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In a world as diverse as ours, it’s not surprising that alternative education movements exist.","f71bd77a-53b2-4add-8eb1-54eab27dc1ce",[35],{"id":36,"data":37,"type":38,"version":30,"maxContentLevel":19},"1a162f27-03d4-425a-b2a0-dfba1ef65b11",{"type":38,"reviewType":19,"spacingBehaviour":30,"multiChoiceQuestion":39,"multiChoiceCorrect":41,"multiChoiceIncorrect":43},11,[40],"What did the ancient Maya value as a tool of learning?",[42],"Songs and stories",[44,45,46],"Philosophy","Athletic ability","Mathematics",{"id":48,"data":49,"type":30,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":20,"reviews":53},"1045dedb-75c2-49ed-af8e-17a50ec7ba80",{"type":30,"title":50,"markdownContent":51,"audioMediaId":52},"Learning in early cultures","Learning has been around as long as people have. Our hunter-gatherer ancestors may not have created long, elaborate written texts, but they had a complex learning system based on cultural transmission.\n\n![Graph](image://e62ed53a-4e70-475c-ac0e-43e66160835b \"Our Hunter gatherer ancestors\")\n\nWe often think of the hunter-gatherer lifestyle as primitive, but it was a culture filled with myths, rituals, and community values. Young children were actively involved in daily life and learned through experiencing social interactions within the community. Older boys underwent initiation and were separated from their families and taught about the cultural values, rituals, and skills they would need to grow into involved community members.\n\nEducation was not something that children did, but rather how they lived. These early cultures understood that they needed to work together to survive, and children gained the knowledge they would need by being included in daily life. With a strong oral tradition and a daily dose of experiential learning, early cultures educated their children holistically as they integrated into the tribal group.","19348666-d217-40db-99cd-1a12e638facb",[54],{"id":55,"data":56,"type":38,"version":30,"maxContentLevel":19},"8ca43568-b922-4583-ba6a-a6f25d426236",{"type":38,"reviewType":19,"spacingBehaviour":30,"multiChoiceQuestion":57,"multiChoiceCorrect":59,"multiChoiceIncorrect":61},[58],"How did our hunter-gatherer ancestors learn?",[60],"Cultural transmission",[62,63,64],"Written texts","Technology","Books",{"id":66,"data":67,"type":30,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":20,"reviews":71},"9b80050d-5385-42b8-98b0-e235587385c7",{"type":30,"title":68,"markdownContent":69,"audioMediaId":70},"Old world civilizations: Egypt","The earliest schools started with the creation of cuneiform and hieroglyphics in Egypt and Mesopotamia in 3000 BCE. These schools were run by priests who explored the humanities, mathematics, science, and medicine subjects.\n\n![Graph](image://6e94d6df-220e-4bce-b00e-a29c8cecca50 \"Image: AnaTam, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons\")\n\nOnly boys from privileged families received formal education. Between the ages of 5 and 17, boys were taught to read and write so they could become scribes. After they turned 17, young men could attend the temple college as trainee priests. These schools were based on cultural transmission through discipline, memorization, recitation, and copying. These methods are not unlike the ideas behind modern school systems.\n\nAccording to archaeological evidence, Egyptian classrooms shared many similarities with modern ideas of learning. Desks, rules, and punishments were common in Egyptian schools, just like the classrooms we grew up in.","849a16e7-ae2a-4a9a-a395-7bd7ea891785",[72],{"id":73,"data":74,"type":38,"version":30,"maxContentLevel":19},"53f76793-f8d8-48bd-a0b3-25def996b46e",{"type":38,"reviewType":19,"spacingBehaviour":30,"multiChoiceQuestion":75,"multiChoiceCorrect":77,"multiChoiceIncorrect":79},[76],"What age did boys from privileged families begin receiving formal education in ancient Egypt?",[78],"5 years old",[80,81,82],"8 years old","10 years old","12 years old",{"id":84,"data":85,"type":30,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":20,"reviews":89},"41d3d520-11f9-4981-85b2-400d9ba64b76",{"type":30,"title":86,"markdownContent":87,"audioMediaId":88},"New world civilizations: Maya, Aztecs, and Incas","![Graph](image://82476480-947d-46b1-9117-710e2cb4c23e \"The Mayan Calendar\")\n\nThe Maya, 1500 BCE Central America, are known for their ingenuity, architecture, mathematics, and astronomy. They were a religious culture that saw education as sharing the cultural history and preventing deviation from the established cultural norms. Learning was based on self-restraint, cooperation, moderation, and self-discipline. They used hieroglyphs and artwork but had a strong oral culture.