Provide an overview of Jane Addams background and influence on education.
What will be an ideal response?
[Ques. 2] Describe the four primary stages of Jean Piagets theory of cognitive development.
What will be an ideal response?
[Ques. 3] Identify advantages and disadvantages of respecting children's natural needs and interests, as proposed by Comenius.
What will be an ideal response?
[Ques. 4] Because of Jane Addams work with immigrants in Chicago, teachers now see the importance of ____________.
a. economics.
b. demographics.
c. technical trends.
d. all of the above.
[Ques. 5] Rebelling against gender restrictions, __________ developed a philosophy of socialized education.
a. Montessori
b. Addams
c. Froebel
d. Spencer
[Ques. 6] Piagets highest level of cognitive development is the __________ period, where individuals deal with logical propositions and construct abstract hypotheses.
a. preoperational
b. formal operational
c. sensorimotor
d. concrete operational
[Ques. 7] The education pioneer who suggested that teachers should design their classrooms as learning centers stocked with materials that engage children's curiosity and stimulate their explorations was
a. Jane Addams.
b. Herbert Spencer.
c. Jean Piaget.
d. John Dewey.
[Ques. 8] Jean Piaget's principles of learning are based primarily on
a. the child's cognitive development.
b. the child's moral development.
c. the child's physical development.
d. the childs emotional development
[Ques. 9] Of the educators discussed in Chapter 3, Luis finds the ideas of Maria Montessori to be most relevant to the area in which he is seeking certification, so he plans to try to learn more about her thinking. Of the following specializations, which is most likely to be the one Luis is pursuing?
a. elementary physical education
b. middle-school social studies education
c. secondary science education
d. early childhood education
[Ques. 10] Preplanned materials and learning exercises designed to develop the practical, sensory, and formal skills of children were designed by
a. Dewey.
b. Spencer.
c. Montessori.
d. Rousseau.
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