Electronic Resource
Christianity, the Enlightenment, and primary education: American children's textbooks and schooling, 1700-1810
| العنوان: | Christianity, the Enlightenment, and primary education: American children's textbooks and schooling, 1700-1810 |
|---|---|
| المؤلفون: | Schnorbus, Stephanie Dawn, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Shammas, Carole |
| المصدر: | University of Southern California |
| بيانات النشر: | Los Angeles, California University of Southern California 2010-07-23T22:55:09; 2010 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Electronic Resource |
| مستخلص: | Unrestricted This dissertation explores the relationship between the history of education and the history of religion in early America with a particular focus on primary school learning. In the eighteenth century, Christian principles continued to infuse early education, but Enlightenment pedagogical concepts became increasingly influential. This dissertation studies changes in primary schooling through the examination of textbooks and schools before and after the American Revolution. How much did Enlightenment ideas change American education and did they necessitate secularization? Did the American Revolution spark important educational change?; Through a thorough examination of British America's most printed textbook, The New England Primer, this dissertation reevaluates how the Calvinist tradition hoped to mold young minds and gauge the influence of Enlightenment ideas of pedagogy on established methods of education. Additionally, this dissertation examines the importance of theology, pedagogy, and identity in German language primers, Mohawk language primers, and English primers and spelling books. John Locke's epistemological and pedagogical ideas influenced the number of pictures and positive examples given, but religious ideas remained central to reading textbooks before and after the Revolution.; The diversity of early American schooling can be seen quite well in the multi-ethnic, multi-denominational population of Berks County, Pennsylvania. This dissertation provides a case study of the impetus for colonial rural school establishment, and concludes that denominational competition, rather than Atlantic World pedagogical or philosophical trends, encouraged Moravians, German Lutheran and Reformed, Catholics, Anglicans, and Quakers to support rural schools. The Anglican-run German Charity Schools failed partly because the trustees discounted this motivation.; The Revolution did little to change the pattern of denominational schooling, but prompted American intellectuals lik |
| الموضوعات: | 1700/1810, 1700; 1701; 1702; 1703; 1704; 1705; 1706; 1707; 1708; 1709; 1710; 1711; 1712; 1713; 1714; 1715; 1716; 1717; 1718; 1719; 1720; 1721; 1722; 1723; 1724; 1725; 1726; 1727; 1728; 1729; 1730; 1731; 1732; 1733; 1734; 1735; 1736; 1737; 1738; 1739; 1740; 1741; 1742; 1743; 1744; 1745; 1746; 1747; 1748; 1749; 1750; 1751; 1752; 1753; 1754; 1755; 1756; 1757; 1758; 1759; 1760; 1761; 1762; 1763; 1764; 1765; 1766; 1767; 1768; 1769; 1770; 1771; 1772; 1773; 1774; 1775; 1776; 1777; 1778; 1779; 1780; 1781; 1782; 1783; 1784; 1785; 1786; 1787; 1788; 1789; 1790; 1791; 1792; 1793; 1794; 1795; 1796; 1797; 1798; 1799; 1800; 1801; 1802; 1803; 1804; 1805; 1806; 1807; 1808; 1809; 1810, Berks, Reading, Pennsylvania., Pennsylvanie., Pennsylvania. |
| مصطلحات الفهرس: | History, textbook; textbooks; school; schooling; Berks County; Pennsylvania; secularization; primer; Mohawk primer; Mohawk language; American Philosophical Society; tax list; population ratio; colonial population; Pennsylvania Germans; Muhlenberg, Henry Melchior; Rush, Benjamin; Benezet, Anthony; Comly, John; Fox, George; woodcuts; illustration; Locke, John; Enlightenment; essay contest; Calvin, John; Calvinism; Moravian; German Lutheran; German Reformed; Quaker; Society of Friends; Catholic; Anglican; Society for the Propagation of the Gospel; Society for the Education of Germans; German charity schools; German free schools; free schools; charity schools; Great Awakening; Weiser, Conrad; French and Indian War; Bird, William; Tulpehocken; Oley Valley; Reading; Exeter Monthly Meeting; education; reading education; literacy; epistemology; New Born; American Revolution; War for Independence; Early Republic; colonial America; spelling book; speller; denomination; denominational; church schools; minister; schoolmaster; identity; public school; private school; tutor; catechism; Christianity; Congregationalist; illustrated alphabet; Boehm, John Philip; Lockean; Lutheran Ministerium; Webster, Noah; Philadelphia; prayer book; Protestant; Book of Common Prayer; Reformed Coetus; religious education; Royal Primer; New England Primer; secular education; teachers; Dilworth, Thomas; Jefferson, Thomas; Knox, Samuel; Smith, Samuel Harrison; Smith, William, texts, item |
| URL: | |
| الاتاحة: | Open access content. Open access content Schnorbus, Stephanie Dawn Los Angeles, California cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| ملاحظة: | Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation English |
| Other Numbers: | CSL oai:cdm15799.contentdm.oclc.org:p15799coll127/358034 usctheses-m3204 etd-Schnorbus-3853 uscthesesreloadpub_Volume40/etd-Schnorbus-3853.pdf 857682812 |
| المصدر المساهم: | From OAIster®, provided by the OCLC Cooperative. |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsoai.ocn857682812 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OAIster |
| الوصف غير متاح. |