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The history of the American schoolhouse reflects the history of education that in turn mirrors a plethora of contextual societal forces including social, economic, and political ones. The architectural form and layout of the school building has historically been influenced by the evolution of educational philosophy and goals, curricular objectives, instructional methods, and cultural values of schools. For example, the architecture of the small one-room country school building was an appropriate design response that served the basic educational and social needs of small rural communities for well over 200 years in the United States. As the social problems associated with the rise of the Industrial Revolution increased in the mid and late 19th century, the need for educating larger groups of immigrants in urban centers became central. Large multistoried classroom buildings provided the necessary educational and architectural response at that time to the common school movement.
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Lackney, J. (2015). History of the Schoolhouse in the USA. In: Walden, R. (eds) Schools for the Future. Springer, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-09405-8_2
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