Education in Colonial America



Education in Colonial America

Introduction

In an age when we are flooded with information and instant news, it is sense, understanding, and opinion that are still in short. It is important to understand education culture of the colonial era to have a deep insight of the developed education that we now see in US.

This paper will examine three distinct areas in the American education history: What type of education did young children receive in the early 18th century? Who was afforded the right to attend colleges and what was the main focus of colleges and universities? Did these opportunities include females, African Americans and Native Americans; why or why not. It will also highlight the contribution of the Colonials in the fields of science and Medicine.



Discussion

In the early 18th Century a very little in the way of education was done in the Colonial America. Only the children from rich families received proper education. It was during the Colonial era of the early 18th century that charity schools were founded in different town and cities of the country. Boys from wealthy families attended the grammar schools. The academic subjects were not considered necessary for young girls and hence the school systems also were separate for girls and boys. It was in the late 18th century that the trends started to change and the concept of combined education for both genders were consider by the education administers. Usually girls of the upper class in a later part of life were taught by their governesses. Boys in the middle schools were taught the classics such as Latin but proper academic subjects were still neglected in the curriculum. Subjects such as science and mathematics were not given the level of importance as they received after the establishment of the academy by ...