Teaching as a Profession

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Teaching as a Profession
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Characteristics of a profession

• Lengthy period of education and/or training
• Delivers superior services
• High level of public trust
• Specialized knowledge
• Authority
• Autonomy
• Professional associations
• A code of ethics
• High level of prestige
• Higher than average financial rewards

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Teacher Certification
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GROUP WORK

• Do you think each of the routes to achieving
  certification produces equally qualified
  teachers? Why or why not?

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Historical Foundations of Education (1600 to 1865)
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Religion and Education

• What role did religion play in education during
  the colonial period and what role do you think
  religion should play in education today?

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What are the influences of the following European
thinkers on American education?

• Group 1--Comenius
• Group 2--Locke
• Group 3--Rousseau
• Group 4--Pestalozzi
• Group 5--Herbart
• Group 6--Froebel

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John Amos Comenius

• The idea of organizing learning into sequential
  grade schools.
• Views education as preparation for life

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John Locke

• Human mind at birth is a blank slate (tabula
  rasa).
• Knowledge is gained through experience.

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Jean Jacques Rousseau

• School should protect children from society and
  let children grow naturally.
• education should encourage children to think,
  see, and feel.

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Johann Herinrich Pestalozzi

• Suggested that education could be an agent to
  improve society.
• introduced the idea that teachers should be
  provided with special kinds of training.

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John Herbart

• Introduced the idea of preparing systematic
  formal lesson plans similar to present days
  lesson planning formats.

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Friedrich Froebel

• Known as the father of kindergarten
• stressed the importance of educating young
  learners.

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Benjamin Franklin

• First to give American education a practical
  orientation
• established the Franklin Academy in 1741--a
  nonsectarian institution which offered such
  practical subjects as mathematics, astronomy,
  navigation and bookkeeping.

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Educational Experiences of Different Groups

• Group 1 The Education of Slaves
• Group 2 Education of Native Americans
• Group 3 Education in Spains American
  Colonies
• Group 4 Education for Women
• Group 5 Education for People with
  Disabilities

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Assignment

• Influence of European thinkers (handout)