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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
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