PS 242 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Homeschooling, John Dewey
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Schools accepted every child, which created more diversity in the classroom. School psychologists were known as psych examiners (iq tests) Arnold gasell: first paid school psychologist in the country. Ct contribution: yale child center (1920"s) went nationwide. Self-fufilling prophecy: destined to live out what is told of you. Not a lot of real learning was done in the north-east. Schools were invented to keep children out of the way of adults. Wanted critical thinkers and schools to stop teaching conformity. John holt, alfie kohm, sir ken robinson: late 1900"s-2000"s child. Charter schools were for people interested in specific fields of study. Francis parker and g. stanley hall: created experimental schools. By creating systems school psychologists help child. Charter schools give parents the right to choose child"s education. Data could be used to judge usefulness of the school. Children were entered a random lottery for acceptance. Select group-rich, intelligent, and resources got in. More to do with child"s family status.
