Factory+Model

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 * //__Where did schools originate?__//**
 * What is the purpose of Factory schools?**

- To prepare us for factory life - Get kids used to hard work - Being structured - So everyone will have the same knowledge - So no one questions authority - Doesn’t encourage critical thinking - No value to individuality


 * What does it look like? Describe the setting. What does it tell us about what matters? What is valued in this form of school?**

- Rows - No widows - Constant ridicule - Almost prison line - Basic skills were obtained - Grade were made


 * What is the curriculum? What is worth knowing? What is not valued?**

- Discourages individuality - Basic math skills


 * How is success determined in this form of schooling?**

- Success it determined when the child can repeat back the knowledge - Whoever does the best on test - Whoever has a good memory

**What are schools for?** - To teach us to be a good citizen - To teach us to think for ourselfs - To prepare us for the future - To learn outside of the box - To learn to socialize - To learn to be creative - We need to learn the basics like math,science,humanities, the arts, ect. - To allow us to get the jobs and oppurtunites we want to persue - Staying healthy

**Taylorism and the Factory Model of Schooling**
Dr. Friesen's video on the Factory Model of Schooling: []

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After watching the above links, please respond to the inquiry questions below. Begin by writing the names in your group and then copy and paste the inquiry questions and then respond.

Inquiry questions:

1. What is the purpose of this model of schooling? 2. What does the physical space look like? Describe the school setting, what does this tell us about what matters? What is valued in this form of schooling? 3. What is the curriculum? What is worth knowing? What is not valued? 4. How is success determined in this form of schooling?

Write your groups responses below:

__**Gabrie, Natalie and Zoe:**__ - About 100 years ago there were many immigrants and industrialization. - The educators in around 1910 used the factory line to create the public school system. __// What is the purpose of school? //__ - The purpose was too educate kids and prepare them to work in factories. They wanted kids to be disciplined and ready to work.

__//What does the physical space look like? Describe the school setting. What does this tell us about what matters? What is valued in this form of schooling?//__ - There were no windows because they didn’t want kids to see what they were missing. - Each class was 50 minutes because workers in factories could only stand or work for 50 minutes and they wanted school to be like factories. - If you talked in class or did something bad, you would have to write lines as a punishment. - All the desks were in straight rows. - They valued discipline and uniformity. - Focus of the classroom is at the front were the teacher was.

__//What is the curriculum? What is worth knowing? What is not valued?//__ - Reading, writing and math. - Discourage independence or critical thinking. - Don’t value individuality. - Tests are multiple choice, no word problems or practical problems. - Always one right answer for everything.

__//How is success determined in this form of schooling?//__ - Who does the best on tests - Who has the best memory - Who listens the best and pays attention to the teacher

__Nick, Dylan, Joe:__ -During the industrial age, the purpose of school was to make the child give blind obediance to the the teacher and and other elders -It was also to prepare them for working in the factory, like a tiny cog that never queastioned authority -To be on time, structured and use to hard work -Teach them to read, write and math and basic skills that they would need in factories -Desks were lined in perfect rows -Any one who talked or defied obediance were to be beaten or given the dunce hat -There were no windows in the classroom, as they may get distracted -Focus of the classroom is at the front -Almost prision like -There were grades in school like different stages in the factory line -Workers could only stand to 50 minutes in a class, so the classes in school were made 50 minutes
 * 1. According to this author, what is the purpose of school? **
 * 2. What does the physical space look like? Describe the school setting, what does this tell us about what matters-what is valued? **

-Learned basic skills like math, reading and writing, -Discouraged critical thinking and independece -Success is determined when the child can repeat back the knowledge that the teacher told them -Whoever does the best on tests -Whoever has the best memory Jonathon, Arjun, Brant
 * 3. What is valued in the curriculum/what is worth knowing and doing in this school? What is not valued? **
 * 4. How is success determined in this school? **

-The purpose of school is to prepare us for industrial life. -Get kids used to hard work, to being on time. -Being structured. -So everyone has the same knowledge. -The teacher thinks for you. -They don’t encourage of individual thinking. -Discourage critical thinking.
 * 1.** **What is the purpose of school?**

-It looks like a prison/factory. -No windows, focus at the front, dull looking. -No talking aloud. -Rowed tabled. -Classes would only last 50 minutes. -Schoolwork often showcased in school. -Factory model.
 * 2.** **What does the school look like?**

-Reading and writing -Discouraging critical thinking -Demoting individual thinking -Do not question authority -Writing being obedient -The math doesn’t apply to real life -Prepare for factory life -Basic Knowledge
 * 3.** **What is the curriculum, what is worth learning?**

-Who did the best on tests -Who had a good memory -Tests were pretty general -Multiple choices -No practical problems -The idea that there is always one right answer -Best listener.
 * 4.** **How is successes determined through this way of schooling?**

Scott Where do schools come from? – Factory Model

In factories many people work together to make many of the products that make life easier. 100 years ago the society was faced with a challenge, increased immagration and industralization. Education proffesioals thought the factory model to be a great system to place the public school system on. They used the efisioncy of the factoy to create public education. Things were standardized studets moved into grades, marks were given, classes were about 47 to 57 minutes long because that’s how long a factory worker could stand it. We now know that not all people learn in that sort of group situation and we introduced technologies such as laptops. Two factors leading to this model: people only do what they are pushed to do and that everything can be broken down into small parts. The factory model worked well for when we were producing people for jobs and to boost the economy. But now we have moved out of the industral age and to the knowledge age and now starting on the concept age. But yet we are still using the facotry model.