EDU 201 Final Practice Questions and Correct
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apprenticeship
One bound by legal agreement to work for another for a specific amount of time in return for
instruction in a trade, art, or business
tutoring
the act of teaching someone in a particular subject
dame schools
schools that women opened in their homes to teach girls and boys to read and write
Law of 1647
Required towns of fifty or more families to hire a schoolmaster to teach children basic literacy.
Also known as the Old Deluder Satan Act.
John Dewey
He was a philosopher who believed in "learning by doing" which formed the foundation of
progressive education. He believed that the teachers' goal should be "education for life and that
the workbench is just as important as the blackboard."
Reciprocal Questioning
a question that is bounced back to the person who originally asked it, either to return a
conversational favor, prompt the asker to share their own thoughts, or seek clarification
Common Core Standards
, a set of academic performance standards being adopted by most U.S. states
Every Students Succeeds Act
primary federal law governing K-12 public education in the U.S. Signed into law in 2015, it
replaced No Child Left Behind while maintaining standards for statewide testing. It shifts
primary accountability and decision-making from the federal government to individual states
Formal Curriculum
What students learn in their timetabled lessons, for example, maths and English.
hidden curriculum
the informal and unofficial aspects of culture that children are taught in school
null curriculum
topics left out of the course of study
explicit curriculum
The formal, official, public academic program of study that defines what students are expected to
know as a result of being in school.
Intristic Motivation
a desire to perform a behavior for its own sake and to be effective
1642 - this state required law that every town must have a school establishment
Massachusetts (New England colonies because puritans)
Middle Colonies (PA) school system
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apprenticeship
One bound by legal agreement to work for another for a specific amount of time in return for
instruction in a trade, art, or business
tutoring
the act of teaching someone in a particular subject
dame schools
schools that women opened in their homes to teach girls and boys to read and write
Law of 1647
Required towns of fifty or more families to hire a schoolmaster to teach children basic literacy.
Also known as the Old Deluder Satan Act.
John Dewey
He was a philosopher who believed in "learning by doing" which formed the foundation of
progressive education. He believed that the teachers' goal should be "education for life and that
the workbench is just as important as the blackboard."
Reciprocal Questioning
a question that is bounced back to the person who originally asked it, either to return a
conversational favor, prompt the asker to share their own thoughts, or seek clarification
Common Core Standards
, a set of academic performance standards being adopted by most U.S. states
Every Students Succeeds Act
primary federal law governing K-12 public education in the U.S. Signed into law in 2015, it
replaced No Child Left Behind while maintaining standards for statewide testing. It shifts
primary accountability and decision-making from the federal government to individual states
Formal Curriculum
What students learn in their timetabled lessons, for example, maths and English.
hidden curriculum
the informal and unofficial aspects of culture that children are taught in school
null curriculum
topics left out of the course of study
explicit curriculum
The formal, official, public academic program of study that defines what students are expected to
know as a result of being in school.
Intristic Motivation
a desire to perform a behavior for its own sake and to be effective
1642 - this state required law that every town must have a school establishment
Massachusetts (New England colonies because puritans)
Middle Colonies (PA) school system
