents, and others

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Who’s in Charge of Education

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The Constitution of the United States does not assign the responsibility for education to the federal government, leaving the responsibility to each state.

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state board or commission

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responsible for the operation of the schools

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state commissioner

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reports to the state board; oversees a state education department

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state education department

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responsible for the state’s daily responsibility of the schools

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state government

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consists of the governor, the legislature, and the courts have the ultimate responsibility for public education

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Building principals

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Reports to the superintendent and are responsible for the daily operations of their school building

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Teachers

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responsible for teaching their students and carrying out district and state education policies

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Schools (law)

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may not discriminate against students, teachers, or others because of their race, sex, ethnicity, or religion

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Teachers (law)

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do not have to provide information unrelated to employment on an employment form or to an interviewer

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Students (law)

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Handicapped students ages 3-21 are entitled to a free and appropriate public education as a matter of federal law

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1st Formal Education

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began about 2000 B.C. in northern Africa and China

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Three Philosopher-intellects

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Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

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Socrates

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developed the Socratic or inquiry method of teaching

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Plato

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believed that education should help a person fully develop body and soul

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Aristotle

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introduced a scientific and practical approach to education

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Formal Roman Education

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began about 50 B.C. after Rome conquered Greece

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Quintilian

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wrote a series of 12 books around 70 A.D. that described current and preferred Roman educational practices

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Dark Ages

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400 to 1000 A.D.

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St. Thomas Aquinas

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one of the religious leaders that led the revival of learning

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Renaissance and the Reformation

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1300 to 1700 A.D.

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Jean Jacques Rousseau

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wrote Emile in 1762, held a positive view of children and believed that education should be a natural process

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Pestalozzi

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established schools that incorporated methods that enabled students to develop concepts through manipulative materials

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Herbert

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Pestalozzi’s student

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Froebel

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influenced by Rousseau and Pestalozzi

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kindergarten

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child’s garden

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American Education

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1600s, children educated at home by their parents

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Dame schools

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began in the east

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Secondary education

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Latin grammer schools, provided a classical education

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education laws

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introduced in the mid-1600s in Massachusetts

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Private schools

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limited to those who could afford to pay

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rural America

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not enough students enrolled; area schooling provided by tutors through 1700s and by itinerant teachers through the 1900s

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English grammar schools

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began as secondary school in 1700s

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Common schools

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provided free, public education for all students beginning in the 1800s

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Horn books

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the alphabet covered by a transparent horn

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New England primer

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1st substantial text and was used as a reading text until the late 1700s

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American spelling book

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written by Noah Webster

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McGuffy’s readers

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reading books geared for different grade levels

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American schools

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based upon teachings of Pestalozzi and Herbart

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Maria Montessori

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established her school, Casa Bambini, in 1908

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John Dewey

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established the first “progressive” school in the 1900s

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progressive education movement

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sought to build a curriculum around the child rather than around the subject matter

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essentialist movement

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teacher-centered classroom

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federal government

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-took a more active role in the schools since the Depression of the 1930s

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Public Law 94-142/99-457

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federal government’s first direct intervention in school instruction

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Public Law 98-199

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mandates transitional services for high school students

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Bruner/Process of Education

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urged student’s active involvement in the learning process.

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Skinner/behaviorism

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Skinner thought learning material should be broken down into small manageable steps; students taught step by step and rewarded for success

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Piaget

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posited that students go through stages as they develop concepts: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational

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