Ch. 5- The Multicultural History of Am. Education, Full

American education was reconstructed to meet broader, nonsectarian goals. Leaders, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin were both involved in the work, which one was NOT a description of their works.

• Jefferson maintained that education should be more widely available to white children from all economic and social classes.

• Jefferson wanted to go beyond educating a small elite class or providing only religious instruction.

• Jefferson and Franklin also wanted to instill common and humane moral values that could reduce such social disharmony.

• Franklin's school accepted both girls and boys who could afford the tuition and offered elective courses and programs.

• Franklin suggested a new kind of secondary school to replace the Latin grammar school- The Academy free of religious influence and offering a variety of practical subjects, math, astronomy, etc.

Horace Mann waged battle for high quality schools. He worked for effective teacher training programs and promoted more stringent teacher licensing procedures. Choose the option that Mann did NOT support ...

• wanted schools devoted to preparing teachers in pedagogy, the best ways to teach children

• opposed the routine practice of corporal punishment and sought ways to positively motivate students to learn

• emphasized practical subjects useful to children and to adult society, rather than master of Greek and Latin

• worked for many years to make free public education a reality; he worked for the abolition of slavery; promoted women's educational and economic rights, BUT he understood the business interests for the smaller labor pool and concerned citizens and tax monies and worked to maintain these for the citizens

A school that is open to all is known as ...

• normal school

• common school

• specialty school

• academy

The father of public school, Horace Mann did many things for education, which one does not fit...

• helped create the Massachusetts State Board of Education

• reformed public education to serve both practical and idealistic goals

• instilled common and humane moral values that reduce social disharmony; creating a common set of beliefs

• wanted to educate only the first born of colonial families

Teaching was and still is considered a gendered career. It began and remains a female dominated career.

• True

• False

The main tenets of Progressive Education championed by John Dewey were ... (You will have more than 1 correct answer for this question)

• Broadens the school program to include health concerns, family and community life issues, and a concern for vocational education

• The Federal Government should heavily influence and direct education and its impact

• Applies new research in psychology and the social sciences to classroom practices; role of teacher is to identify student needs and interests and provide an educational environment that builds on them

• Emphasizes a more democratic educational approach, accepting the interests and needs of an increasingly diverse student body

Under ___ amendment, any area not specifically stated in the Constitution as a federal responsibility is automatically assigned to the states.

• First

• Second

• Eighth

• Tenth

Congress passed the _____ Act in 1958 to enhance the security of the nation and to develop the mental resources and technical skills of its young men and women. This act supported the improvement of instruction and curriculum development, funded teacher training programs, and provided loans and scholarships for college students.

• National Debate Education Act (NDEA)

• National Defense Education Act (NDEA)

• Nondomestic Defendable Education Act (NDEA)

• Nationality Defense Education Act (NDEA)

The nation passed legislation that were influences for education. This legislation required townships in the newly settled territories bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes to reserve a section of land for educational purposes. The legislation contained a much-quoted sentence underscoring the new nation's faith in education.

• Land Ordinance Act of 1785 and Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• Land Ordinance Act of 1780 and Northwest Ordinance of 1797

• Land Order Act of 1780 and Northwest Order of 1787

• Land Ordinance Act of 1775 and Northwest Ordinance of 1785

The first law prohibiting education of slaves was passed in South Carolina in 1740; the next hundred years, many states passed stronger compulsory-ignorance laws. The Civil War brought an end to official policies of compulsory ignorance; however, the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision was ... (which was not a result of this decision)

• Separate schools for black and whites

• Six or more Negroes prohibited from gathering for educational purposes.

• Legally sanctioned segregation way of life... Separate but equal

• Separate railway passenger cars for blank and white