People

Question 1

Behavioral Theory

Answer 1

B. F. Skinner

Question 2

Believes children must master specific developmental tasks to develop normally

Answer 2

Robert Havighurst

Question 3

Influence on African American students

Answer 3

Booker T. Washington

Question 4

Believes children encounter a series of developmental stages as they mature

Answer 4

Jerome Bruner

Question 5

Improved vocational education

Answer 5

Fredrick Douglass

Question 6

Predict Learning Outcomes

Answer 6

Benjamin Bloom

Question 7

First female president of the National Education Association

Answer 7

Ella Flagg Young

Question 8

Social Developmental Theroy

Answer 8

Vygotsky

Question 9

Cognitive Development

Answer 9

Jean Piaget

Question 10

Developed theory and methods for educating young children

Answer 10

Maria Montessori

Question 11

Famous for creating a method of teaching, in which a teacher asks a series of questions that leads the student to a certain conclusion.

Answer 11

Socrates

Question 12

He viewed a young child’s mind as a blank slate (tabula rasa) on which an education could be imprinted.

Answer 12

John Locke

Question 13

Established the first kindergarten. Laid foundation for modern education based on the recognition that children have unique needs and capabilities. Believed that women are best suited to teach young children.

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Friedrich Froebel

Question 14

Established the common elementary schools. Known as the “father of education”. He believed in universal education for all children in common elementary schools to support the principles of the Constitution: the beginning of public education. He wanted all people to be informed and aware of the latest news in education.

Answer 14

Horace Mann

Question 15

Progressivisim - an assumption that all learning is active, that learning is intellectual, social, and emotional, and that curriculum should begin with the child’s interests and experiences.

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John Dewey

Question 16

Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic Priest, social critic, teacher, theologian, who wrote in pure Latin. Prepared new Latin and Greek versions of the New Testament. Formed the humanistic theory of education.

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Erasmus

Question 17

Proposed an academy that would teach all subjects in English, including skills that students would need to succeed in life and work. He advocated for a practical curriculum (math and science) rather than a classical curriculum (Latin and Latin readings).

Answer 17

Benjamin Franklin