Factory+Model

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

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

In table groups, write one response to the following four 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:

Rob S, Will T, Gabby M.
 * What s the purpose of this model of schools?**

This model of schools were for teach people to work in factories. To teach kids to be uniformed, to be on time, to be punctual, to sit and do what they were told. Now knowledge is more important then just setting people up for the factory. Were now moving it a concept age that is abstract ideas.


 * What does the physical look like? Describe the school setting, what does this tell us about what matters? What is the value in this form of schooling?**

We are not widgets. We are organic beings. Breaks it down into fragmented parts. We work and then get a break. In a factory everything gets broken down into its basics and that just like a school. The school classrooms were rows of desks to get them used to the factory type of work. The teacher is like the boss. Tests are like inventory. Marks are like salaries.
 * What is the curriculum? What is worth knowing? What is not valued?**

Things that were valued were memory. Things that weren’t valued were physical education. They did not value creativity. They didn’t like windows because windows would distract them. There was no flexibility. The bell ran everything. If you can say back what you adsorb then you are successful. Success is determined by memory. They depended highly on marks. Success is blindly obtained
 * How is success determined in this form of schooling?**

Calder: 1. According to this author, what is the purpose of school? To teach people to be uniformed and organized and to be able to follow orders To be efficient and punctual This was designed to prepare students for factory life in the industrial age Schools are preparing us like widgets but in the current times we need knowledge and other teachings that will prepare us to move into the concept era from the knowledge era which is what we are being taught for

2. What does the physical space look like? Describe the school setting, what does this tell us about what matters-what is valued? There are 40min classes and a five min break like in a factory The classroom is made in rows and columns and the class is like a structured and isolated machine The teacher is like boss or foreman In this school tests are like and efficiency tests The grades are like pay and are divided by efficiency Windowless classrooms as windows are distracting Everything is based on exact times Students are workers that learn from foreman (teacher) how to do work and prepare for the factory

3. What is valued in the curriculum/what is worth knowing and doing in this school? What is not valued? Good memory and efficiency are valued What is not valued: Questioning of why are we learning this or why does this happen? and other qualities that reduce from efficiency

4. How is success determined in this school? Based on efficiency and memorization the better you are at those the higher grades you will get Being able to say back what the teacher told you is also considered success as knowledge is scarce and teachers are the source of knowledge

By: Carson (Group Members- Alex and Jags)

What is the purpose of this type of school? The purpose of the Factory type of school is too prepare kids for the factory life for when they get older and work in factories because of the indusialiazation age. They also were taught too listen and not talk back, they had a very scripted life and were widgets.

What is the space look like? Describe the setting. What does this tells us about what matters?What is valued? The space had desks in straight lines and were spread out. The kids were isolated and were not encouraged to socialize and talk with kids. This tells us that the only thing that matters is how good of a worker you are and how efficent and obdient you are. They only value how good of a worker you are and if you would be a good worker in the factory.

What is the curriculum? What is worth knowing? What is not valued? The curriculum in a factory is based on how much you can remember and repeat what the teacher told you. There is basically nothing worth knowing because they do not encourage creativity or individualism. So creativity is not valued or free thinking because you would not need that in the factory.

How is success determined? Success is determined by how well you can remember what the teacher told you throughout the whole term. You got graded on how well you could repeat stuff. An example is a spelling test you were forced to remember all the words the teacher told you. If you were a kid that couldn’t remember stuff you failed school even if your brillliant.

Quinn (Group Members: Wesley, Chris)

-when you could repeat the info the teacher told you
Lilly, Maddy, Ben 1. What is the purpose of this school? The purpose of school was to get students ready for factory working. Uniformed, organized, obedient and punctual.

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? School started out looking like a factory. People are divided into groups and class and graded on their performance. Tests are like the inventory. Work and do the same thing until your break. Structured classes like assembly lines. Teachers served as bosses and taught the students. 3. What is the curriculum? What is worth knowing? What is not valued? Efficenciency and good memorization. No windows, no creativity or day dreaming.

4. How is success determined in this form of schooling?our wiki. As long as you do what your told and say what the teacher has told you, you will be “successful”. You get good grades from this the same way that people get better pay in factories.

Schools were based around factories because we use to live in an Industrial Age and now we are living in a Knowledge Age moving into a Concept Age.

__//1. What is the purpose of this model of schooling? // //-To teach people standardized organization so they could work in a factory when they got older. (This was the old meaning) //__

__//-Now we are in more of an industrial age where knowledge is much more important. //__

__//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? // //- It is organized just like what a factory would be like. You learn/do your work then will get a break. // //-Also it was organized in rows and rows. Everyone is isolated. // //- The teacher was the boss and because knowledge was scarce the teacher needed to teach but now knowledge is everywhere and teachers do not need to tell kids how things are they need to help them go deeper into something. // //-We are not widgets, we are organic beings // //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">-in a factory everything gets broke into different parts just like school (subjects). //__

__//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">3. What is the curriculum? What is worth knowing? What is not valued? // //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">-What is worth knowing is what the teacher tells you. What is in the curriculum is anything that will help you have a factory when you grow up. Things that are not valued would be stuff like athletics and say biology on things like that. //__

__//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">4. How is success determined in this form of schooling? //__

__//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Success is determined by memory. If you can say back what your learned then your successful. //__ __//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> Mac, Dan and Brody //__

Written by Evy, (other group member: Lexy)

What is the purpose of schools? prepare to work in factories - preparing students for industrial jobs - making students be on time, obey orders, be unified/organized - no flexibility 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? - spacial area is in rows, very structured (people isolated, no groups, like a clog in a machine) - teachers are the ‘boss’, the teacher has knowledge. - Memorizing subjects is values - Test à School, Inventory à Factory - Grades are like pay, class time is like shifts, assembly line is breaking knowledge into disiples (don’t need to see the whole) - Windowless (windows are distracting) What is the curriculum? What is worth knowing? What is not valued? - Learning efficiently, not thinking deeply, having a good memory How is success determined in this form of schooling? - teacher has knowledge, teaches students knowledge, and once the students repeat the information back to the teacher, //that// was success. - Good memory

Sarah, Emily and Jasika

<span style="color: #535353; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1. What is the purpose of school? To teach people to be uniform organized to prepare kids to work in a factory. To obey and pay attention, and to be punctual.

<span style="color: #535353; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">2. What does the physical space look like? Describe the school setting, what does this tell us about what matters-what is valued? They broke up the subject, and made it similar to a factory. The desks were in a line like a factor, the teacher was the boss, and a test was like inventory, grades were like pay, no windows to distract, very organized and milatary,

3. What is valued in the curriculum/what is worth knowing and doing in this school? What is not valued? They didn’t encourage creativity, and the banned having any windows so kids could not zone out, so they could learn “better”, also they were not alowed to socialize in groups juring school. <span style="color: #535353; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"> 4. How is success determined in this school? If you didn’t make mistakes, and could memorize the most information.

Notes: - We have an education that doesn’t fit - We are not widget/ organic beings - The school breaks it down into fragmented parts - More productive if you do what you are told - The purpose of school was to teach kids the industrial - Industrial turned into knowledge turned into to concept age - Knowledge was scares - Factory was like school - 47 min was a shift like in the factor <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"> - The assembly line