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EDU 324 EDU324 EDU/324 ENTIRE COURSE HELP – UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX
EDU 324 Week 1 Assignment Colonial Classroom Then and Now
EDU 324 Week 1 Journal The New England Primer
EDU 324 Week 2 Assignment Take a Stand
EDU 324 Week 2 Journal What Did He Mean by That?
EDU 324 Week 3 Assignment Rough Draft
EDU 324 Week 3 Journal What Should Education Teach
EDU 324 Week 4 Assignment Major Players
EDU 324 Week 4 Journal A Walk Through Time
EDU 324 Week 5 Final Project Interactive Timeline
EDU 324 Week 5 Journal What is Balance in the Elementary Classroom?
EDU 324 EDU324 EDU/324 ENTIRE COURSE HELP – UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX
EDU 324 Week 1 Assignment Colonial Classroom Then and Now
Instruction in colonial schools was primarily religious and authoritarian. Its goal was preparation for eternity. The curriculum stressed the four Rs: readin’, ’ritin’, ’rithmetic, and religion. Memorization and recitation were the dominant instructional processes.
The schoolmaster relied on fear to motivate children and to keep them in order. It was not uncommon for a gag to be put in the mouth of a child who talked too much or for a child who did not perform well to be made to stand in the corner, sometimes on a stool, wearing a dunce cap.
Classes often lasted from about 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a two-hour break for lunch, for eight months (March to October) and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for four months (November to February). In the early Colonial Period, classes were held in the house of the schoolmaster or the town meeting house. Later, when schoolhouses were built, they were scarcely more than a narrow log box with a master’s desk and crude wooden student benches. “Many schoolhouses did not have glass set in the small windows but newspaper or white paper greased with lard were fastened in the rude sashes, or in holes cut in the wall, and let in a little light” (Glubok, 1969, p. 120).
Choose four points from above (e.g., fear to motivate, memorization and recitation as instructional practice) and compare them to today’s classroom in the graphic organizer below.
In a one- to two-page essay, provide examples to demonstrate how the practices from colonial days are similar to or different from today’s practices. Describe any practices from the Colonial Period you wish were still in practice today and explain why. After reviewing the graphic organizer, explain whether or not progression has occurred in the education field over time. Outline how this transformation affects you as a classroom teacher in the 21st century.
Your finished paper must include the graphic organizer, a title page, and a reference page using APA 6th-edition formats. It should not exceed three pages in length (not including title and reference pages). Include a minimum of two sources in addition to your textbook and reference them in APA style.
EDU 324 EDU324 EDU/324 ENTIRE COURSE HELP – UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX
EDU 324 Week 1 Journal The New England Primer
It has been said that The New England Primer was the most influential textbook in history. This text, written by Benjamin Harris in 1690, was used to teach reading. School in the 1700s was heavily influenced by religion. The common belief was that the inability to read was Satan’s way to keep people from reading the Bible.
Scenario: Imagine you walk into your third grade classroom and your reading/literature textbooks have been replaced with The New England Primer. What would you say to your administrator? Predict your students’ reactions. Decide what you would do for reading today.
EDU 324 EDU324 EDU/324 ENTIRE COURSE HELP – UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX
EDU 324 Week 2 Assignment Take a Stand
Education was a priority for the founding fathers. Dr. Benjamin Rush, unlike his peers, was an advocate for education that included both females and blacks. He founded one of the first female academies in the United States, the Young Ladies Academy of Philadelphia. Although he was a believer in women being educated, his reasoning for the importance of education was that it would make women more subservient to men.
In a one- to two-page APA-formatted paper, refer to your text and then “take a stand.” You will either defend Rush’s position for creating the curriculum he implemented (a few of the subjects taught: general knowledge of bookkeeping, vocal music and dance, and moral philosophy) or discredit his stance and explain how women would be better off without this bias and/or unfair education. List at least three reasons to support your opinion.
Suggested Resource:
National Women’s History Museum: http://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/education/introduction.html
Your finished paper must include a title page and a reference page formatted in APA 6th-edition style. It should include a minimum of one source in addition to your textbook and should not exceed two pages (not including title and reference pages).
