Difference Between Colonial Education And Present Education

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If you think about it, education plays a big part in many lives. Education in America in the past and present are very different. In the past boys and girls didn’t have equal education. Plus, they had to use hornbooks back then. Now boys and girls have equal education and we use technology. Education has changed over the course of years, from the times where they had to use hornbooks, to know how we use laptops, and ipads. Also how we know what skills children have today, and what they’re lacking, to better understand them.


Colonial education is way different than education now. Colonial education was when boys had more education than girls. It was the upper class children whose parents paid for them to go to school. Boys learned higher math, Greek, Latin, science, geography, history, fencing, plantation management, etc... They also could go to England for more education or stay and help run the plantation. Girls learned art, music, French, needlework, cooking, nursing, etc… But they didn’t get the choice to go to England. Colonial education is important to know about because it can let some people be more appreciative about how education now is fair. Colonial education was one thing, but present education is a whole different thing. …show more content…

Present education is now, and we do things differently, like use technology. Technology can help prepare kids for their jobs in the future, it gives the students chances to talk to each other, and it makes the classroom a happier place because students are happy to be using technology. Technology is important in classrooms because one day it will be our everyday lifestyle. We’ve gone over past and present education, so let's get into skills and what kids are

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