Final book report

Chapter 4:The Development of American Schooling

Horace Mann: education = social cohesion

Apprenticeship: education is the responsibility of the family

Universal Schooling: resulted in the invention of the printing press, Reformation, The American Revolution, and the Industrial Revolution

Thomas Jefferson during the American Revolution:

“Preach, my dear sir, a crusade against ignorance; establish and improve the law for educating the common people. Let our countrymen know…that the tax which will be paid for this purpose is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance.”

The Evolution of a School System…

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Chapter 5: The Seeds of a New System of Education

As technology drives education, schools will have less of a role in

student learning.

Home Schooling

Home schooling has increased 29% in 4 years

“Teachers view themselves as experts, whose role is to convey knowledge to students. In contrast,

parents do not think of themselves as experts and, hence, they take on the role of a coach much more

naturally. The role of coach puts more responsibility for learning onto the student.”

41% used some form of distance learningThese students score in the 87th percentile on

standardized tests.

Home Schooling

Workplace Learning & Distance Education

• Some corporations are

“faced with remedial training needs for the kinds of knowledge and skills that students should learn in schools.” (pg. 71)

• Online training games that teach customer service

• “Eureka”: an online learning system created by Xerox to allow workers to share stories about how they learned to problem solve when the manuals didn’t contain information they needed to repair equipment

• Military: simulations which allow trainees to drive tanks in virtual terrains, interacting with experts trained in enemy tactics

• University of Phoenix: most successful online university in USA with more than 30,000 online students (pg. 75)

• Virtual high school programs: Utah:35,000 online students and Florida: 21,000 online students

• Distance Education, though still viewed by many as inferior to traditional education, will continue to offer learners to advance their careers.

Adult Education & Learning Centers

“The adult education movement is a manifestation of the new spirit of lifelong learning.” (pg. 78)

Learning Centers

Philadelphia has hired PR to teach math skills to increase test scores.

Sylvan is now one of the largest

corporations in the US.

Educational TV & Videos: The Electric

Company

Sesame Street

The Muppet Show

Barney

POSITIVES:

1. Reaches children from different backgrounds

2. Teaches basic skills like phonics and counting skills

3. Certain shows educate adults as well with programming about science, nature, history, politics, art, music, & theater (EX: History Channel)

NEGATIVES:

1. For many children, watching videos and TV has led to inactivity and spending less time outdoors

2. Adult TV shows are exposing children to too much (drugs, sex, violence, adultery, etc.), causing “the disappearance of childhood” {Neil Postman, pg. 83)

Computer-based Learning Software: + Can provide more compelling learning environments

- Can create a sedentary lifestyle

Chapter 6: The Three Eras of Education

Responsibility is shifting back to the parents and the individual.

Lifelong Learning

Universal Schooling

Apprenticeship

Chapter 7: What May Be Lost and What May Be Gained

What may be lost:

• The cohesion of a common culture as education splits off into specialized groups

• Equitable access to learning with new technologies

• Public schools are left with uninterested students

• Decline of liberal arts with individualization

• Isolation & depression

What may be gained:

• Learning becomes more engaging

• Learners choose topics of interest to them and are, therefore, more motivated to learn

• Computers/programs are customized to meet learners’ needs (scaffolding, etc.)

• Access to knowledge anytime anywhere

• Students are in charge of their own learning

Chapter 8: How Schools Can Cope With the New Technologies

• “providing people with the knowledge they want when they want it and supporting and guiding people individually as they learn.”

Customization

• “the ability of computers to give learners immediate feedback and to engage learners actively in accomplishing realistic tasks.”

Interaction• “putting learners in charge of

their own learning whenever possible, so that they feel ownership and can direct their learning wherever their interests take them.”

Learner Control

Chapter 9: What Does It All Mean?

“For the first time in history, children are more comfortable, knowledgeable, and literate than their parents about an innovation central to society…They are a force for social transformation.”

~Don Tapscott

Chapter 10: Rethinking Education in a Technological World

RETHINKING…• Learning

• Motivation

• What is important to learn

• Careers

• Transitions between learning & work

• Educational leadership

• The role of government in education

• Our vision of the future