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EDUC3 Assignment 2 (Prelim)

The document discusses John Dewey's view of the function of schools according to a quote he provided. According to Dewey, schools should train students to become contributing members of society by instilling a spirit of service and providing tools for self-direction. This will lay the foundation for a society that is worthy, lovely, and harmonious. The document also notes that Horace Mann helped create the school system in Massachusetts in 1837 by establishing a system of professional teachers and a standardized curriculum. Finally, the document answers a question about why we should bother learning about past educational goals, stating that understanding the past is important for illuminating how education evolved to the present and helping shape the future.

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EDUC3 Assignment 2 (Prelim)

The document discusses John Dewey's view of the function of schools according to a quote he provided. According to Dewey, schools should train students to become contributing members of society by instilling a spirit of service and providing tools for self-direction. This will lay the foundation for a society that is worthy, lovely, and harmonious. The document also notes that Horace Mann helped create the school system in Massachusetts in 1837 by establishing a system of professional teachers and a standardized curriculum. Finally, the document answers a question about why we should bother learning about past educational goals, stating that understanding the past is important for illuminating how education evolved to the present and helping shape the future.

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Jason, Mabel M.

BEED 2B

Assignment No. 2 (prelim)

Title: Historical Foundation of Education

Let’s Read These

Instruction. Read the quote from the famous John Dewey then answer the following questions:

“When a school introduces and trains each child of society into membership within such a little
community, saturating him with the spirit of service, and providing him with the instruments of
effective self-direction, we shall have the deepest and best guaranty of a larger society which is
worthy, lovely and harmonious.”

- John Dewey

1. What is the function of schools according to John Dewey’s statement?

The function of schools according to John Dewey’s statement is that schools are training grounds
to develop students into membership of their society. He urges education to go through a
complete and radical transformation to give meaning for life. Schools are the seeds of the
society. It should reflect the life of the larger society. Schools are sites for citizenship ad civic
life.

2. Who creates schools?

Horace Mann creates schools, when he became Secretary of Education in Massachusetts in 1837,
he set forth his vision for a system of professional teachers who would teach students an
organized curriculum of basic content.
Let’s Analyze

Instruction. Answer the given question briefly.

Question: Why do we have to bother with the educational goals of the past which is past and so
we can no longer undo?

When it comes to educational goals, I don’t think we should forget the past about it. We
wouldn’t be here if without those contributions of great people in education. We should know
our past, for us to be able to understand the process of education and how it evolved up to the
present. In this way, the present not only becomes clear but also helps us illuminate the future.

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