Midterm Exam 1

Question 1

Describe the role of religion in Colonial american education for the Southern, Middle, and New England Colonies.

Answer 1

Southern: church and state favored the “landed gentry,” teachers credentials was Faith and Piety.
Middle: diverse religions, intellectual & religious freedom tolerated by necessity, each culture set up own school (Quakers, Lutherans, Catholics)
New England: Christian Duty to educate each child – every child should read and understnad the scriptures.

Question 2

What did the New England Coloines see as the primary purpose for education? Why?

Question 3

Define, compare, and contrast “acculturation” v “social reconstruction”

Question 4

Identify the founders of: idealism, realism, progressivism, essentailism, perennialism

Question 5

describe the core tenants of perennialism

Question 6

describe the core tenants of progressivism

Question 7

describe the tenants of behaviorism

Question 8

describe the core tenants of essentialism

Question 9

what are the contributions to education made by john dewey?

Question 10

what roles did Thomas jefferson have in the transformation of our education system?

Question 11

what were the contributions to education by Horace Mann?

Question 12

what are the seven cardinal principles as developed by the 1918 NEA Committee on Reorganization of Secondary Education? What examples of these principles exist in today’s curriculum? What curriculum controversies exist today for any of these principles?

Question 13

what is the G.I Bill and what was its impact on education?

Question 14

what was the impact of sputnik and a nation at risk report?

Question 15

Discuss the 1st amendment and its impact on religion and public education

Question 16

Primary Contributions of Jerome Bruner.

Question 17

Primary Contributions of Lev Vygotsky.

Question 18

Primary Contributions of Jean Piaget.

Question 19

Primary Contributions of Howard Gardner.

Question 20

Primary Contributions of Benjamin Bloom

Question 21

Primary Contributions of Mary Bethune

Question 22

Describe the case and core arguments in Plyler v Doe

Question 23

Describe the case and core arguments for Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 24

Describe the case and core arguments in Brown v. Board of Education

Question 25

Discuss the 4th amendment and its impact on free speech and the right to privacy in the public schools

Question 26

Discuss the 10th amendment and its impact on who controls education and how the federal government and state government respond to the 10th amendment

Question 27

Describe the following types of Curriculum: Core, Cocurricular, Extra-Curricular, Hidden, and Null