Chapter 3- Historical Chapter 3- Historical Foundations of CurriculumFoundations of Curriculum

The Colonial Period:1642-The Colonial Period:1642-17761776

Massachusetts- “Old Deluder Satan Massachusetts- “Old Deluder Satan Act of 1647Act of 1647

Middle AtlanticMiddle Atlantic SouthSouth

Colonial SchoolsColonial Schools

Town SchoolTown School Parochial and private SchoolsParochial and private Schools Latin Grammar SchoolsLatin Grammar Schools

• Boston Latin Grammar School 1635Boston Latin Grammar School 1635 The AcademyThe Academy CollegeCollege

Textbooks and ReadersTextbooks and Readers

The HornbookThe Hornbook The New England PrimerThe New England Primer

The National Period: 1776-The National Period: 1776-18501850

Benjamin RushBenjamin Rush Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson Noah WebsterNoah Webster William Holmes McGuffeyWilliam Holmes McGuffey

• McGuffey ReadersMcGuffey Readers

Nineteenth-Century Nineteenth-Century European EducatorsEuropean Educators

PestalozziPestalozzi FroebelFroebel HerbartHerbart SpencerSpencer

• What knowledge is most worth?What knowledge is most worth?

Universal EducationUniversal Education

Monitorial SchoolsMonitorial Schools Common SchoolsCommon Schools The AcademyThe Academy The High SchoolThe High School

• James ConantJames Conant

Committee of Fifteen on Committee of Fifteen on Elementary EducationElementary Education

Committee of Ten on Secondary Committee of Ten on Secondary School StudiesSchool Studies

Committee on College Entrance Committee on College Entrance RequirementsRequirements

The Transitional Period: The Transitional Period: 1893-19181893-1918

FlexnerFlexner DeweyDewey JuddJudd Commission on the Reorganization Commission on the Reorganization

of Secondary Educationof Secondary Education• Cardinal PrinciplesCardinal Principles

A Modern CurriculumA Modern Curriculum

Seven Cardinal PrinciplesSeven Cardinal Principles

HealthHealth Command of the FundamentalsCommand of the Fundamentals Worthy Home MembershipWorthy Home Membership VocationVocation CitizenshipCitizenship LeisureLeisure Ethical CharacterEthical Character

Bobbitt and ChartersBobbitt and Charters KilpatrickKilpatrick The Twenty-Sixth YearbookThe Twenty-Sixth Yearbook Rugg and CaswellRugg and Caswell Eight Year StudyEight Year Study TylerTyler

Curriculum as a FieldCurriculum as a Field

What educational purposes should the What educational purposes should the school seek to attain?school seek to attain?

What educational experiences can be What educational experiences can be provided that are likely to attain these provided that are likely to attain these purposes?purposes?

How can these educational experiences How can these educational experiences be effectively organized?be effectively organized?

How can we determine whether these How can we determine whether these purposes are being attained?purposes are being attained?

Tyler’s Basic PrinciplesTyler’s Basic Principles