d time in parlors drinking, reading poetry, and philosophizing about society. The invention that contributed the most to education was the printing press. Because of the advent of the printing press encyclopedia's were printed and books were much more widely available to the public.
             From the late 1700's to the early 1900's schools were based on social efficiency. Social efficiency was designed to promote the welfare of the state, therefore schools were set up to improve the state, not the individual. Schools were methods of social control. One method is the inculcation of values. The values that were taught were used to get people to not question the ways of life as well as teach a respect and v
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