Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts

Mr. Carl Beyer

April 29, 2016

Edu324

A. List five events and the date each event /leader occurred.

· Reformation formally began in 1517. Martin Luther (1483-1546) an Augustinian monk and professor of religion started questioning the authority and enumerating the abuses of the Roman Catholic Church to the door of the court church in Wittenberg, Germany.

· The Renaissance, which began in Europe in the 14th century and reached its high point in the 16th century. The Renaissance was a rebirth, of interest in the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. A period of great change. It was also the decline of the feudal system. And the rise of nation-states and nationalism. As well as the growth of cities, a revival of commerce; the introduction of gunpowder; new forms of art, literature, and architecture; and the exploration of new worlds.

· Education Law of 1647, also called the Old Deluder Satan Law because of its first line: "It being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men from knowledge of the Scriptures." The law actually required the establishment of schools.

· The Age of the Enlightenment, or the Age of Reason, swept the Western world in the 17th century. In the American colonies, as in Europe, it brought greater concern for independent rationality, an examination of all beliefs, repudiation of supernatural explanations of phenomena, and a greater questioning of traditional religious dogma.

· Christopher Dock was born in Germany in the late 1690s and immigrated to the colony of Pennsylvania in 1714. Upon teaching for 4 years at a private school, Dock opened a school among the Mennonites at Skippark in Philadelphia County. Dock rejected harsh discipline and physical punishment and used more gentle methods such as persuasion and encouragement to foster learning. Dock believed that teaching was a calling, not just a part-time job or something to be done while waiting for something better to come along.

B. Venn Diagram of Historical Events (Early America – 1776)

The Reformation began in 1517

Christopher Dock

Martin Luther (1483-1546) an Augustinian monk and professor of religion started questioning the authority and enumerating the abuses of the Roman Catholic Church to the door of Martin Luther (1483-1546) an Augustinian monk and professor of religion started questioning the authority and enumerating the abuses of the Roman Catholic Church to the door of the court church in Wittenberg, Germany. the court church in Wittenberg, Germany.

Martin Luther (1483-1546) an Augustinian monk and professor of religion.

Started questioning the authority and enumerating the abuses of the Roman Catholic Church to the door of the court church in Wittenberg, Germany.

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Christopher Dock was born in Germany in the late 1690s and immigrated to the colony of Pennsylvania in 1714

Upon teaching for 4 years at a private school, Dock opened a school among the Mennonites at Skippark in Philadelphia County. Dock rejected harsh discipline and physical punishment and used more gentle methods such as persuasion and encouragement to foster learning.

Dock believed that teaching was a calling, not just a part-time job or something to be done while waiting for something better to come along.

Both wanted people to start asking questions.

Were both had religious Outlooks.

Believed teaching was a calling, not something for somebody to just do to waste time.

c. Address three of the following points.

◦These events are still significant today because questions about Education still should be asked. Based on my understanding and previous completed courses I have seen a lot of negative remarks regarding the usage of Common Core. As well as diversity in schools’. So maybe we need to start questioning whether or not our students are getting the proper education that they deserve.

◦If I could change the outcome of one of my listed events, I would change the reformation, simply because I do not believe children should be abused in any way shape or form. As well as the need for the state to control the curriculum.

◦If only one of these events/individuals could have taken place/existed, I would choose Christopher Dock. My reasoning’s are simple. He and I share a similar belief. Teaching is a calling, and not something to just do while waiting on something better to come along. Because something better will simply not come. He had a true love for teaching, and his students.

◦If I could change the outcome of one of my chosen events, I would choose the reformation. Simply because questions do need to be asked, and our educational system needs to be looked into more in dept. The common core standards, and the government trying to control our schools. Is not allowing our students to get the proper education that they need.

◦What would you say is the most important result of each of your chosen events? The most important result of both of my chosen events would simply be the fact that both allowed for more questioning, and concern for education. Dock was a man of education. As so was Martin Luther. They both wanted nothing more than the educational system to look into how the students were being treated.

Reference:

Webb. L. D. (2014). History of American education: Voices and perspectives. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.