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WGU C272 Notebook Activities
1.Jerome Bruner: Believes children encounter a series of
developmental stages as they mature
2.Ella Flagg Young: First female president of the National Education
Association 3.Jean Piaget: Four stage theory of cognitive development: 1.sensorimotor, 2. preoperational, 3. concrete operational, and 4.formal operational
4.Booker T. Washington: African american educator who founded
Tuskegee in- stitute
5.B.F. Skinner: behavioral theory
6.Robert Havighurst: Believes children must master specific
developmental tasks to develop normally
7.Benjamin Bloom: Predict Learning Outcomes
8.Frederick Douglass: Improved vocational education 1 / 4
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9.Maria Montessori: Developed theory and methods for educating
young chil- dren. independent work. child size furniture
10.Lev Vygotsky: social development theory (of child cognitive
development)
11.John Dewey: Progressive educator. Educational philosophy of
progressivism
12.Explain the education system in the Northern colony: *Started with
Dame schools to teach the 3 "R's", then primary schools, then Latin grammar schools for the wealthy that did well in school, then some went on to college (first college was Harvard) *Started with Dame School, often in a woman's kitchen to teach the 3 R's *Then Latin Grammar schools (for boys) for the wealthy, classic curriculum with classic languages & literature. Mostly Latin and some Greek *The ones that did well in school went on to college. The first college that opened was Harvard in 1636 *Benjamin Franklin purposed academies in 1751 and the first one was opened later that year. English Schools that covered a broader, 2 / 4
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practiccal curriculum.
13.Explain the impact of the Old Deluder Satan Act law: *Passed in 1647
*Its name refers to the importance of being able to read and write so that children would not be deluded by Satan, but have a strong understanding of their religion.*It required towns of 50 or more families to employ a paid teacher and towns with 100 families or more had to have an established school
14.The Troy Academy: a school for women, established in 1821 by
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15.Oberlin College: first institution to offer co-education with both
men and women
16.The "Eight-Year Study": conducted in the US in 1930 determined
that the progressive approach produced more intellectual curiosity and higher levels of critical thinking
17.Horace Mann: *Secretary of Massachusetts Commission to Improve
Educa- tion *Big participant in the Common School Movement *Father of American education
18.How are Horace Mann and Henry Barnard similar?: Common School
Move- ment-the movement to provide universal education and schools that would serve all children at public expense First FREE secondary school was established in 1827
19.Henry Barnard: believed in common school
movement from Connecticut
20.Four specific areas of philosophy that influenced the work of teachers: -
Aesthetics, Ethics, Logic, Epistemology 21.Philosophy raises questions instead of solving them:
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