Midterm (real) Flashcards

1
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Harvard, first American college, founded in Massachusetts for the purpose of training ministers of the Gospel

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1636

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2
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Bay Psalm Book - first book printed in the colonies

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1640

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3
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Massachusetts compulsory education law

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1642

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4
Q

First general school law, Old Deluder Satan Act, passed in

Massachusetts; provided for the establishment of grammar schools so children could read the Scriptures

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1647

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5
Q

First American textbook, Noah Webster’s spelling book,

published

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1783

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6
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Lands as federal aid were implemented by the Northwest Ordinance which said that schools were necessary to promote “religion, morality, and knowledge.” (Voted again in 1789 under newly ratified Constitution.)

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1787

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7
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Passage of the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reserved education for the various states

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1791

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8
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Benjamin Franklin organizes Academy in Philadelphia which later became the University of Pennsylvania

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1751

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9
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First tax-supported high school established in Boston

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1821

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10
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The first private normal school for teachers organized in Vermont

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1823

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11
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McGuffey Readers began and continued to have an enormous influence for over a century.

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1836

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12
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Horace Mann, first state Secretary of Education, started “Common School Revival” - first public school started and the Bible still taught.

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1837

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13
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First state normal school organized at Lexington, Massachusetts

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1839

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14
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National Teacher’s Association formed, now known as the NEA National Education Association

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1857

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15
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First U.S. kindergarten established at Watertown, Wisconsin

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1855

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16
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Association of American Universities organized; McGuffey Readers replaces New England Primer

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1900

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17
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John Dewey, the father of Progressive Education, introduced socialistic, anti-Christian philosophy in the schools. The Bible was separated from academic studies.

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1905

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18
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The Humanist Manifesto, written by John Dewey and 33 other
signers, enunciated the doctrine of secular humanism. God and the supernatural were rejected and replaced with man’s reasoning and science.

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1933

19
Q

Legal compulsory education made effective in all states

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1918

20
Q

In the Oregon decision, Supreme Court articulated constitutional right of parents to choose whether they wish their children to be educated in public or private schools

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1925

21
Q

In the Oregon decision, Supreme Court articulated constitutional right of parents to choose whether they wish their children to be educated in public or private schools

A

1954

22
Q

New York Board of Regents approved school prayer; U.S. 
Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional.

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1962

23
Q

A Beka Book officially began.

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1972

24
Q

Goals 2000: Educate America Act – Outcome Based Education

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1994

25
Q

U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Ten Commandments unconstitutional to
post in Kentucky schools for their
work in state-mandated testing.

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1980

26
Q

No Child Left Behind Act – targets improving test scores / reading skills

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2001

27
Q

A Nation at Risk – a report about the decline in education

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1983

28
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Common Core State Standards – state-led effort coordinated by National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. Standards were developed in collaboration with teachers, school administrators, and experts, to provide a clear and consistent framework to prepare our children for college and the workforce.

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2009

29
Q

What are the three distinct periods of education?

A
Calvinistic Ethic (1607-1840s)
Hegalian Mindset (1840s-WWI)
Progressive (WWI-Present)
30
Q

Which period of education had a very high literacy rate?

A

Calvinistic Ethic

31
Q

Which period of education focused on glorifying God?

A

Calvinistic Ethic

32
Q

Which period of education had a high literacy rate (not very high)?

A

Hegalian Mindset

33
Q

Which period of education focused on glorifying man?

A

Hegalian Mindset

34
Q

Which period of education replaced religion with Science and Evolution?

A

Progressive

35
Q

Who created the first lab for psychological research? Where?

A

Wilhelm Wendt; the University of Leipzig

36
Q

Who is known for social philosophy?

A

Dewey

37
Q

Who is known for Theories & Techniques?

A

Thorndike

38
Q

Who is known for Organizing Energy?

A

Cattell

39
Q

Who created a new method for reading, specifically designed for the deaf?

A

Rev. Thomas Gallaudet

40
Q

Who wrote The Psychology and Pedagogy of Reading? When?

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Endmund Burke Huey; 1908

41
Q

What two books did Rudolf Flesch write? When?

A

Why Jonny Can’t Read (1955)

Why Jonny Still Can’t Read (1981)

42
Q

Good education is measured by _____, not _____ (according to Four Centuries of American Education).

A

What a student learns, not technological advances.

43
Q

What does utopia mean?

A

“no place”

44
Q

Robert Owen, and influential socialist, believed that Man is _____ and that it is society’s job to teach children _____.

A

Basically good; to be good.