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WGU C272 Module 1-5 Quizzes
1.Booker T. Washington: Influence on African American students
2.Robert Havighurst: Believes children must master specific
developmental tasks to develop normally
3.Jerome Bruner: Believes children encounter a series of
developmental stages as they mature
4.Frederick Douglass: Improved vocational education
5.Vgotsky: Social Development Theory
6.Maria Montessori: Developed theory and methods for educating young
children
7.Jean Piaget: cognitive development
8.Ella Flagg Young: First female president of the National Education
Association
9.B.F. Skinner: Behavioral Theory
10.Benjamin Bloom: Predict Learning Outcomes 1 / 3
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11.Frederich Froebel: His contributions include the establishment of
the first kindergarten 12.Socrates: He believed that "Knowledge is virtue" and this principle has been adopted by many educators
13.John Locke: he viewed a young child's mind as a blank slate
(Tabula Rasa) on which education could be imprinted
14.Erasmus: He was one of the most famous humanist educators and
formed the humanistic theory of education
15.Horace Mann: the historical figure most often spoken of as the
father of American education.
16.Dame schools are best described as:: schools run by women for the purpose of teaching reading and writing
17.True or false: Horace Mann believed society did not need to be
involved in decisions made about public schools?: False
18.True or false: philosophy raises questions: it does not solve them.: True 19.Essentialism as a philosophy can best be defined as education based on the principle that:: students should learn the basic facts regarding the social and physical world. 2 / 3
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20.progressivism as a philosophy can best be described as education based on the principle that:: students should learn how to think (process), not what to think (content).