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DSST Educational Terms Vocab2
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1. Creative approaches placing children at the center of the curriculum
Sylvia Ashton-Warner
Existentialist
Horace Mann
Paulo Friere
2. The branch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledge and learning.
Social Reconstructivism
Epistemology
Friedrich Froebel
Kenneth Clark
3. 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.
Teacher centered philosophy is:
Behaviorism
Separate but equal has no place.
Ethnocentrism
4. Basis of textbooks. Style and Essentialism. The first textbook in the 18th century. Still very religious and moral.
The new England Primer
Kenneth Clark
Model minority
Perennialism
5. Moved people from intellectual slavery to education.
Separate but equal has no place.
Existentialist
Paulo Friere
Mary McLeon Bethune
6. 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
Dame School
Mary McLeon Bethune
Idealism
Social Reconstructivism
7. Became the nation's leading advocate for the establishment of a common school open to all. 'The father of the public school'
Perennialism
Epistemology
men - early on
Horace Mann
8. 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.
Constructivism
Existentialist
The new England Primer
Behaviorism
9. Using the Bible and other Great Books is an example of which philosophy?
Progressivism
Pragmatism
Perennialists
Social Reconstructivism
10. 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)
Behaviorism
Kenneth Clark
Friedrich Froebel
Title IX
11. Positive rewards for achievement is an example of which philosophy?
Kenneth Clark
Behaviorism
Pragmatism
Perennialists
12. For boys who could afford to pay went on to these schools. First step on the way to creating the American High School.
Existentialist
Social Reconstructivism
Essentialism
Boston Latin School
13. Which court case established the 'Separate but equal' doctrine?
Friedrich Froebel
Boston Latin School
Behaviorism
Plessy v. Ferguson *School segregation.
14. School districts typically hired which gender of teachers?
Common School
Social Reconstructivism
men - early on
Maria Montesorri
15. 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
Emma Hart Willard
Friedrich Froebel
Teacher centered philosophy is:
Title IX
16. A system of training a new generation of teachers of a structured competency based set of skills.
Horace Mann
Behaviorism
Teacher centered philosophy is:
Apprenticeship
17. Identifying the educational potential of young children and crafting an environment in which the young could learn.
Teacher centered philosophy is:
Behaviorism
Apprenticeship
Maria Montesorri
18. 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
Apprenticeship
Friedrich Froebel
Perennialism
Progressivism
19. 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.
Progressivism
Essentialism
Plessy vs Ferguson
Idealism
20. 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
Progressivism
Friedrich Froebel
Perennialists
Emma Hart Willard
21. 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
Common School
Education in early colonial times was meant to:
men - early on
E.D. Hirsch
22. Exams that cover teachers content areas. Proves teachers are capable.
Behaviorism
E.D. Hirsch
Friedrich Froebel
Teacher competency tests
23. Brown v. Board of Education established what doctrine?
Plessy vs Ferguson
Separate but equal has no place.
Apprenticeship
Dame School
24. Reading the Bible and understanding religion.
Education in early colonial times was meant to:
Pragmatism
Horace Mann
Behaviorism
25. 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
The new England Primer
John Dewey
Perennialists
Separate but equal has no place.
26. Emphasis on academics=Such as philosophy and math - Promotion based on mastery of material - Academically rigorous - Curriculum determined by administrators and teachers
John Dewey
Essentialism
Perennialism
Plessy v. Ferguson *School segregation.
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.
Boston Latin School
Ethnocentrism
Perennialists
Plessy v. Ferguson *School segregation.
28. Occurred as the result of segregated denial patters. Segregation of racial or other groups resulting from circumstances - such as housing patterns.
Title IX
De facto segregation
John Dewey
Friedrich Froebel
29. Minority (ethic - racial - or religious) groups whose members achieve higher degrees of success than the population average. Ex:Asians=smart
Perennialism
Model minority
Essentialism
Kenneth Clark
30. A doctrine holding that knowledge is derived from ideas and emphasizing moral and spiritual reality as a preeminent source of explanation.
De facto segregation
Title IX
Essentialism
Idealism
31. A philosophical belief that asserts truth is what works and rejects other views of reality.
De facto segregation
Pragmatism
John Dewey
Plessy v. Ferguson *School segregation.
32. 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
Maria Montesorri
Progressivism
Boston Latin School
E.D. Hirsch
33. Identified the crippling effects of racism on all American children and formulated community action to overcome the educational - psychological - and economic impacts of racism.
Kenneth Clark
Pragmatism
Paulo Friere
E.D. Hirsch
34. 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
Teacher competency tests
Pragmatism
Common School
35. Put global effort in to mobilize education in the cause of social justice.
Idealism
Existentialist
Paulo Friere
Epistemology
36. Focuses on teachers. Education isn't focused on student learning.
Teacher centered philosophy is:
Dame School
Existentialist
Common School
37. Primary schools in colonial and other early periods in which students were taught by untrained women in the women's own homes.
Behaviorism
Dame School
Plessy v. Ferguson *School segregation.
Maria Montesorri
38. Centered on the learner. Constant need to make sense of new information. Scaffolding. Links new information. Student and teacher constantly challenge assumptions
Existentialist
Horace Mann
Constructivism
Essentialism