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- Title: Transforming American Educational Identity After Sputnik (Article 5) (Essay)
- Author : American Education History Journal
- Release Date : January 01, 2009
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 216 KB
Description
Some questions about education in the United States are easier to answer than others. If one wants to compare curriculum requirements across states, the data can be acquired and conclusions announced. However, any discussion of philosophy of learning or results of some pedagogy or another requires a look at what others have thought about, researched and concluded. Even with this information, the landscape of schooling changes with shifts in personnel, research or demographics. Thus, the strength of an argument may come from exploring an idea from varied perspectives. This analysis examines American public schooling after the 1957 launch of the Russian satellite, Sputnik, not as one event with one result, but rather as a representation of multiple responses that had varying effects--small and large. From their beginnings in the 1840s, public schools have stood at the nexus of many US events. Since the introduction of compulsory schooling laws, schools have played a key role as an institution in which all Americans have a common experience--we have attended school, been required to learn about civic duty and life adjustment, and been exposed to a variety of social norms that have influenced and shaped our upbringing. Schools are one key to our identity as an educated, open society.
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