EDUC247 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mica, Nassau Hall, Autodidacticism
5 Oct 2016
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Colonial education: the use of time to create structure in the modern era of education, ex: 180/190 days, start and end time, use of grade levels, length of the school day,etc. Unsystematic colonial education: ~175 students, on the eve of the revolution, ~33 teachers in all colleges, only one career was impossible if you didn"t have a college education-> a minister. J. 2. william&mary got $ from growing tobacco libraries were very precious, most people did not own many of their own books. L: academics taught beyond the basics of education -everyone expected to know how to read, teaching devices. P. 1. writing was mostly used for documentation, wills, etc which women weren"t supposed to do: pens were plucks from a goose (quill); paper and ink considered considerable expense. Q. 1. diff types of styles of writing for certain tasks. Yale, 1701 types of scripts: 5 towns before new haven, 2 students per room, fireplace, no indoor plumbing.