\n\nThe Aztecs, 1300 CE Mesoamerica, also used oral transmission and memorization to teach their history, myths, and traditions. They had a school called the calmecac, which was devoted to native learning. Children would start an apprenticeship at the age of 10 and learn about their history through music, poetry, and stories.\n\nIn 1100 CE South America, the Incas had 2 types of schools to teach skills along with their oral history. The vocational education was for the average Incas, while the nobility received formalized training. It was a learning system focused on agriculture, subservience to the community, and government-supervised training.\n\nThe Mayan education system was based largely on oral transmission, while the Aztecs used experiential learning to enhance their oral culture. The Inca focused more on the practical application of knowledge and how stories could better serve the community.","350b2593-3c82-4ec1-8305-b9081c0ca7df",[90],{"id":91,"data":92,"type":38,"version":30,"maxContentLevel":19},"4690a81e-7689-4d71-901a-edf546296905",{"type":38,"reviewType":20,"spacingBehaviour":30,"binaryQuestion":93,"binaryCorrect":95,"binaryIncorrect":97},[94],"What was the name of the school devoted to native learning in the Aztec civilization?",[96],"Calmecac",[98],"Templo Mayor",{"id":100,"data":101,"type":30,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":20,"reviews":105},"792e5f34-1434-4478-ad72-b9ca4699bcf8",{"type":30,"title":102,"markdownContent":103,"audioMediaId":104},"Classical cultures: Greece","Classical Greece has some of the most well-known philosophers and educators, from Socrates and Plato to Homer and Herodotus.\n\nSchools in Greece began as a way to train scribes to capture what had only been an oral history. The sons of Greek noblemen learned by spending time with an older mentor. They valued education as it meant that boys could grow into men who were patriotic warriors with military skills, morals, and a sense of cultural identity.\n\n![Graph](image://1f50eae4-05cd-4d9a-bd39-158571fcca36 \"A Spartan warrior\")\n\nSparta was one part of Ancient Greece that had influential philosophies around teaching. Spartan boys were raised from a very early age to be elite warriors. Their schools were all about fighting skills and devotion to the community. The state controlled the education of all aged from 7 to 20 years. They didn't just focus on physical abilities, though. Music and art were important parts of religious celebrations and were included in school life.\n\nHerodotus mentions that the earliest schools existed in 496 BCE, although there wasn't one place for learning. Children attended lessons in different places based on the subject. The Greeks considered school an enjoyable activity that allowed time to discover and reflect. The word scholē means 'leisure,' although kids today might argue that school is anything but leisurely.","4c2134fd-52c8-4a1f-94ca-3d3045b24ee0",[106],{"id":107,"data":108,"type":38,"version":30,"maxContentLevel":19},"79cae92b-b4f6-4714-8d53-97af32c0ffec",{"type":38,"reviewType":20,"spacingBehaviour":30,"binaryQuestion":109,"binaryCorrect":111,"binaryIncorrect":113},[110],"What does the Greek word scholē mean?",[112],"Leisure",[114],"Education",{"id":116,"data":117,"type":20,"version":30,"maxContentLevel":19,"pages":119},"4c446f5b-cce2-4715-8b11-a4323e30b94a",{"type":20,"title":118},"Education in Europe and America",[120,138,156,171,189],{"id":121,"data":122,"type":30,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":30,"reviews":126},"65e79c74-c0d3-4c71-b57c-65f6f35d368c",{"type":30,"title":123,"markdownContent":124,"audioMediaId":125},"16th to 18th century Europe","During the 16th to the 18th century, rulers began to see general education for its political power and as a way to encourage order and obedience. However, some believed that