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Name: Magtira, Rafaela M. Date: September 4, 2022

Year & section: BSED 2E Score:

Task # 1 Comparison between different Educational

Historian
Direction:
1. Select any three persons from three different educational eras/times. Create a
comparison chart considering the following, then write some additional paragraphs
discussing the educational change from a historical perspective.
2. In your discussion, be sure to include the concept of "the power of one," that is,
how one individual was able to effect change.
3. What conclusions can you draw about these people and periods related to education
today?

Person 1 Person 2 Person 3

Horace Mann Catharine Beecher Margaret Bancroft
Name

1796-1859, Franklin, 1800-1878, New York 1854-1912,

Time/place Massachusetts, United United States Philadelphia
States
During this period the During this period Even before Bancroft
Characteristics of environment were New York’s became came any child who
the time period. ruled by poverty, the American center has special needs were
hardship, and self- for trade, commerce, considered a lost
denial. The quality of and industry. cause, they were keep
education became separated from the
worse as schools’ society.
control had gradually
slipped into the hands
of economy-minded
local districts.
He believed that Proper education Margaret Bancroft
Cultural beliefs education in where only given to said “Special children
about education democratic society, men and teaching was must have special
should be free and only for them as well. schools with well-
universal, trained teachers who
nonsectarian, used materials adapted
democratic in method, to those children’s
and reliant on well- capabilities. They
trained professional should not be
teachers. abandoned to state
institutions where
conditions were
appallingly
inhumane.”
Students without the Women are the ones Children with special
Who received ability to pay tuition. who received the needs.
an education? education.

Children or students There was a Children with

What were the before Horace Mann’s discrimination disability during
prevailing educational reform between a male and a Bancroft’s time were
attitudes were not thought female child they discriminated or
towards properly as they have weren’t treated neglected as they were
children? poor quality of equally. not that
education. accommodated during
 this period.

He is the first She promoted equal She started her own

What was the American advocate of access to education for school in new jersey
person's free education, women and advocated year 1883 for students
contribution to the promotes universal for their roles as with special needs
field of education? education. teachers and mothers. named “The
Haddonfield School
for the Mentally
Deficient and
peculiarly Backward”.
The school helped to
develop innovative
ways of teaching
developmentally for
disabled children. Her
school was one of the
first school for
children with
developmental
disabilities.
Horace Mann grew up Catharine Beecher She created the first
How was the in an educational was a teacher and a school dedicated for
person a reflection system wherein writer. During her developmentally
of his or her students were being time women are not disabled children
times? taught poorly by given an equal showing how were the
comparatively poor treatment when it society’s like back
teachers. With that comes to education then. There were no
quality of education, and having jobs. schools for them that
they are getting, Mann Catharine learned will meet their needs,
educated his self in the primarily on her own as they think that
Franklin town library, by independent study those children are
and, with tutoring in and later she became a examples of hopeless
Latin and Greek from teacher. She was born case where we can’t
Samuel Barrett. in a prominent family do anything to help
but during that time them.
even the wealthy
women received
minimal formal
education.
Mann’s advocacy of We all know that Margaret Bancroft
How did the having free education women and men being one of the
person change for all changes the life doesn’t receive an pioneers for special
education for of many students who equal treatment education gives hope
future doesn’t have especially during the for those children who
generations? capability to sustain old era’s wherein are often neglected by
their education. When women’s job are said the society or even
he was elected to act to just stay at home, their own family just
as Secretary of the be a mother, and serve because of having
newly created your husband so disabilities. She opens
Massachusetts Board education wasn’t the door for children
of Education in 1837, really a thing for with special needs and
he used this chance women. Men are the gave them
and opportunity to only ones who were opportunity. As we
enact major sent to school as they know education for
educational reform. were the one who was those children
He ensures that every going to work for the nowadays are given
child could receive a family. But now, men more importance and
basic education and women share the attention. She is one of
funded by local taxes. same right. Women the people who make
His influence made gets to have the the society change
the other states think profession and their way of thinking,
about the idea of education they want now those children are
 universal school. which believe to be set receiving the
only for the men education quality that
before. Though they deserve and will
Catherine only meet their needs.
believes on women These children
should be home- become accepted and
makers and teachers, valued as they should.
her advocacy of
giving women a
proper education and
let them be a teachers
still made a big
change for the lives of
women that time.

The fight for the rights of equal education has really been through a lot. Starting with
the advocacy of Horace Mann to have a public and universal school that serves to be the
chance for students who doesn’t have enough capability to sustain their education, to
Catharine Beecher’s specific advocacy of equal rights to education for women, and to
Margaret Bancroft’s education for children with disabilities.

For Horace Mann education in a democratic society should be free, and universal, it
should be nonsectarian, democratic in method, and reliant to a well- trained teacher. His
advocacy about this came from his own experience, he was taught poorly by his teachers but
still managed to learn by himself in Franklin Town Library. He shows interest in various
social issues like politics, education, and social reform. When he became the Secretary of
newly created Massachusetts Board of Education in 1837, this is when he used the position to
do a major education reform to use the local taxes to funds the basic education of every child.
Starting with his reform his influence spread in Massachusetts and more states started to take
his idea of universal schooling. His career of being a lawyer and legislator and as a secretary
of education helps to solve the problem in education that he, himself have experienced.
Horace Mann knew that in order to the public school to succeed we have to improve the
teachers as well and this is when he helped to establish Normal Schools.

Catharine Beecher promotes the right of women to receive a proper education, made a
huge impact about the history of education. Women were thought before to only stay in the
house, do household chores, and be a mother the reason why schools were not prioritized for
them. Beecher made her time realize that being a teacher is not a job only allotted to men, as
their country progress and men shifts from teaching to pursue jobs related to business, she
uses the potential of educated women and advocated for the better education for females and
use this to fulfill the needs for teachers. Though she only believes that women should be
homemakers and teachers, her stand in fighting for the rights of proper education for women
still leads into a big opportunity and shows hope that we can have the social equality that we
are aiming.

Lastly, Bancroft’s special education. We know that even our society today some are
still not that open minded and knowledgeable enough about children with special needs what
more during the old period where there is not enough information provided about those
children and cases. A movement like this is a big step to make the society become more aware
about these conditions and to acknowledge the needs of those children and their specific needs
about education.

Their advocacies have a great contribution and influence on our education today.
There are already lots of public school today, education for all regardless of gender, age, and
social status, we even have special education that is set to fulfill the needs of children with
different condition. I can say that the quality of education that we have today is the fruit of all
the hardship, battles, and advocacy of different people in the past. We still have a lot of
changes to do to before we can say that the education system we have is truly the best and
available for everyone.