Abstract:
The video went over the many philosophies and approaches to education that were circulating around the United States during the 1900's and in to the 1950's. The video discussed the differences and the effects these ideas had on students, society and the educational system. Some of these ideas were very detrimental to students while some were not. Much of the school system of this time period was concerned with educating the masses. This education was specifically aimed at making immigrants to our country Americanized. It sought to teach them our language, our culture and about our government. The effects of this were often harmful to students.
Reflection:
Our country has come a long way since 1900 but I don't think we have come far enough. We still use the IQ test to judge someone's intelligence despite knowing it's biases. This is still often the deciding factor in pulling a child out of the classroom, separating them from their peers and forcing them into special education often causing more harm than good to the student. the country still fights over what should be taught in schools. Often there are even fights over who deserves a good education even though the law decided long ago that all children deserve a free appropriate public education. There were even some ideas in the 1900's that were good. Like the school the film described that existed in Gary, Illinois. I agree that there is so much more that school can offer besides reading, writing and math There is science (all the sciences, not just biology, physics, anatomy and chemistry), there is history (not just American, World, Current Events and Government), there is culture, there are skills and there are languages that are not taught in schools. Those things can be equally important. We have lost much of the drive to explore other topics that existed during this time period.
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