education had the power to improve the world. \n\nFrancis Bacon said, \"knowledge is power,\" and believed that educators of the time needed to use inductive reasoning and empiricism to prepare children for life. We have Bacon to thank for The Scientific Method that is used today. His notion that knowledge is gained through experience is something that modern education alternatives include in their teaching methods. \n\n ![Graph](image://cb5094fa-f91b-43b4-a4b5-02d9baa8f2e7 \"Francis Bacon\")\n\nThe Reformation changed not only the European political and religious landscape but also the educational one. In 1517, Martin Luther pushed for the expansion of schooling and wanted compulsory elementary schooling for girls and boys. Other German protestants created a schooling system copied by European countries. They believed in mass schooling for everyone, including women and enslaved people. Protestant involvement in the education system lessened in the 19th century as the state became more involved.\n\nHowever, there is still no denying their impact on education as we know it.\n\n","ce58169a-3d56-4ab0-ba7a-d727e93b1a9b",[127],{"id":128,"data":129,"type":38,"version":30,"maxContentLevel":19},"08cfdda7-1236-405f-904a-457ebc54bb4d",{"type":38,"reviewType":19,"spacingBehaviour":30,"multiChoiceQuestion":130,"multiChoiceCorrect":132,"multiChoiceIncorrect":134},[131],"Who said \"knowledge is power\" and believed that educators of the time needed to use inductive reasoning and empiricism to prepare children for life?",[133],"Sir Francis Bacon",[135,136,137],"Martin Luther","John Calvin","Thomas Aquinas",{"id":139,"data":140,"type":30,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":30,"reviews":144},"d82c399e-9032-45a5-a71c-280d248cd6c5",{"type":30,"title":141,"markdownContent":142,"audioMediaId":143},"Massachusetts and the war on Satan","The Puritans of Massachusetts passed the Old Deluder Satan Act in 1647. This was the foundation of public schools, as each village with 50 or more families was required to hire a teacher. Towns with 100 or more families were large enough to support Grammar schools. This act was less about education than literacy as a way of saving souls. These schools were community-run, and elementary and secondary levels were separated.\n\nAt this time, Dame schools were started by women, usually in their kitchens. They offered a tutoring service and helped supplement the town's educational needs. Traveling schoolmasters were also common as the push for literacy continued. This academic momentum had a religious motivation, but it also laid the groundwork for the idea of public schooling.\n","573f5f8e-2612-453d-a658-48f1fa9c3fbc",[145],{"id":146,"data":147,"type":38,"version":30,"maxContentLevel":19},"c74bcfdb-3ec0-41dd-9f66-309cf22714bb",{"type":38,"reviewType":19,"spacingBehaviour":30,"multiChoiceQuestion":148,"multiChoiceCorrect":150,"multiChoiceIncorrect":152},[149],"What was the name of the act passed in 1647 by the Puritans of Massachusetts that was the foundation of public schools?",[151],"The Old Deluder Satan Act",[153,154,155],"The Education Act","The Literacy Act","The Soul Saving Act",{"id":157,"data":158,"type":30,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":30,"reviews":162},"20583832-6a0d-4aec-ae1b-7379216a126d",{"type":30,"title":159,"markdownContent":160,"audioMediaId":161},"The rise of industry","Before the industrial revolution, schools were scarce and predominantly based on religious ideals. But the growth of industry meant a widespread push for mass schooling. The British government passed the Factory Act in 1833, which made 2 hours of schooling per day compulsory for children who worked in factories. As industry grew, so did the need for a skilled workforce. Factories created jobs which meant more families could afford schooling.\n\n ![Graph](image://5529b163-fa55-4be6-9c6a-6d57cd05c51a \"Child laborers in the 19th century\")\n\n'Factory Schools' began in Prussia in the early 19th century and were designed to create students who would obey rules and authority figures. Although this was for military purposes, the model quickly spread to the Western world. It was an age-based learning system run by the state to increase literacy and state obedience. \n\nMany supporters of alternative education say that modern public schools are based on this 19th century model. Although large schools have a controlled process with measurable outcomes, this isn't entirely true. It is a question of scale. Mass schooling requires order, results, and strict systems to work.