CS235 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Homeschooling, Human Capital, Compulsory Education
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Class back then: school used to be church-based, began with knowledge, and only those who knew the content could move forward (ability not age) Attributes of the modern school class: most students are the same age, classes are organized by knowledge level, classes meet in spate locations, a class is often set off by a particular time period. Age grading: 19th century, 2 worries: rushing students too fast, mixing students of different temperaments. Prentice (1977): des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)es s(cid:272)hool as (cid:272)hildre(cid:374) gatheri(cid:374)g together to lear(cid:374) the three (cid:859)s (readi(cid:374)g, (cid:858)ri(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g, a(cid:374)d (cid:858)rith(cid:373)eti(cid:272)(cid:863) It was not the primary cause: technical complexity: schooling was necessary to ensure young people had the rudimentary skills essential for success in a world growing more complex (davis & Moore: child susceptibility in a diverse world: schooling provided a venue to ensure children adopted a common value system (durkheim, nation-building: schooling was part of a larger process of building an indepdent country (e. g.
