Pestalozzi believed that teachers needed to develop
a. expertise in Greek and Latin.
b. special instruction for gifted students.
c. authoritarian instructional approaches.
d. secure and loving environments.
[Ques. 2] Jane Addams was best known for _____________ ideal in the education of young children
a. pioneering the peace education
b. the need for environments
c. the religious perspectives
d. the authoritarian education
[Ques. 3] Rousseau broke with many educational philosophers in his belief that
a. parents should be forced to spend a great deal of time directly involved with the education of their own children.
b. children should not come under the direct influence of the Church until well into their teen years so that their minds could develop free of religious doctrine.
c. schools should be public and open to every child.
d. adult coercion negatively influences children's development.
[Ques. 4] Sarah believes that schools too often get in the way of meaningful education. She wants to start her own school where children will have fewer textbooks and rules and more unstructured, firsthand experiences with the world. Which of the following theorists is most relevant to Sarah's beliefs?
a. Comenius
b. Spencer
c. Montessori
d. Rousseau
[Ques. 5] Rousseau believed that the school as an institution
a. met children's emotional needs.
b. corrupted children.
c. failed to insist on rigorous standards.
d. reflected the best in society.
[Ques. 6] Comenius sought to develop an efficient method of instruction based on the
a. child depravity theory.
b. curriculum correlation.
c. principles of child development.
d. use of rote learning.
[Ques. 7] The teaching of Latin utilizing the student's vernacular language was emphasized by
a. Comenius.
b. Dewey.
c. Froebel.
d. Spencer.
[Ques. 8] Katherine, an elementary school teacher, believes that children are by nature prone to mean and unruly behavior and that part of a teacher's job is to be a firm disciplinarian to help children overcome these tendencies. Katherine's ideas are most similar to which of the following?
a. child naturalism
b. tabula rasa
c. child depravity theory
d. utilitarian education
[Ques. 9] The child depravity theory held that the corruptive weakness of children could be corrected by
a. authoritarian teaching techniques.
b. developmentally appropriate teaching.
c. naturalistic teaching approaches.
d. social interaction with peers.
[Ques. 10] Develop a direct comparison between Montessoris and Piagets philosophies and discuss how their environments may vary.
What will be an ideal response?
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