EDUC 703 Quiz 5,6,7

EDUC 703 Quiz 5

EDUC 703 Quiz: Native Americans & Progressivism

1. Which person was not known as being active in the education of Native Americans?
2. Match the individual with the relevant school. Richard Pratt Jonathan Edwards Samuel Armstrong
3. What stance did Bartolomé de Las Casas and Michel de Montaigne convey to Europeans regarding Native Americans?
4. Benjamin Franklin documented an acceptance speech from the Iroquois Confederacy who were glad to send their young men on scholarships to the College of William and Mary.
5. What is credited as significantly increasing literacy rates among the Cherokee?
6. What were the findings of the 1928 Meriam Report?
7. What factor(s) influenced more cultural sensitivity in government schools for Native Americans? Choose all that apply.
8. Who was not part of the progressive education movement and was critical of it?
9. From what philosophy did the progressive education movement derive its core principles?
10. By what date did all states in the United States have compulsory education laws for 1st through 6th grades?
11. SHORT ESSAY: Choose one of the options below. Respond in a brief essay of one or two paragraphs (8 points). OPTION 1: What was the main point in the speech by the Iroquois regarding the offer of scholarships to the College of William and Mary? OPTION 2: Describe the impact of the 1928 Meriam Report. OPTION 3: Describe general trends of progressive education and what factors led to the progressive model in American schools.

EDUC 703 Quiz 6

EDUC 703 Quiz: Postmodernism & Religious Rights

1. According to Kierkegaard, one chooses to be an authentic self by taking a leap of faith.
2. Kierkegaard believed that objective knowledge is where valid truth can be found.
3. According to Kierkegaard, what act represents the ultimate expression of existence?
4. Paulo Freire’s concept of critical pedagogy is a restatement of Benjamin Bloom’s critical thinking.
5. Match the description to the corresponding term. Stimulus-response system of conditioning students. Recursive and interactive relationship between theory and practice. Students are treated as recipients of facts given to them by their teachers. Awareness of oppression.
6. Paulo Freire’s critical pedagogy has theoretical roots in Marxism.
7. To which educational theory would Freire’s critical pedagogy be least similar?
8. In the 1962 Engel v. Vitale decision, the Supreme Court ruled that school personnel, in their official capacity when students are compelled to be present, cannot lead students in expressions of religious rituals.
9. Based on judicial precedence, students may not . . .
10. Based on judicial precedence, teachers may not . . .
11. SHORT ESSAY: Choose one of the options below. Respond in a brief essay of one or two paragraphs (8 points). OPTION 1: Explain the prominent role of choice in Kierkegaard’s theory. OPTION 2: Many educators relate the word praxis to a series of teacher licensure exams. The term, however, has a distinct meaning in the philosophy of education. Explain how the term is used in liberation theology and in critical pedagogy. OPTION 3: Explain what Freire meant by “culture of silence.” What are the implications of this culture for schools, students, and society?

EDUC 703 Quiz 7

EDUC 703 Quiz: World War II & Politics

1. What German philosophy of education became prominent in Finland?
2. Who were the Finnebørn?
3. Immediately after World War II, what opened up accessibility and opportunity to higher education more than ever before?
4. The benefits of the GI Bill were unavailable to African Americans until after the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
5. Which president opened the U.S. Department of Education?
6. Since the U.S. Department of Education was established in 1979, some politicians have called for its closing. What is the primary argument that they have used?
7. What did the Morrill Land Grant accomplish for education?
8. The National Defense Education Act was a response to what event?
9. Sequence the items in chronological order.
10. Match the president to the corresponding item. Franklin Roosevelt Dwight Eisenhower Lyndon Johnson Bill Clinton Ronald Reagan George W. Bush Barack Obama
11. SHORT ESSAY: Choose one of the options below. Respond in a brief essay of one or two paragraphs (8 points). OPTION 1: What roles did John Dewey, Harold Rugg, and George S. Counts play in controversies related to public school curriculum and instructional methods? OPTION 2: After the Vietnam War, how has American curriculum changed in its portrayal of World War II? OPTION 3: Compare Horace Mann and Lyndon B. Johnson regarding their beliefs about the societal impact of education. OPTION 3: Compare Horace Mann and Lyndon B. Johnson regarding their beliefs about the societal impact of education.