Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts

Guided Response: Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. How do your choices compare to theirs? Identify common opinions and differences in your responses. 150 WORD

Patricia Daniels

EDU324: History of American Education

Week 1 Discussion: Historical Events

Dr. Kalani Beyer – Instructor

April 25, 2016

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

1- Education Law of 1647 – This law actually required the establishment of schools. Education was made a direct responsibility of the people and their elected officials (Webb, 2014).

2- Father of American Pedagogy- Christopher Dock 1690-1771.

3- The Renaissance- 14th through 16th centuries.

4- Upon the Method of Right Instruction- Desiderius Erasmus 1466-1536

5- Reformation 1517. Martin Luther 1483-1546. made it necessary that every child be provided a free and compulsory elementary education. He believed that education should be supported by the state and the state should have the authority and responsibility to control the curriculum, the textbooks, and the instruction (Webb. 2014).

B. Choose two events and complete a Venn diagram showing (at least three in each category) the similarities and differences of each chosen event

C. Address three of the following points.

· These events are still significant today because a renaissance and a reformation of a society can inspire generations of people, much like we see today with technology.

· If I could change the outcome of one of my listed events, I would change Martin Luther’s support that the state should control curriculum, the textbooks, and the instruction because that type of control should belong to the people and not the state and I feel that this is why our children are not getting the proper curriculum such as Common Core. It’s just not working. The curriculum should be in the hands of the teacher’s

· If only one of these events/individuals could have taken place/existed it would be the Renaissance because of the way advancement in technology, art, and literature changed how people viewed the world.

· If I could change the outcome of one of my chosen events, I would choose it would be the control of state government control of the educational curriculum because you have businessmen trying to guide the educational process. They probably never set foot in a school of education as a teacher. I feel that a student’s ability to learn can not be accessed through testing because every child learns differently and at their own pace.

What would you say is the most important result of each of your chosen events?

The most important result of each of my chosen events is I would have to say Martin Luther because he believed that education should be supported by the state and have control of the curriculum. If every state could follow the same curriculum like now it is the Common Core it would make it easier on the students who move.

Our state NC is on our second year of common core and they had passed a law saying that it will not continue with it but for now we are using it until a curriculum is decided. It’s just not working. We need a curriculum where it will benefit all students on a level where they can learn at their own pace. What I see in education today is a bunch of lazy children who wants to be spoon fed as far as their education. Technology (cell phones) and social media is making it quite hard for children to concentrate on their studies.

Reference:

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

The Renaissance 14th-16th Centuries

Humanism

Renaissance was a cultural movement began in Italy and spread across Europe.

Renaissance paved the way for the advancement in art and architecture.

Reformation 1517: Martin Luther 1483-1546

Non-Humanists

Reformation was the Northern European Christian movement.

Reformation paved the way for religious fragmentation, Protestantism was established.

Both are logic based.

Both wanted the people to ask questions about traditions.

Both punished people who didn’t agree with them.