Movers and Shakers in Teaching History
Innovations in Education Over the Centuries
Shelley J. Flynn
Grand Canyon University: EDU-576
April 20, 2013
Throughout the history of man our educational views have differed. We have grown into a society that welcomes free thought, speech, knowledge and innovation. Several people and events had massive influence on the system we currently have in place, and are responsible for its existence in part. These events and or people have shaped our society over the past centuries and have made us the productive, ingenuitive country that we are today.
The first revelation that people should be free to express themselves and to be educated (at least that was widely recorded), was that of Socrates. Socrates was a believer in his thoughts and his teachings. He was an innovator of thought, defining the process known as philosophy, (the word philosophy is derived from the Greek word philosophia meaning “the love of wisdom”).
He created a form of pedagogy defined as the Socratic Method, and another system of thought that we now refer to as logic. This Socratic Method of teaching requires students to be constantly questioned so as to provide thorough insight into the topic at hand. His action of choosing death over silence was a dynamic statement. He stood for what he believed in until his death, education, free speech, and ethics. Socrates paved the way for innovative thought and free speech giving us the major reforms to the American educational system and the people who thought of them.
Horace Mann was the innovative thinker that created the outline of our modern day school system over 176 years ago. He was responsible for the first Board of Education in the state of Massachusetts in 1837 that led many reforms in tax law as well as regulations in regards to the length of the school year, and a general curriculum or educational minimums that were to be taught. His argument was that all children deserve education, and that it would not only benefit the
Shelley J. Flynn
Grand Canyon University: EDU-576
April 20, 2013
Throughout the history of man our educational views have differed. We have grown into a society that welcomes free thought, speech, knowledge and innovation. Several people and events had massive influence on the system we currently have in place, and are responsible for its existence in part. These events and or people have shaped our society over the past centuries and have made us the productive, ingenuitive country that we are today.
The first revelation that people should be free to express themselves and to be educated (at least that was widely recorded), was that of Socrates. Socrates was a believer in his thoughts and his teachings. He was an innovator of thought, defining the process known as philosophy, (the word philosophy is derived from the Greek word philosophia meaning “the love of wisdom”).
He created a form of pedagogy defined as the Socratic Method, and another system of thought that we now refer to as logic. This Socratic Method of teaching requires students to be constantly questioned so as to provide thorough insight into the topic at hand. His action of choosing death over silence was a dynamic statement. He stood for what he believed in until his death, education, free speech, and ethics. Socrates paved the way for innovative thought and free speech giving us the major reforms to the American educational system and the people who thought of them.
Horace Mann was the innovative thinker that created the outline of our modern day school system over 176 years ago. He was responsible for the first Board of Education in the state of Massachusetts in 1837 that led many reforms in tax law as well as regulations in regards to the length of the school year, and a general curriculum or educational minimums that were to be taught. His argument was that all children deserve education, and that it would not only benefit the
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