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Chapter Two

Chapter Two. Liberty and Literacy: The Jeffersonian Ideal. (c) 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Tozer/Senese/Violas, School and Society, 5e. Faith in Reason Natural Law Republican Virtue. Progress Nationalism Freedom.

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Chapter Two

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  1. Chapter Two Liberty and Literacy: The Jeffersonian Ideal (c) 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Tozer/Senese/Violas, School and Society, 5e

  2. Faith in Reason Natural Law Republican Virtue Progress Nationalism Freedom Fundamental Tenets of Classical Liberal Ideology (c) 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Tozer/Senese/Violas, School and Society, 5e

  3. A better guide than tradition, custom, and dogmatic faith Mind as “blank slate” Humankind capable of great feats Galileo, Copernicus, Newton Faith in Reason (c) 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Tozer/Senese/Violas, School and Society, 5e

  4. “Universe is a machine” Understanding yields control Science replaces theology as guide to action Natural Law (c) 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Tozer/Senese/Violas, School and Society, 5e

  5. Perfectibility of the individual Duties to God and to nature The work ethic Men’s virtues/ Women’s virtues Republican Virtue (c) 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Tozer/Senese/Violas, School and Society, 5e

  6. Continual individual and societal progress toward perfection Changing the world to what ought to be Revolution as an option Commitment to social meliorism Education as the vehicle Progress (c) 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Tozer/Senese/Violas, School and Society, 5e

  7. Allegiance to a nation, not a state A new national identity Uneasy balance between national government and local self- determination Nationalism (c) 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Tozer/Senese/Violas, School and Society, 5e

  8. “Negative freedom” Intellectual Free from external coercion of church and state Political Representative government Civic Freedom to “live as one pleases” Bill of Rights Economic “Laissez-faire” economy The Wealth of Nations Freedom (c) 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Tozer/Senese/Violas, School and Society, 5e

  9. Jefferson’s Plan for Popular Education Elementary Schools Grammar Schools University Self-Education (c) 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Tozer/Senese/Violas, School and Society, 5e

  10. Foundation of entire education structure Decentralized districts Three years of free education Screening for future leaders Preparing citizens for effective functioning First Tier—Elementary Schools (c) 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Tozer/Senese/Violas, School and Society, 5e

  11. Boarding schools Languages, advanced curriculum Developing local leadership Preparation for university Second Tier—Grammar Schools (c) 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Tozer/Senese/Violas, School and Society, 5e

  12. Common education from grammar schools allowed for advanced instruction Specialization in a “science” Preparation for leadership—law, government, the professions Education for meritocracy Third Tier—University Education (c) 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Tozer/Senese/Violas, School and Society, 5e

  13. Lifelong learning as the culmination of educational aims Jefferson’s support of public libraries “Knowledge is power; knowledge is safety; knowledge is happiness” Fourth Tier—Self-Education (c) 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Tozer/Senese/Violas, School and Society, 5e

  14. Political economy and ideology influenced early education processes, inside and outside of schools Jefferson’s thinking reveals the tensions in classical liberalism Admirable ideals versus the “dominant ideology” Concluding Remarks (c) 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Tozer/Senese/Violas, School and Society, 5e

  15. Bill for a More General Diffusion of Knowledge bourgeoisie capitalism civic freedom classical liberal conservative democratic localism “divine right” of the nobility elementary schooling faculty psychology faith in human reason feudalism freedom and “negative freedom” Developing Your Professional Vocabulary (c) 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Tozer/Senese/Violas, School and Society, 5e

  16. grammar schools happiness intellectual freedom meritocracy nationalism natural aristocracy natural law patriarchy political freedom progress religious revelation republicanism Rockfish Gap Report scientific reason social meliorism virtue Developing Your Professional Vocabulary (c) 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Tozer/Senese/Violas, School and Society, 5e

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