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1 George counts By Michael Esch

2 George counts fun facts
Early Life George counts fun facts I grew up in a small town in Oklahoma. My first two years of formal education was in a one room school. During that time I completed four years of worth of school work. Then I went to conventional high school and graduated at 18. I was accepted and got my degree at the Baker University in After graduating I taught and was the principle of a public school for one year. This time while teaching and leading a school inspired me to go back for my graduate degree. I went to the University of Chicago and graduated in Then I studied under Charles H. Judd and Albion W, Small to obtain my Ph.D in After that I taught at various colleges including Yale University, University of Chicago and St. Louis University to name a few. I become interested in politics and joined the ACLU. Later starting the Liberal Party and running as a senator. (Gutek, 1984) Controversy Famous Picture I have been called a radical for my teaching philosophy. In my day the newest teaching style that was surfacing was Progressivism. I took Progressivism another step forward into Social Reconstructionism.

3 Dare the School Change the New Social Order?
3 Speeches into a book Progressive Education Issues Accepts indoctrination Speech can be found on George Counts wiki page

4 Social reconstructism
Identify Guide Resolve Social reconstructism LET’S TRY IT OUT!

5 Socrative.com I asked the questions about children living in poverty in Cincinnati. There are 53% of children living in poverty in Cincinnati. Then we discussed the negative effects of a student living in poverty. Then the class broke into small groups and discussed how each sub-group (local government, school board, teachers, and citizens) in the community could work to resolve this issue. Room

6 Resources Gutek, G. L. (1984). George s. counts and american civilization: The educator as social theorist. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press. Portrait of george s. counts, teachers college faculty (n/a, ), by unknown. (n.d.). Retrieved from =1&number=204&order=date&pagenum=6 (n.d.) Retreived from


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