EDU 112 midterm Flashcards
(53 cards)
A type of socialization: the process by which a subordinate group adopts
the culture of the dominant group. This is either done voluntarily or,
most often, by coercion (the latter is more prevalent in schooling).
assimilation
An official credential, often called a license, indicating that an individual
is qualified to teach a certain grade and/or subject in a particular state.
certification
The material/subject matter that is taught during a stage of schooling.
curriculum
the transmission of knowledge
education
The grades and test scores that an individual receives.
educational achievement
The amount of formal education that an individual has completed.
educational attainment
The study of teaching; the focus is on how to teach, not what to teach.
pedagogy
Written documents or other artifacts that were created during the time
period being studied. They can include oral testimonies
primary sources
Systematic education, typically of children/youth, by a non-family
individual(s) who performs that role/job for a community or larger
group/entity; schooling usually occurs at specific locations outside the
home.
schooling
Analyses or interpretations of primary sources that are produced at
varying points after the creation of those primary sources.
secondary sources
When an individual internalizes the customs or patterns of a particular
group or society; the process of learning what is right and wrong.
socialization
The gradual development of schools in early America was a response to social changes, particularly the breakdown of patriarchal authority in the family and the diminishing authority of religious institutions (churches).
bernard bailyns thesis
General trend in literacy rates in the late 1500s?
Significant gains for male literacy rates between 1560-1580:
Small landholders: from 45% to 70%
Tradesmen: from 45% to 60%
Farmers: from 10% to 30%
Literacy rates for women could be as low as 10%
what did children’s early learning consist of?
parents taught children: behavior, manners, religious beliefs, practices, obedience, authority
Small fee, usually taught by a housewife in her home
Mostly boys (ages 5-7), but girls could attend
Basic reading/writing, behavior, and catechisms (religious Q & As)
petty schools
what was the most important subject taught in english grammar school?
Latin
what where the ambivalent attitudes toward education in england?
Optimism - that investments in schooling (educational opportunities) would produce better citizens, more capable public servants, & stauncher Protestants (= more stability)
Pessimism -that increased educational opportunities would foster social discontent, political protests, & heretical thinking (= less stability)
Literacy is made a top priority
1642: Local officials had to ensure that parents were educating their children (and apprentices)
old deluder law
places of instruction where young ladies could learn household arts.
dame schools
drills the idea that kids need to have an education because their actions will affect the fate of american history.
cotton mather’s “the education of children”
what are the oldest public schools and oldest university in the US?
Boston Latin School, Harvard
teaching aid consisting of a leaf of paper showing the alphabet, and often the ten digits and the Lord’s Prayer, mounted on a wooden tablet and protected by a thin plate of horn.
Hornbook
the first reading primer designed for the American colonies. It became the most successful educational textbook published in 17th-century colonial United States and it became the foundation of most schooling before the 1790s
new england primer
Short periods of schooling spaced out over many years
Sprawl typical until the mid-19th century
educational sprawl
