Midterm Exam

Question 1

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

Question 2

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

Question 3

Define, compare and contrast “acculturation” v. “social reconstructionism”

Question 4

Identify the founders of the following philosophies: Idealism, Realism,
Progressivism, Essentialism, Perennialism.

Question 5

Describe the core tenants of Perennialism.

Question 6

Describe the core tenants of Progressivism

Question 7

Describe the core 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?

Answer 10

The reason to have an education is to establish and assure Freedom.
“Show me a nation that is both ignorant and free and I will show you a
nation that never has been and never will be.”

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

Question 28

Describe these Curricular Approaches: Subject Centered, Spiral, Mastery
and Standards Based.