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Ground Rules

Praxis I Website

Course Materials

Syllabus

Outline & Calendar

Case Study Instructions

Student case study -  example of a thorough and well-written paper.

Standards, Guidelines & Criteria for Projects

Example of a student project in lieu of test.

Example of another student project in lieu of a test. 

Foxfire Core Practices

Grade Sheets

Test Options

America's Teachers, Outline, Table of Contents

Field Experience Letter to Teacher

Course Procedures

Student Contact Form

America's Teachers, An Introduction to Education, 4th edition

Notes & information related to Chapters 1, 2 & 3, Teaching as an Occupation

Information Related to Chapter 4, Teacher Organizations & Profession

Chapter 5. Exercising Your Rights and Fulfilling Your Responsibilities

Broad outline of Chapters 6, 7, 8 & 9

Detailed outline of Chapter 6, History of American Education

• Troy Female Seminary & Other Sites for Women in American Education

Detailed outline of Chapter 7, Theories of Education

• Answers to chapter 7 questions
• Answers to chapter 7 questions, with column breaks

Information Related to Chapter 10, Private & Public Schools

Information Related to Chapter 11, Teachers, Curriculum & Accounatbility

Teachers' Expectations:  Meet Jaime Escalante, Star Teacher of "Stand & Deliver"

Here he is at the National Teachers Hall of Fame

History of Education

Philosophy of Education

• More Philosophy of Education Info

Diversity - Tolerance.org

Biographical Information about important educators can be found at links on the WCU Hunter Library page under "quick references."  See,  for example,  Brittanica Online .  Or, if you click on Columbia Encyclopedia, it will take you to bartleby.com.  Once you get to either site, just type in the name you are researching. This is a good way to learn about the lives and times of such notable figures as John Dewey, Horace Mann, Maria Montessori, and other educators you are reading about in your text.

School, The Story of American Public Education

Directed and Produced by Sarah Mondale & Sarah Patton
Produced by Stone Lantern Films
Films for the Humanities and Sciences

Click Here for Program Descriptions for the following videos

Episode 1 — The Common School (1770 - 1890)

Episode 2 — As American As Public School (1900 - 1950)

Episode 3 — Equality (1950 - 1980)

Episode 4 — The Bottom Line (1980 - the present)
 

The Shadow of Hate and other films from the Southern Poverty Law Center at Teaching Tolerance

Click Here for Film Descriptions and Ordering Information

Hard Times in the Country:  Schools and other films by Appalshop

Click Here for Film Description and Ordering Information

In the White Man's Image.  A documentary from the PBS series, American Experience

In 1875, in St. Augustine, Florida, an ambitious experiment was conceived -- to teach Native Americans to become imitation white men. With the blessing of Congress, the first school for Indians was established in Carlisle, PA, to continue the "civilizing" mission. Indian students ha their hair cut short, were forbidden to speak their native languages or to visit home for up to five years. By 1902, there were 26 reservation boarding schools. Although liberal for the times, it was cultural genocide -- a humanist experiment gone bad.