GERMAN 278 Final: All notes for the FINAL EXAM!!!!
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Politician, president of harvard: george ticknor (american professor, esp. of spanish language and literature, george bancroft (american historian and statesman) Can it be applied to a democracy: stowe"s list of characteristics of the prussian education that should be transferred to the u. s. a. ) It"s the duty of every citizen to educate his children b. ) Teachers should be properly trained c. ) instruction must be thorough and libraries are needed. Important names in early education policy: eliza robbins, lecture on public instruction in prussia (1835, published in 1836), 3 prussian elements needed: a. ) Qualified teachers c. ) rational textbooks: charles brooks, persuaded mass. Government to establish the first state normal school in that state in the 1830s a. ) A normal school teacher training school: benjamin m. smith of virginia stated: a. ) Education is the duty of the state and parents b. ) Normal schools system, founded and edited the common school journal (1838) and began preparing a series of annual reports a. )
