HistoricalFoundationsofEducation.pptVIP

Historical Foundations of Education Chapter 7 Historical Lenses Celebrationist historians…see the brighter side of historical events Liberal historians…focus on conflict, stress, inconsistencies Revisionist historians…learn more by studying what has been wrong than what has been right Postmodernist historians…see history through the unique lenses of social class, race, ethnicity, gender, age Learning Outcomes List important early educators in the world Detail major educational accomplishments of the early Eastern societies Analyze the life of the colonial school teacher Articulate the roles government played in colonial America Analyze how an understanding of early American history informs today’s teacher The beginnings of Education Informal education…all peoples have cared for their children and prepared them for life Hindu and Hebrew education…how to live a good life Chinese education…Lao-tszu and Confucius Egyptian education…education provided for privileged males Eastern civilizations developed education prior to Western civilizations, for the most part Western Education The Age of Pericles (455-431bce), city states in Greece Sparta, from 8 to 18, boys were wards of the State…education to develop courage, patriotism, obedience, cunning, and physical strength (little intellectual content) Athens, heavily stressed intellectual and aesthetic objectives Western world’s first great philosophers Socrates…the Socratic method: a way of teaching that centers on the use of questions by the teacher to lead students to certain conclusions…Socrates’ fundamental principle, “Knowledge is virtue.” Plato…Republic recommendations for the ideal society…three classes of people: artisans, soldiers, philosophers Greek philosophers Plato… “A good education is that which gives to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which they are capable.” Aristotle…a person’s most important purpose in life is to serve and improve humankind…Aristotle was scientific, practi