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A Historical Overview of Educational Theories and Movements, Quizzes of History of Education

An overview of various educational theories and movements throughout history. Topics include functionalism, conflict theory, reproduction theory, idealism, realism, pragmatism, colonial education, education in national periods, era of common school, horace mann, childhood as a social construct, mcguffey readers, lancastarian system, thomas jefferson, benjamin rush, noah webster, plato's cave, elwood c. Cubberly, leonard ayres, fredrick winslow taylor, david sneeden, doctrine of mental discipline, humanists, social efficiency/scientific management educators, developmentalists, social meliorists, william torry harris, g. Stanley hall, george counts, john dewey, the 'activity plan', the eight-year study, the open classroom movement, vito petronne, nclb, john holt, and jonathan kozol.

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2010/2011

Uploaded on 12/06/2011

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TERM 1
Functionalism
DEFINITION 1
Institutes like living organismTheory of social
transmissionFulfill basic functions to surviveSocial structures
reproduce, distribute goods and services, allocate powerPick
up slack
TERM 2
Conflict Theory
DEFINITION 2
Response to functionalismToo staticRather than promote
democracy, school reproduces ideologiesReproduction
theoryExplicit curriculumHidden curriculum
TERM 3
Reproduction Theory
DEFINITION 3
Explicit curriculum hidden curriculumRather than promote
democracy/equality, school reproduces ideology of dominant
group in society
TERM 4
Idealism
DEFINITION 4
O: Reality is duality, world of ideas and changing world of
matterOpinion = caveMaterial world temporaryDialectic
reasoningE: truth is perfect and eternalA:Search for the good
TERM 5
Realism
DEFINITION 5
O: Prime matter, pure form, form and matter separate conceptsAll things exist
according to rational designAll things have ratio nal function and purpose
E: scientific methodA: good life is attained through scien tific skepticism4 idols
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Functionalism

Institutes like living organismTheory of social transmissionFulfill basic functions to surviveSocial structures reproduce, distribute goods and services, allocate powerPick up slack TERM 2

Conflict Theory

DEFINITION 2 Response to functionalismToo staticRather than promote democracy, school reproduces ideologiesReproduction theoryExplicit curriculumHidden curriculum TERM 3

Reproduction Theory

DEFINITION 3 Explicit curriculum hidden curriculumRather than promote democracy/equality, school reproduces ideology of dominant group in society TERM 4

Idealism

DEFINITION 4 O: Reality is duality, world of ideas and changing world of matterOpinion = caveMaterial world temporaryDialectic reasoningE: truth is perfect and eternalA:Search for the good TERM 5

Realism

DEFINITION 5 O: Prime matter, pure form, form and matter separate conceptsAll things exist according to rational designAll things have rational function and purpose E: scientific methodA: good life is attained through scientific skepticism4 idols

Pragmatism

Percept and ConceptO: reality is structured through experienceE: Truth is relative to a particular time, culture, place. We learn by making meaning of our experiences. We learn by solving meaningful problems.A: Through personal experience we form habits, beliefs, feelings and emotions. TERM 7

Colonial Education, America

DEFINITION 7 Religious training, upper class = college, working = apprenticeshipNeither free, public Stratified TERM 8

Education in National

Period

DEFINITION 8 PatriotismNew EnglishAnti-England TERM 9

Era of Common school

DEFINITION 9 Much change occurringJackson in power, era of "common man"Moral obligation to help othersPeriod of acitivismAll allowed to go to school (wellmost anyways) TERM 10

Horace Mann

DEFINITION 10 Father of common schoolFirst state secretary of education in Massachusetts

Noah Webster

Blue back spellersNew English TERM 17

Plato's Cave

DEFINITION 17 Opinion TERM 18

Elwood C. Cubberly

DEFINITION 18 Dean of the College of Education at Stanfordwrote the curriculum and the textbooks that became the standard for preparing public school administratorsSocial efficiency TERM 19

Leonard Ayres

DEFINITION 19 Social efficiencyStudied effects of retardation in schools (retardation = atypical progression through grades)develops the Index of Efficiency for determining the productivity/efficiency of schools TERM 20

Fredrick Winslow Taylor

DEFINITION 20 Social efficiencyEffective management model

David Sneeden

Social efficiencyCurricula built around specific needs of future jobs with objectives of teaching what was need to function in the future roleJunior High School as a time when differences in student abilities become apparent, therefore requiring differentiated curricula TERM 22

Doctrine of Mental Discipline

DEFINITION 22 Plato, theory of forms, material world constantly changingCertain subjects had ability to strengthen Recitation for memory and reasoning TERM 23

Humanists

DEFINITION 23 Curriculum reflects western heritageClassicsLiberal artsAlways seen somewhere TERM 24

Social Effiency/Scientific Management

educators

DEFINITION 24 Curriculum should produce efficient smooth society (vocational) TERM 25

Developmentalists

DEFINITION 25 Curriculum should be based on natural order of child development

The "Activity

plan"

New York, 1920 - 1940, activity based curriculum and learning TERM 32

The Eight-Year Study

DEFINITION 32 Core curriculum (areas of living) Personal living Immediate personal/social relationships Social/Civic relationships Economic relationships TERM 33

The Open Classroom Movement

DEFINITION 33 '70sOpen, free classroomsNo concrete restraints or dynamics TERM 34

Vito Petronne

DEFINITION 34 Open classroom advocateBottoms up reform advocate TERM 35

NCLB

DEFINITION 35 No child left behind, federal legislation in accordance to standardized testing and standard requirements across the board

John Holt

How children failWanted child centered schools/curriculum TERM 37

Jonathan Kozol

DEFINITION 37 Death at an early ageOpen classroom example