philosophies of education - unit 2

what act was passed by president bush that reflects the beliefs of an essentialist philosophy?

• no child left behind

• equality over education

• love everyone act

• every child left behind

which type of philosophy would it be the teacher's role to provide free choice and allow their students to learn according to their own interests?

• existentialism / humanism

• perennialism

• social reconstruction

• progressivism

robert hutchins created what program that promoted the perennialism philosophy?

• the great books program

• no child left behind

• a new university

• the bad books program

which philosophies go with these statements?

1. self-paced classroom

2. read books from older generations

• 1. existentialism

  2. perennialism

• 1. perennialism

  2. existentialism

• 1. social reconstruction

  2. perennialism

• 1. existentialism

  2. social reconstruction

social problems provide a natural direction for curriculum is one of the ideas of which theory?

• social reconstruction

• progressivism

• essentialism

• perennialism

which ones are teacher-centered philosophies of education?

• essentialism and perennialism

• perennialism and social reconstruction

• social reconstruction and existentialism

• progressivism and essentialism

the notion that everlasting ideas are not only relevant but should be the focus of contemporary education reflects what philosophy?

• progressivism

• humanism

• social reconstruction

• existentialism

who was progressivism's foremost educational advocate?

• john dewey

• president bush

• robert hutchins

• george counts

what philosophy believes that people learn better by experiencing and doing things that through book learning?

• progressivism

• perennialism

• existentialism

• essentialism

what was the name of the school that john dewey founded a famous experimental school to test his ideas?

• university of chicago laboratory schools

• harvard university

• yale university

• stanford university