Impact on Education Timeline

EDUC 673

External Influences on Education Timeline Assignment

Overview

In order to understand education, you must first review the history and influences of education. The historical context of education allows you to understand the past in order to more fully understand the present state of education. History allows us to see how the three greatest influences on instruction affects the development of schools across the United States. According to your textbook, the three greatest influencers are politics, business groups, and advocacy groups. Looking at how these influencers shaped education is an interesting and worthwhile endeavor. This assignment will give you the opportunity to look at these three influences throughout the past 50 years to get an idea of the large impact politics, business groups, and advocacy groups have on education.

Instructions

Download the External Influences on Education Timeline Template and review your External Influences on Education Timeline Grading Rubric. Open the template and review the requirements.

You will develop a timeline of the three greatest influences on education by identifying political, business, and advocacy events over the past 50 years. You will research these events and cite throughout this assignment. You must utilize the most current edition of APA. You may not use direct quotes.

You will identify 8 events over past 50 years, list the events in chronological order, and provide the following information for each event:

Year of the Event

· You must include an event from each of the following ranges:

1. 1 event prior to 1980

2. 1 event prior to 1980

3. 1 event within 1980-1989

4. 1 event within 1990-1999

5. 1 event within 2000-2009

6. 1 event within 2010-2019

7. 1 event within 2010-2019

8. Your Choice

External Influence: Political, Business Group, or Advocacy Group

· You must include at least 2 political influences, 2 business group influences, 2 advocacy group influences, and 2 additional influences of your choice.

Summary of the Event

· You must include a one paragraph summary of the event. A paragraph is defined as at least 5 complete sentences. Ensure you cite utilizing the most current APA edition guidelines.

Impact on Education

· You must include a one-paragraph explanation of the impact this event had or has on education. A paragraph is defined as at least 5 complete sentences. Ensure you cite utilizing the most current APA edition guidelines.

Personal Thoughts on Influence

· You must include a one paragraph explanation of your thoughts on this influence on education. A paragraph is defined as at least 5 complete sentences.

Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of Module/Week 2.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the SafeAssign plagiarism tool.