history of education

  • apprentice

    apprentice
    an apprentice is someone who learns a skilled trade by watching and helping someone in that trade.
  • Period: to

    colonial period

  • Dame schools

    Dame schools
    Dame schools also existed in the colonies.Students were thought by women in their own homes.
  • horn book

    horn book
    A horn book was a flat wooden board with a handle.A sheet of paper usually containing the alphabet a prayer or two and roman numerals was pasted on the board 6-2.
  • common schools

    common schools
    the first public state-supported schools were called common schools giving the same education to people from different levels of society.
  • normal schools

    normal schools
    one key innovation was the establishment of teacher training schools called normal schools.
  • McGuffey readers

    McGuffey readers
    this was the beginning of the McGuffey readers a series of books that were used in schools across the country.
  • progressives

    progressives
    members of this reform movement called themselves progressives.
  • Montessori method

    Montessori method
    the educational program maria Montessori developed is known today as the Montessori method.
  • career and technical education

    career and technical education
    career and technical education prepared and still prepares students for the many career opportunities in specific trades and occupations where skilled workers were needed.
  • Period: to

    modern period

  • disposable income

    disposable income
    more people had disposable income money spend on things they wanted not just needed.
  • quotas

    quotas
    quotas government limits were set on the number of immigrants allowed in the country.
  • baby boom

    baby boom
    the result was a surge in the birth rate over the next years this is often known as the baby boom.