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DSST Educational Terms Vocab2
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1. Occurred as the result of segregated denial patters. Segregation of racial or other groups resulting from circumstances - such as housing patterns.
Kenneth Clark
Constructivism
De facto segregation
Perennialists
2. Basis of textbooks. Style and Essentialism. The first textbook in the 18th century. Still very religious and moral.
Existentialist
The new England Primer
Emma Hart Willard
Pragmatism
3. The branch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledge and learning.
Epistemology
Emma Hart Willard
Constructivism
Apprenticeship
4. An 1896 Supreme Court decision that upheld that 'separate but equal' was legal and that they races could be segregated. it was overturned in 1954 by Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka.
Plessy vs Ferguson
Behaviorism
Idealism
John Dewey
5. Exams that cover teachers content areas. Proves teachers are capable.
Common School
Teacher competency tests
Horace Mann
Behaviorism
6. An essentialist that advocated for a more inclusive curriculum that offers all students a shared knowledge - a common curriculum. Authored Cultural Literacy:What Every American Needs to Know and The Knowledge Deficit. Core Knowledge
E.D. Hirsch
Friedrich Froebel
Progressivism
Maria Montesorri
7. A doctrine holding that knowledge is derived from ideas and emphasizing moral and spiritual reality as a preeminent source of explanation.
Boston Latin School
Perennialism
Idealism
Epistemology
8. For boys who could afford to pay went on to these schools. First step on the way to creating the American High School.
Existentialist
Boston Latin School
Separate but equal has no place.
Maria Montesorri
9. A public - tax-supported school. First established in Massachusetts - the school's purpose was to create a common basis of knowledge for children. It usually refers to a public elementary school.
Friedrich Froebel
Separate but equal has no place.
Common School
Epistemology
10. Reading the Bible and understanding religion.
John Dewey
Education in early colonial times was meant to:
Boston Latin School
E.D. Hirsch
11. Focuses on teachers. Education isn't focused on student learning.
Pragmatism
Teacher competency tests
Teacher centered philosophy is:
Idealism
12. Put global effort in to mobilize education in the cause of social justice.
Paulo Friere
Essentialism
Common School
Idealism
13. Brown v. Board of Education established what doctrine?
Separate but equal has no place.
Sylvia Ashton-Warner
The new England Primer
Social Reconstructivism
14. Views free will as an illusion. Reality based on scientific observation. Positive rewards encourage desired behavior. Curriculum based on incremental learning and controlled by school personnel.
De facto segregation
Essentialism
Behaviorism
Plessy v. Ferguson *School segregation.
15. Emphasis on academics=Such as philosophy and math - Promotion based on mastery of material - Academically rigorous - Curriculum determined by administrators and teachers
Teacher centered philosophy is:
Essentialism
De facto segregation
Paulo Friere
16. Which court case established the 'Separate but equal' doctrine?
Boston Latin School
Plessy v. Ferguson *School segregation.
men - early on
Common School
17. The most influential educator of the twentieth century and on e of the most controversial. Progressive education. Broadened education to include health - family and community life - vocational education - psychology
Perennialism
Pragmatism
Title IX
John Dewey
18. Moved people from intellectual slavery to education.
Mary McLeon Bethune
Separate but equal has no place.
Horace Mann
Title IX
19. Focus on classic ideas that have survived over time. Develop reason and moral qualities. Teacher-centered. Focus on concepts rather than facts. Emphasis on learning for learning's sake
Perennialism
Epistemology
Model minority
Mary McLeon Bethune
20. Primary schools in colonial and other early periods in which students were taught by untrained women in the women's own homes.
Dame School
Boston Latin School
Idealism
Existentialist
21. Using the Bible and other Great Books is an example of which philosophy?
Perennialists
Behaviorism
Kenneth Clark
Title IX
22. A view of education as a way to improve the quality of life - to reduce the chances of conflict - and to create a more humane world. Physical world as the basis of reality.Learn from meaningful social experiences. Focus on social - political - and ec
Social Reconstructivism
Mary McLeon Bethune
Education in early colonial times was meant to:
Common School
23. Creative approaches placing children at the center of the curriculum
Plessy vs Ferguson
Education in early colonial times was meant to:
Sylvia Ashton-Warner
Constructivism
24. Identified the crippling effects of racism on all American children and formulated community action to overcome the educational - psychological - and economic impacts of racism.
Existentialist
Teacher competency tests
Kenneth Clark
Education in early colonial times was meant to:
25. Identifying the educational potential of young children and crafting an environment in which the young could learn.
Behaviorism
Maria Montesorri
Constructivism
Existentialist
26. In 1837 Froebel founded the first kindergarten to cultivate the child's development and socialization. Believed in the importance of establishing an emotionally secure environment for children. Established kindergarten as an integral part of children
Maria Montesorri
Plessy v. Ferguson *School segregation.
Friedrich Froebel
Behaviorism
27. The tendency to view one's own culture as superior to others - or to fail to consider other cultures in a fair or equitable manner.
Ethnocentrism
Kenneth Clark
Perennialists
Model minority
28. Centered on the learner. Constant need to make sense of new information. Scaffolding. Links new information. Student and teacher constantly challenge assumptions
Boston Latin School
Pragmatism
Paulo Friere
Constructivism
29. A philosophical belief that asserts truth is what works and rejects other views of reality.
Pragmatism
Model minority
Sylvia Ashton-Warner
Friedrich Froebel
30. Became the nation's leading advocate for the establishment of a common school open to all. 'The father of the public school'
Constructivism
Pragmatism
Title IX
Horace Mann
31. School districts typically hired which gender of teachers?
men - early on
Model minority
Friedrich Froebel
Separate but equal has no place.
32. Open the Troy Female Seminary - devoted to preparing professional teachers - thus providing a teacher education program years before the first normal (teacher training) school was founded. Wrote and disseminated her views on opening higher education
Idealism
Behaviorism
Emma Hart Willard
Essentialism
33. A philosophy that emphasizes the ability of an individual to determine the course and nature of his or her life and the importance of personal decision making.
Education in early colonial times was meant to:
men - early on
Existentialist
Horace Mann
34. Education based on needs and interests of students - Students learn better by doing=Teaching through field trips and games - Emphasis on natural and social sciences - Experiential learning
Boston Latin School
Dame School
Progressivism
Teacher competency tests
35. A provision of the 1972 Educational Amendments that prohibits sex discrimination in any educational program receiving federal financial assistance. (A quality for females in curriculum and extra curriculum activities)
Perennialism
Paulo Friere
Emma Hart Willard
Title IX
36. Minority (ethic - racial - or religious) groups whose members achieve higher degrees of success than the population average. Ex:Asians=smart
Mary McLeon Bethune
Horace Mann
Model minority
Separate but equal has no place.
37. Positive rewards for achievement is an example of which philosophy?
Education in early colonial times was meant to:
Perennialists
Idealism
Behaviorism
38. A system of training a new generation of teachers of a structured competency based set of skills.
Apprenticeship
Emma Hart Willard
Education in early colonial times was meant to:
Pragmatism