What is "Whole Child"? The Radical Shift in Education to the Left
Takeaways:
- Education in America has undergone significant transformations over the past two centuries, influenced by progressive thinkers.
- The introduction of kindergarten in the 1830s marked a pivotal shift in early childhood education practices across the nation.
- In the early 1900s, John Dewey's educational reforms emphasized socialization over traditional academic subjects like reading and writing.
- The ASCD has proposed a new educational model that prioritizes holistic development of the child, known as the Whole Child initiative.
- The Whole Child initiative has gained traction among all fifty states, reflecting a collective shift in educational philosophy.
- Future discussions will delve into the implications of the Whole Child initiative and its impact on parental control over education.
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Transcript
A History of American Education and the Whole Child, Part 1. Introduction.
An exclusive Ohio Register article by Lizzie Margolius in partnership with GFI.
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The year is:Then they sit in their favorite chair and read the New England Primer, go through their math tables and spend the remainder of the day outside learning about nature by foraging, sketching or collecting rocks. Depending on the age of your child and your financial status.
eparatory school. The year is:But what exactly did they learn in the seven to eight hours they were away? Education has dramatically changed in the last 200 plus years.
All it took was a few highly progressive men, fascinated with how education was run in Europe, to flip American education upside down.
Around the:Simultaneously, Horace Mann, Secretary for the Massachusetts Board of Education, began toying with the idea of government provided education, having been inspired by Prussia's government education system, which was the first of its kind in the world. Soon, public schools began popping up throughout America.
Finally, in the early: Fast forward to:They are a global resource for teachers, principals and superintendents and their mission is to support educators in redesigning education. The ASCD's purpose is vague at best, with the use of words like transformative, collective pedagogy, equitable and sustainability.
What we do know is that the ASCD is connected to over 60 other policy and governmental groups such as SOLD, Science of Learning and Development, AIR, American Institutes for Research, Learning Policy Institute, the CDC, the Aspen Institute, etc.
The ASCD, which is not a part of the government nor the Department of Education, took it upon itself to rewrite education and then proposed it to all 50 states, all of which have adopted their new version of education called Whole Child. We will cover Whole Child in depth in a series on the Ohio Register.
Get ready for your mind to be blown regarding the future of education and the fight over who will control your child.
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