Common Man and Common Schools by Laurie Smith https://padlet.com/l_smith211/68c6kz9pmg294ojh Module 4 Assignment en-us 2023-06-28 23:24:54 UTC 2023-06-28 23:57:00 UTC hello@padlet.com Things I Did Not Know: l_smith211 https://padlet.com/l_smith211/68c6kz9pmg294ojh/wish/2634630352 📓William McGuffey began teaching at 14 years of age with a class of 48 students.

📓McGuffey Readers are still being used in home school and private school settings as well as a few public schools.

📓Boston Masters defended phonics and blending sounds in order to teach reading but Horace Mann advocated for whole-word method. Today actually both methods are used.

📓Women were ideal for teaching because they could be paid less and painted school as a nurturing institution much like home.


]]> 2023-06-28 23:37:20 UTC https://padlet.com/l_smith211/68c6kz9pmg294ojh/wish/2634630352 Things I Found Interesting: l_smith211 https://padlet.com/l_smith211/68c6kz9pmg294ojh/wish/2634633908 💼Moral lessons were embedded into school exercises and they were considered to be the most important aspect of teaching in the antebellum common school.

💼The "selling factor" for education was that men and women would be "infused" with respect for property, work ethic, and for the wisdom of the property owners. Strikes and other crimes could be avoided if common schools flourished.


]]> 2023-06-28 23:44:22 UTC https://padlet.com/l_smith211/68c6kz9pmg294ojh/wish/2634633908 Things That Are Connected to a Practice in Schools Today: l_smith211 https://padlet.com/l_smith211/68c6kz9pmg294ojh/wish/2634637900 🕰Common schools were supported by taxes - mostly paid by local property taxes which retained a closeness and dependence on immediate communities.

🕰Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi believed and advocated for starting with children as they are, and then lead them to where we want to be otherwise known as object teaching.

🕰Teachers should be prepared for their calling and temperamentally suited to deal with children from different walks of life.

]]> 2023-06-28 23:51:47 UTC https://padlet.com/l_smith211/68c6kz9pmg294ojh/wish/2634637900 Fascinating Read! l_smith211 https://padlet.com/l_smith211/68c6kz9pmg294ojh/wish/2634639875 2023-06-28 23:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/l_smith211/68c6kz9pmg294ojh/wish/2634639875