Readings from the course Ed Tech for the K-12 Leader in the Masters in Curriculum & Instruction at CSUB A Historical Background on Educational Technology The History of Ed-Tech: What Went Wrong by Audry Watters, independent scholar, and education writer. Thorndike won. Dewey Lost: The Most Important 4 Words about the US Education System by Mark Guzdial,[…]
The following snippets offer a glimpse of youth agency as it happened around the globe. In this century, institutions began to recognize the role of formal and informal youth leadership. These examples take place in and outside of schools but they are all linked by the potential of the youth to disrupt norms and shape[…]
Children Making Waves Outside the Classroom from 1900-2000 Whether it was on the farm or in the factory, children typically worked alongside their elders (source). Although there were longstanding pushes to abolish child labor, the children were typically not organized to participate in organized labor or community action- that is until the Newsboys Strike of[…]