3-2-1 summary by Emma Borell

elborell — 2024-03-24 00:51:53 UTC

Common Schools were started as a reform initiative. They were more geared toward assimilation than education. Students weren't organized by age or ability level and lessons focused more on moral lessons than pedagogy.

elborell — 2024-03-24 01:04:36 UTC

Rote memorization was historically a large part of education. Although we are moving farther and farther away from it, rote memorization still plays a big part in education today.

elborell — 2024-03-24 01:09:17 UTC

Wealthy buisinessmen were convinced by Horace Mann that Common Schools were in their best interest. If their workers were educated there workplace crimes and strikes would be eradicated. Workers who were against the wealthy were immoral and common schools would ensure 'moral' workers for the future.

elborell — 2024-03-24 01:14:37 UTC

Mann believed that laws ensuring children to an education was as important as laws against infanticide. It would be as bad to rob a child of their education as it would be to rob them of their lives.

elborell — 2024-03-24 01:16:39 UTC

Mann argued that common school would prevent class divisions in the U.S. from hardening like that had in Europe.

elborell — 2024-03-24 01:20:03 UTC

Mann supported and tried to empliment pedagogy that he observed in Europe. One such method of teaching was to capture students attention by starting with their interests and then connecting that interest to what you were trying to teach them. Mann was met with a lot of push-back from teachers and administrators.

elborell — 2024-03-24 01:25:23 UTC

Political climate has determined what is taught in schools and what is considered acceptable in schools.

elborell — 2024-03-24 01:26:09 UTC

Horace Mann was opposed to corporal punishment.

elborell — 2024-03-24 01:28:22 UTC

Phonics was heavily relied on in teaching reading. This is still a very popular technique used in the U.S.