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EDF 6229 Curriculum and Design Exam
Questions And Answers 100% Pass
Define Curriculum - ANS Purposes, content, activities, and organization of the educational
program actually created in schools by teachers, students, and administrators.
What are the 3 major eras? - ANS - Evolutionary Era
- Modern Era
- The Postmodern Era
List some characteristics of the Evolutionary Era. - ANS - First "grammar" school established
in 1653
- First known education regulation (Old Satan Deluder Act)
- 3 purposes of education
>>Religious
>> Develop a "literate citizen"
>> Promote the common good/bring about societal change
List some characteristics of the Modern Era. - ANS 18th and early 19th century
- Children were viewed as incomplete adults who needed to be shaped into preferred forms
List some characteristics of the Postmodern Era. - ANS Assumptions
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- All Americans held the same values
- Schools were a place of learning
- Only schools could "certify" an education
- Purpose of education to know
- Knowledgeable teacher required
Who was Horace Mann and what was he known for in education? - ANS - Father of the
American Public School
- Helped to establish first teacher-training
institution(1839)
- Advocate of universal, free, nonsectarian schooling
- Helped gain support for first tax-supported elementary schools 1850
Who was Jefferson and what was he known for in education? - ANS He contrasted the
European system of "dual tracks:" free and private.
Who was Rousseau and what was he known for in education? - ANS - Children viewed as
unfolding and malleable
- "Emile" (his treatise on education)
>>Children innately good (not evil)
>>Controlled environment
>>Positive growth occur naturally
- Student's interests
Who was Pestalozzi and what was he known for in education? - ANS - Learning by doing
approach
- "Leonard and Gertrude"
>>Described behavior of children observed in early laboratory school
EDF 6229 Curriculum and Design Exam
Questions And Answers 100% Pass
Define Curriculum - ANS Purposes, content, activities, and organization of the educational
program actually created in schools by teachers, students, and administrators.
What are the 3 major eras? - ANS - Evolutionary Era
- Modern Era
- The Postmodern Era
List some characteristics of the Evolutionary Era. - ANS - First "grammar" school established
in 1653
- First known education regulation (Old Satan Deluder Act)
- 3 purposes of education
>>Religious
>> Develop a "literate citizen"
>> Promote the common good/bring about societal change
List some characteristics of the Modern Era. - ANS 18th and early 19th century
- Children were viewed as incomplete adults who needed to be shaped into preferred forms
List some characteristics of the Postmodern Era. - ANS Assumptions
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- All Americans held the same values
- Schools were a place of learning
- Only schools could "certify" an education
- Purpose of education to know
- Knowledgeable teacher required
Who was Horace Mann and what was he known for in education? - ANS - Father of the
American Public School
- Helped to establish first teacher-training
institution(1839)
- Advocate of universal, free, nonsectarian schooling
- Helped gain support for first tax-supported elementary schools 1850
Who was Jefferson and what was he known for in education? - ANS He contrasted the
European system of "dual tracks:" free and private.
Who was Rousseau and what was he known for in education? - ANS - Children viewed as
unfolding and malleable
- "Emile" (his treatise on education)
>>Children innately good (not evil)
>>Controlled environment
>>Positive growth occur naturally
- Student's interests
Who was Pestalozzi and what was he known for in education? - ANS - Learning by doing
approach
- "Leonard and Gertrude"
>>Described behavior of children observed in early laboratory school
