Caleb's foundations of Education

1. Caleb Adams

2. Politics of Education

2.1. Education is the deliberate, systematic, and sustained effort to transmit, evoke or acquire knowledge, attitudes, skills or sensibilities as well as outcomes of that effort

2.2. the purposes of education are concerned with the type of society people live in and the type of people we wish to live in it.

2.3. Intellectual purposes of teaching- to teach the basic cognitive skills

2.4. political purpose- to inculcate allegiance to the existing political order

2.5. social purpose- to help solve social problems

2.6. economic purpose- to prepare students for their later occupational roles

2.7. The conservative perspective began in the 19th century and applied the evolutionary theories of Darwin to the analysis of societies. This view looks at social evolution as a process that enables the strongest individual or groups to survive and looks at human and social evolution as adaptation to changes in the environment.

3. Philosophy of Education

3.1. Progressivism is a focus more on the child then the course material. Student interest and personal growth are important.

3.2. Philosophy of education is rooted in practice and stands on its own with no end in mind

3.3. Past experiences are used to reflect and solve problems based on the ideas of progressivists.

3.4. The role of the teacher should be to help the student in and outside of the classroom. to lead, guide, mentor and help the student in all aspects of life in and out of schools.

3.5. Existentialism also stresses the importance of the individual and their emotional commitment to living fully.

3.6. Also, individual choice is greater than theories, history and social institutions based on existentialism.

3.7. I believe in the importance of the individual to help them with the knowledge they need for both the classrooms and the real world.

4. Schools as Organizations

4.1. Structure in school systems are a major important factor in education in the United States.

4.2. The curriculum, qualifications, safety and more must be carried out by the citizens of the particular school district.

4.3. Student composition is becoming more diverse, but at the same time, the nonminority families are moving to suburban areas to create residential segregation.

4.4. School systems are very open and allow every individual to enroll in school and stay there until they graduate. there is a strong belief in the "common school".

4.5. There is diversity in school systems despite the fact toward centralization in the public sector.

4.6. Schools are leaning toward stronger math and science competency and this lead to a new supply of teachers.

5. History of U.S. Education

5.1. Historian Merle Curti said the use of formal schooling for the colonists was to protect freedoms such as though, religion and press which led towards the maintenance of a democratic society.

5.1.1. Project specifications

5.1.2. End User requirements

5.1.3. Action points sign-off

5.2. school was charged with assuming roles that were of the family, church and community.

5.3. Schools continue to serve as a focal point in larger issues of societal needs.

5.4. There are little consensus on motives for school reforms.

5.5. Education for women and African Americans- This opened a whole new door for the education world as more were accepted into schools and private academies.

5.5.1. Define actions as necessary

5.6. Education for women opened up in the middle to late 19th century and expanded quickly.

5.7. Historically Black Colleges did not come around until after the Civil War in 1868 and opened the door for more and better schooling for African Americans.

6. Sociological Perspectives

6.1. Schools, parents, churches and other groups shape children perceptions of the world by the process of socialization.

6.2. Schools play an important role in promoting gender roles with stereotypes and segregation of extracurricular activities.

6.3. Theory is an integration of all known principals, laws and information pertaining to a specific area of study.

6.4. Knowledge plays an important roles on students because the more they know then the more they are likely to use that learning material.

6.5. Employment- students that graduate will lead to greater opportunities for jobs.

6.6. Mobility was linked to a tournament because the "winners" were allowed to move on to the next round or grade level.

7. Curriculum and Pedagogy

7.1. The curriculum of progressivism is focused on the needs and interests of the students because of the idea that the student is more important than the curriculum.

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7.1.2. Personel

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7.1.4. Duration

7.2. Democratic personal and social values are factors for the idea of progressivists.

7.3. Existentialism believes in the idea of the students defining themselves through their personal choices.

7.4. The goal of the curriculum for existentialism is heavily based on the humanities and their wide-awakeness.

7.5. Different practices and curricula are based on different groups of students, such as, class, race, ethics and gender differences.

7.6. I believe the curriculum should be based on the needs and interest of the students to help them understand and gain more knowledge on the basic curriculum. Interests could be connected with the curriculum to help gain motivation of students.

8. Equality of Opportunity

8.1. People are discriminated based on their families class, their race and gender.

8.2. Students have different educational experiences based on their social class and achievement is directly related to social class.

8.3. It is difficult to relate class to race but there are many factors that play a role. Significance shows that minorities have lower test scores and receive fewer educational opportunities.

8.4. Gender differences with education has decreased in the past 20 years, but mean still have some slight advantages over females.

8.5. Students origins have a significant impact on their destination whether it is thought about or not.

8.6. High social class is related to higher achievements. Students in the lower class have disadvantages so profound that there is little hope of altering their lives.

9. Educational Inequality

9.1. There are two different views of unequal educational achievement, student centered and school centered.

9.2. Student centered showed research that stated there are more differences in academics among students in the same school that with students in different schools.

9.3. Factors include genetic differences, cultural deprivation, cultural differences.

9.4. School centered research was based on both between schools and within schools.

9.5. Some factors with school centered reviews are school financing, school research, curriculum and pedagogy between schools, curriculum and grouping within schools and genders.

9.6. Higher class communities are able to spend for their students than that of the poorer communities.

10. Educational Reform

10.1. In the early 1990s, the federal government set 6 goals for improvements on education.

10.2. 1. all students start school ready to learn. 2. the high school graduation rate would increase to at least 90%. 3. students will leave grades 4,8 and 12 after demonstrating competency in challenging subject matter. 4. students will be first in the world in math and science achievement. 5. every adult will be literate and possess skills necessary to compete in the economy and exercise rights and responsibilities of being a citizen. 6. every school in America will be drug and violence free.

10.3. After these were applied, 4 themes were put into place. 1. creating better and more accountable schools for todays students. 2. creating a new generation of American schools for tommorrows students. 3. transforming America into a nation of students. 4. making our communities where learning is possible.

10.4. The federal government placed two reforms in the 2000s, No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top.

10.5. School based reforms were based on school choice, charter schools and tuition vouchers.

10.6. Supplemental programs were put into place in 1998 such as preschools, renovate urban school facilities, whole school reform, full day kindergarten, eliminate overcrowding, social services, increased security, technology alternative school, school to work and summer schools.

10.7. I think trying to connect the school, community and social reforms helped to gain leadership, parent community ties, professional capacity, student centered learning and instructional guidance.