\n\n","763ebe13-6604-4e56-89bb-af64dba2ebe3",[163],{"id":164,"data":165,"type":38,"version":30,"maxContentLevel":19},"2796133b-efbd-4566-ae02-db526ee0fc81",{"type":38,"reviewType":166,"spacingBehaviour":30,"clozeQuestion":167,"clozeWords":169},4,[168],"The 19th century saw the rise of Factory schools, designed to create students who would obey rules and authority figures.",[170],"Factory",{"id":172,"data":173,"type":30,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":30,"reviews":177},"0e88df0b-c652-49c8-a0f1-204a30073ca1",{"type":30,"title":174,"markdownContent":175,"audioMediaId":176},"Colonialism","After the First World War, the colonial map was redrawn. Mission schools were started in British and French colonies as a form of cultural assimilation. This colonial education was designed to replace indigenous knowledge and culture with that of the colonizers. It was a system of dominance and power, and education was used for political ends. These mission schools introduced European-style learning to other countries to the detriment of indigenous culture.\n\nColonial education was meant to create skilled people who would work with the colonizers. It is an education system that has had severe consequences in countries globally. For example, colonial education almost eradicated the traditional learning system in Zimbabwe. With the introduction of a foreign currency and a money-based exchange economy, the indigenous people were forced to pursue colonial education to survive. This education was controlled by the state and was of a sub-par standard. This is because it was not learning for the betterment of the students but rather a blanket approach to spread a new religion, language, and political ideals.","a909e451-6e8a-4a80-bf55-e452663fb1a4",[178],{"id":179,"data":180,"type":38,"version":30,"maxContentLevel":19},"c02a8855-a574-4099-afd6-f84ce9c8bdd2",{"type":38,"reviewType":19,"spacingBehaviour":30,"multiChoiceQuestion":181,"multiChoiceCorrect":183,"multiChoiceIncorrect":185},[182],"What was the purpose of mission schools in British and French colonies?",[184],"Cultural assimilation",[186,187,188],"Multiculturalism","Indigenous knowledge","Classical learning",{"id":190,"data":191,"type":30,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":30,"reviews":195},"ee0a225f-0311-46d3-b8f8-1f279c316662",{"type":30,"title":192,"markdownContent":193,"audioMediaId":194},"Horace Mann and public education","By the 19th century, public schools in America had deteriorated under community leadership, and educational reformer Horace Mann advocated for change. He called for universal education in the form of \"common schools\" that were state-run and state-funded. Mann's non-sectarian approach to education caused a stir, but that didn't stop him, and a state board of education was established in 1837. \n\n\n ![Graph](image://0328076e-3255-4749-9093-79a9dd35f689 \"An American public school\")\n\nMann held 6 core beliefs about education, some of which were met with resistance. He believed a country could not be free and ignorant, so universal education was vital. Education should be supported by the community and paid for with public taxes. After being founded on religious principles, Mann said that education should be non-sectarian and accept children from different social, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. He also advocated for schools based on the ideals of freedom, run by well-trained teachers.","814fce7e-161d-4adc-92b4-5ba9db188715",[196],{"id":197,"data":198,"type":38,"version":30,"maxContentLevel":19},"5b18d29e-9cd6-44aa-8822-d736aebfcd4b",{"type":38,"reviewType":20,"spacingBehaviour":30,"binaryQuestion":199,"binaryCorrect":201,"binaryIncorrect":203},[200],"What did Horace Mann advocate for in the 19th century in order to improve public schools in America?",[202],"State-run \"common schools\"",[204],"Private schools funded by the community",{"id":206,"data":207,"type":20,"version":30,"maxContentLevel":19,"pages":209},"988696bf-2272-42ce-8e26-1b56c191612d",{"type":20,"title":208},"Modern