informal collaborative quiz educ 202

Who was Horace Mann?

The founder of the American public school movement.

Where was Horace Mann from?

Franklin, Massachussets

Why did Horace Mann go into education?

his belief that political stability and social harmony depended on education

what were common schools

a public school for all children supports by tax payers of the state

Three distinctive features of common school movement?

1. All children attended the same school and were taught the same political and social ideology
2. the government used the common schools as instruments to government policy
3. states created agencies to control local schools.

Jefferson

3 years education for girls and boys

Webster

patriotic education

Dewey

students learn best in natural social settings

Jane adams

which means she believed in teaching what was relevant and practical to students' lives. Project-based and experiential learning are pragmatic approaches