EDUC 604 Chapter 3: The World
Origins of American Education
Questions and Answers.
The Enlightenment - Answer A movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of
reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions.
Paleolithic Period - Answer The prehistoric "old Stone Age," which lasted 2.6 million years to
about 10,000 BC, when small, nomadic bands of people searched for food.
enculturation - Answer a process of cultural transmission by which children learn their
group's language, customs, and values
oral tradition - Answer the use of the spoken, rather than written language to transmit the
cultural heritage through songs, stories, and myths
Neolithic Age - Answer the "New Stone Age" in human development characterized by the
making of tools, domestication of plants and animals, and settlement in small villages, which
began around 10,000 BC
What is an oral tradition and how does it function in education? - Answer Oral tradition is
the use of the spoken, rather than written language to transmit the cultural heritage through
songs, stories, and myths. It was used to educate young people on morals and history (and
modes of being).
How does the Presidents' Day school performance resemble the oral tradition in pre-literate
societies? - Answer celebratory performance, stories, songs, symbols (like flags and
costumes), mimic the transmission of important cultural ideas seeing oral tradition where
stories, myths, and songs are used to persevere culture and instruct modes of being
What often happens during times of social and political crisis (within education sector)? -
Answer important policy questions are raised; "should society attempt to revive the
traditions of the past to restore harmony, or develop new strategies for social and economic
change?"
Three Chinese Philosophies - Answer Legalism, Taoism, and Confucianism
Legalists - Answer declare that emperor's edicts are obeyed without question
(authoritarian).
Origins of American Education
Questions and Answers.
The Enlightenment - Answer A movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of
reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions.
Paleolithic Period - Answer The prehistoric "old Stone Age," which lasted 2.6 million years to
about 10,000 BC, when small, nomadic bands of people searched for food.
enculturation - Answer a process of cultural transmission by which children learn their
group's language, customs, and values
oral tradition - Answer the use of the spoken, rather than written language to transmit the
cultural heritage through songs, stories, and myths
Neolithic Age - Answer the "New Stone Age" in human development characterized by the
making of tools, domestication of plants and animals, and settlement in small villages, which
began around 10,000 BC
What is an oral tradition and how does it function in education? - Answer Oral tradition is
the use of the spoken, rather than written language to transmit the cultural heritage through
songs, stories, and myths. It was used to educate young people on morals and history (and
modes of being).
How does the Presidents' Day school performance resemble the oral tradition in pre-literate
societies? - Answer celebratory performance, stories, songs, symbols (like flags and
costumes), mimic the transmission of important cultural ideas seeing oral tradition where
stories, myths, and songs are used to persevere culture and instruct modes of being
What often happens during times of social and political crisis (within education sector)? -
Answer important policy questions are raised; "should society attempt to revive the
traditions of the past to restore harmony, or develop new strategies for social and economic
change?"
Three Chinese Philosophies - Answer Legalism, Taoism, and Confucianism
Legalists - Answer declare that emperor's edicts are obeyed without question
(authoritarian).