Educational Developments",[210,228],{"id":211,"data":212,"type":30,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":30,"reviews":216},"c2cec88a-7e90-41d9-b0f7-1b764a040d02",{"type":30,"title":213,"markdownContent":214,"audioMediaId":215},"World War 2 and an emphasis on education","World War 2 saw state school funding being diverted to the war effort and a huge dropout rate as students and teachers enlisted. Military enrollment required academic testing, and young soldiers failed to meet the academic standards. Because of this, progressive education lost ground after the war, and more emphasis was placed on formalized curriculums. The war created more educational opportunities for women, though, particularly in the teaching field. After the war, high schools introduced additional classes like agriculture, home economics, and vocational training.\n\nIn the United Kingdom, the Butler Act was passed in 1944, which advocated for a structured education system that offered free and compulsory education to children aged 5–15. The tripartite system was split into grammar, modern, and technical secondary schools. By clearly defining the levels of education, the Butler Act was the start of the modern UK school system.","4fb02485-0e35-4ac0-9757-9e65a97ffff0",[217],{"id":218,"data":219,"type":38,"version":30,"maxContentLevel":19},"818f5ae7-d1b7-44b1-9616-8d37afee26fb",{"type":38,"reviewType":19,"spacingBehaviour":30,"multiChoiceQuestion":220,"multiChoiceCorrect":222,"multiChoiceIncorrect":224},[221],"What was the name of the act passed in the UK in 1944 that advocated for a structured education system?",[223],"The Butler Act",[225,226,227],"The Bueller Act","The Builder Act","The Boulder Act",{"id":229,"data":230,"type":30,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":30,"reviews":234},"f58b907b-898e-4f60-a129-b9791bcca396",{"type":30,"title":231,"markdownContent":232,"audioMediaId":233},"Education as we know it","Schools today don't look so different from schools in the past. Large class sizes, underfunding, bureaucracy, textbooks, and exams are as common today as they were 50 years ago. \n\n ![Graph](image://0e0338ff-5af9-4b27-a810-7c29fa89ec1c \"A modern classroom\")\n\nBut things are changing. The educational landscape is shifting as more research is done on how children learn best and governments develop new ways to provide quality education. The world is developing rapidly, and people realize that the education system needs to evolve with it. For many people, ‘rote learning’ and memorization won't cut it anymore. The world is moving towards a skills-based economy, and children may need to be independent and creative thinkers. In the eyes of many, schools need to teach kids how to learn, not what to learn.","554da8c7-2746-493f-8944-89d9d72ef7b5",[235],{"id":236,"data":237,"type":38,"version":30,"maxContentLevel":19},"e8e0d2b3-fa70-40d0-b426-ecd125b8238e",{"type":38,"reviewType":19,"spacingBehaviour":30,"multiChoiceQuestion":238,"multiChoiceCorrect":240,"multiChoiceIncorrect":242},[239],"What is the world moving towards in terms of education?",[241],"A skills-based economy",[243,244,245],"A memorization-based economy","A creativity-based economy","A rote-learning-based economy",[247,416,542],{"id":23,"data":24,"type":20,"version":20,"maxContentLevel":19,"pages":248},[249,286,316,346,381],{"id":28,"data":29,"type":30,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":20,"reviews":34,"parsed":250},{"data":251,"body":254,"toc":284},{"title":252,"description":253},"","What is learning, really? Is it sitting in a classroom, taking notes, and preparing for tests? Is it dedicating hours to perfecting a new skill? Or perhaps it's remembering a favorite poem or even song lyrics?",{"type":255,"children":256},"root",[257,264,274,279],{"type":258,"tag":259,"props":260,"children":261},"element","p",{},[262],{"type":263,"value":253},"text",{"type":258,"tag":259,"props":265,"children":266},{},[267],{"type":258,"tag":268,"props":269,"children":273},"img",{"alt":270,"src":271,"title":272},"Graph","image://0e5d3544-337f-44a5-a29d-14dea78f163e","Image:British Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons",[],{"type":258,"tag":259,"props":275,"children":276},{},[277],{"type":263,"value":278},"Cultures through the ages have considered all of these things as forms of education. The world of learning has diverse origins, from the ancient Maya, who valued songs and stories, to the Greeks, who prized athletic ability and philosophy. The modern education system is just one way to approach learning. 