1. Foundations of American Education, Fifth Edition
L. Dean Webb, Arlene Metha, & K. Forbis Jordan
L. Dean Webb, Arlene Metha, & K. Forbis Jordan. Foundations of American Education, 5e. Copyright © 2007 by Pearson Education, Inc.
Foundations of American Education , 5th Edition

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Chapter 5 American Education: European Heritage and Colonial Experience
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3. European Background of American Education
in Ancient Societies
in Greece
in the Middle Ages
during the Renaissance
during the Reformation
later European educational thought
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4. Education in Ancient Societies
Oldest known schools
Sumarians
Egyptians
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5. Education in Greece First Educators Socrates Sparta
goal of education was patriotism
curricular emphasis on exercise, games, and the military
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6. Education in Greece (continued)
In Athens
goal of education was a well-
rounded person
curricular emphasis on the
development of reason
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7. Education in Greece (continued)
Socratic method
Plato
Aristotle
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8. Education in Rome
goal of education was an intellectual and moral citizenry
curricular emphasis on citizenship
spread through Western Europe
Quintilian
first state-supported school
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9. Education in the Middle Ages
Roman Catholic Church
Thomas Aquinas
neo-Thomism
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10. Education in the Middle Ages
Medieval universities
University of Salerno - medicine
University of Bologna - law
University of Paris - theology
Oxford University - liberal arts and theology
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11. Education in the Middle Ages (continued)
Influence of the Arab Scholars
Arabs saved much of the Greek philosophical tradition
established libraries in towns
a public school attached to each mosque
established hospitals and physician exams
Arabic numbering system
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12. Education During the Renaissance
humanism
Erasmus
court schools
education goals:
well-rounded students
well-educated populace
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13. Education During the Reformation
Martin Luther ( )
John Calvin ( )
vernacular schools
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14. Later European Educational Thought
Bacon ( )
scientific inquiry
critical-thinking skills
Comenius ( )
reason by doing
child development
paideia
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15. Later European Educational Thought (continued)
Locke ( )
tabula rasa
Rousseau ( )
naturalism
father of modern child psychology
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16. Later European Educational Thought (continued)
Pestalozzi ( )
child centered
emotion of learning
developmental order
Herbart ( )
interest, apperception, correlation
education as science
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17. Later European Educational Thought (continued)
Froebel ( )
Activity curriculum
Margaretha Schurz
Froebel’s student
opened first U.S. kindergarten
John Dewey
adopted many of Froebel’s principles
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18. Education in the “New” Old World Before Jamestown
Native American Education
comprehensive formal and informal systems
three basic courses
economic or survival skills
knowledge of cultural heritage
spiritual awareness
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19. Education in Colonial America
in the
New England colonies
Mid-Atlantic colonies
Southern colonies
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20. Education in the New England Colonies
had the first education laws
religious influence
elementary schooling
used the New England Primer
secondary grammar schools
university education
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21. Education in the New England Colonies (continued)
Education in New England During the Later Colonial Period
social and economic changes
birth of the academy
growth of colleges
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22. Education in the Mid-Atlantic Colonies
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin
Delaware
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23. Education in the Southern Colonies
Maryland, Virginia, Carolinas, and Georgia
influence of social and economic systems
based on plantation and slave system
elementary and secondary education
opportunity determined by one’s social class
higher education
The College of William and Mary
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