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Kathryn
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Posted: Oct 27 2009 at 6:51pm \| IP Logged

Anyone have any resources or books they've read specifically about the design and history of education in our modern world? I'm most intrigued about the current requirements in school: sit down, be quiet, sit still, do these assignments and you'll be educated. For some, that works great. I suppose for many that works great. It worked for my oldest DD but I think many types of education would work for her. Now for my son, it didn't work so well. And from reading some other threads, it doesn't work for a lot of boys. Soo, I'm interested in finding out about the evolution of our current state of education.

How and why it was started? I know most children used to be educated exclusively at home but may be even that was reserved only for the wealthy that could read and own books.

What are the major changes it has undergone? From one-room schoolhouses to segregated grades.

How did the education system deal with "difficult" or learning disabled or learning delayed children in the past? Were they always just labeled the "troubled" ones?

I know there are many books about various educational styles of learning (CM, montessori, classical etc.) and I may not find any answers that I don't already know but I'm curious if anyone knows of a resource that more addresses just the facts and basics about where we are today and how we got here.

I hope this isn't a bunch of rambly so thanks for reading and offering any insight.

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Posted: Oct 27 2009 at 11:27pm \| IP Logged

Kathryn,

The best ones that I have read on the history of modern education are John Gatto's. Two of his best are Dumbing Us Down and The Underground History of American Education. Karen

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Posted: Oct 28 2009 at 9:38am \| IP Logged

Gatto's Weapons of Mass Instruction is another really good one.

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Posted: Oct 28 2009 at 10:19am \| IP Logged

Another one I just read is Left Back. I found it quite informative.

One thing that makes it more challenging to do this kind of research is that most books that address the subject have a thesis that drives the book. If someone thinks all the changes in this past century were beneficial for education, they are going to select different studies and have a different slant on the research than someone who thinks that this century was a setback.

Plus, there were few formal studies done on education until the late 19th century. Statistics as a branch of science didn't really get its start until about that time, and many of the earlier studies had methodological flaws. (often, they still do).

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