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Older boys underwent initiation and were separated from their families and taught about the cultural values, rituals, and skills they would need to grow into involved community members.",{"type":258,"tag":259,"props":310,"children":311},{},[312],{"type":263,"value":313},"Education was not something that children did, but rather how they lived. These early cultures understood that they needed to work together to survive, and children gained the knowledge they would need by being included in daily life. With a strong oral tradition and a daily dose of experiential learning, early cultures educated their children holistically as they integrated into the tribal group.",{"title":252,"searchDepth":20,"depth":20,"links":315},[],{"id":66,"data":67,"type":30,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":20,"reviews":71,"parsed":317},{"data":318,"body":320,"toc":344},{"title":252,"description":319},"The earliest schools started with the creation of cuneiform and hieroglyphics in Egypt and Mesopotamia in 3000 BCE. 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These methods are not unlike the ideas behind modern school systems.",{"type":258,"tag":259,"props":340,"children":341},{},[342],{"type":263,"value":343},"According to archaeological evidence, Egyptian classrooms shared many similarities with modern ideas of learning. Desks, rules, and punishments were common in Egyptian schools, just like the classrooms we grew up in.",{"title":252,"searchDepth":20,"depth":20,"links":345},[],{"id":84,"data":85,"type":30,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":20,"reviews":89,"parsed":347},{"data":348,"body":349,"toc":379},{"title":252,"description":252},{"type":255,"children":350},[351,359,364,369,374],{"type":258,"tag":259,"props":352,"children":353},{},[354],{"type":258,"tag":268,"props":355,"children":358},{"alt":270,"src":356,"title":357},"image://82476480-947d-46b1-9117-710e2cb4c23e","The Mayan Calendar",[],{"type":258,"tag":259,"props":360,"children":361},{},[362],{"type":263,"value":363},"The Maya, 1500 BCE Central America, are known for their ingenuity, architecture, mathematics, and astronomy. They were a religious culture that saw education as sharing the cultural history and preventing deviation from the established cultural norms. Learning was based on self-restraint, cooperation, moderation, and self-discipline. They used hieroglyphs and artwork but had a strong oral culture.",{"type":258,"tag":259,"props":365,"children":366},{},[367],{"type":263,"value":368},"The Aztecs, 1300 CE Mesoamerica, also used oral transmission and memorization to teach their history, myths, and traditions. They had a school called the calmecac, which was devoted to native learning. Children would start an apprenticeship at the age of 10 and learn about their history through music, poetry, and stories.",{"type":258,"tag":259,"props":370,"children":371},{},[372],{"type":263,"value":373},"In 1100 CE South America, the Incas had 2 types of schools to teach skills along with their oral history. The vocational education was for the average Incas, while the nobility received formalized training. 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This education was controlled by the state and was of a sub-par standard. This is because it was not learning for the betterment of the students but rather a blanket approach to spread a new religion, language, and political ideals.",{"title":252,"searchDepth":20,"depth":20,"links":516},[],{"id":190,"data":191,"type":30,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":30,"reviews":195,"parsed":518},{"data":519,"body":521,"toc":540},{"title":252,"description":520},"By the 19th century, public schools in America had deteriorated under community leadership, and educational reformer Horace Mann advocated for change. He called for universal education in the form of \"common schools\" that were state-run and state-funded. 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