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Understanding How Our Education Model Derived From:
Many schools, universally, have adapted to the Prussian Model of education. This Model derived from Napoleon's defeat of the Prussian army during the Industrial Revolution. According to the article, Adaptive Education: An Inquiry-Based Institution, philosopher Johann Fichte, used the Prussian army's failure as an opportunity to create a more structured nation. He believed that it was necessary to achieve this goal by enforcing obedience and nationalism into the education system. This Model of education mimicked the assembly line. It created a mass production-like school setting where teachers specialize in one subject and divide them according to age groups to fulfill a curriculum standard. Many countries have adapted to this Model because it seemed to have a good structure of allowing students to take on different levels of information in increments. It would later prepare them for the workforce. Education has served to be the foundation of meeting real-world standards. For example, political and economic pressures. If these types of strains erupt in a society where there is a new need for a specific field like science to help the economy, many people would then take the time to go back to school to specialize in those fields. This reliability of this school model shows how this Model heavily shapes nations today.
