1. (outside research!) What is Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852) famous for?
Freidrich worked closely with psychology to invent the modern concept of kindergarten learning, he did this though teaching learning and play time in the class room. He emphasized the importance of play time in kindergarten because it was thought to be a great learning tool. This was done though dancing and singing, in and educational manor.
Frobel also founded the University of German Education. During this time, he began publishing his theories on education.
2. (outside research!) What 's a "Dame School"? What did students learn in these schools?
Dame schools were and early type of private school or elementary aged students. Dame schools were held in the teacher’s
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He believed that if a man is educated he will be able to follow the new and judge the best way to vote. Jefferson thought that if he could provide equal education, children would understand to “to work out their own greatest happiness, by showing them that it does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed them, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.” –Thomas Jefferson
5. How did Horace Mann impact the development of public education in the United States?
Horace Mann, was the gentlemen to start the common school movement. This movement was believed that common schooling would benefit all. Horace Mann wanted to create good citizens, a unite society while reducing crime and poverty by making public education available.
6. Briefly describe the kind of education a child might receive if he or she was African-American during the 19th and early 20th centuries?
African-American students did not receive equal education as white children. The African American students were given separate everything. There school house was extremely different, the education money was spent primarily on the white students rather that equal. The student’s education was said to be “separate, but