Title: An overview of the Jeffersonian, common school, and progressive eras
1An overview of the Jeffersonian, common school,
and progressive eras
2Fundamental Dimensions of Classical Liberalism
3Classical Liberal Ideology Fundamental Tenets
- Faith in Reason
- Natural Law
- Republican Virtue
- Progress
- Nationalism
- Freedom
4Political Economy in the Jeffersonian Era
- Agrarian society
- Few urban centers
- Homogeneous communities
- Family as unit of production
- Slavery
- Revolutionary society
- Limited republicanism
- Power of the bourgeoisie
- Separation of church and state
5Ideology in the Jeffersonian Era
- Classical liberalism
- Patriarchy
- Progress via revolution
- Reason
- Republican virtue
- Natural aristocracy
- Capitalism / freedom
- Laissez-faire
- Faculty psychology
6Schooling in the Jeffersonian Era
- Schools but no school "system"
- Regional differences in schooling
- Local financing and local control
- Schooling primarily for white males
- Religious and democratic purposes of schooling
- Curriculum rote learning of the three Rs
- Failure to create state-funded school system
7Comparison between Thomas Jefferson Benjamin
Rush
8Political Economy in the Early Common School Era
- Urbanizing society
- Beginning industrialization
- Irish immigration
- Westward migration
- Social reform movements
- Jacksonian democracy
- Growth of commerce
9Ideology in the Early common school era
- Classical liberalism
- Whig paternalism versus democratic localism
- Religious humanitarianism
- Faculty psychology
- Abolitionism
- Protestant work ethic
10Schooling in the Early Common School Era
- Common schools
- State financing and state control
- State normal schools
- Feminization of teaching
- Social-order purposes of schooling
- Punishment versus pedagogy of love
- Curriculum five Rs, health, music
11Comparison between Horace Mann and Thomas
Jefferson
12Comparison between Horace Mann and Orestes
Brownson
13Political Economy in the Progressive Era
- Urbanization
- Industrialization
- New immigration
- Worker responses to industrial management
- Monopoly capitalism
- Taylorization
- Centralization in government
- Bureaucratization
14Ideology in the Progressive Era
- Modern or new liberalism
- Darwins influence on natural law
- Progress via expert planning
- From virtue to rational ethics
- Increased nationalism
- New psychology
- Scientific racism and eugenics
- Positive versus negative freedom
15Schooling in the Progressive Era
- Compulsory schooling
- Centralized control of school boards
- Progressive schooling for social efficiency
versus progressive education for developmental
democracy - Curriculum from classical to differentiated
- Learning by doing
- Vocational education
- Extracurricular activities
- Schooling for social stability and employable
skills - Schooling for equal opportunity and for
meritocracy - Standardized testing