U.S. Supreme Court Cases Affecting Church-School Relations
Individuals and Their Educational Theories
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This is an educational approach in which the teacher is an information collector, and the goal of education is to promote the love of learning.
What is "The Subject Specialist Approach?'
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This level allows the student to recall facts, and uses the verbs 'describe' and 'list'.
What is "Knowledge?"
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This amendment is important in that it prohibits the establishment of religion, and it prevents the free exercise of religion.
What is "The First Amendment?"
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This important case ruled that public schools may not require the recitation of prayers in the classroom.
What is "The Engel v. Vitale court case of 1962?"
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This individual is responsible for establishing the Hierarchy of Human Needs.
Who is "Abraham Moslow?"
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This approach is enable the student to become a participatory citizen in a democracy.
What is "The Citizen Teacher Approach?"
200
This concept allows for the understanding of events, and key verbs that are used, include: explain, paraphrase, and summarize.
What is "Comprehension-Understanding?"
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This amendment is responsible unlawful and unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is The Fourth Amendment?"
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This court case declared that school-sponsored prayers at graduation are unconstitutional.
What is "The court case of Lee v. Weisman of 1992?"
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This individual stated that there are four distinct stages of cognitive development, which include the sensorimotor stage, the preoperational stage, the concrete operations stage, and the formal operations stage.
Who is "Jean Piget?"
300
In this approach, the teacher acts as a manager, and uses direct authority to establish rules in the classroom, and their consequences if these rules are broken.
What is "The Executive Approach?"
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This concept requires that the student transfers the skills or knowledge to another setting, and includes the verbs: predict and modify.
What is "Application?"
300
This Amendment protects against the use of "cruel and unusual punishment, and it has been used to challenge corporal punishment.
What is "The Eighth Amendment?"
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This court case declared that school-sponsored , student-led, and student-initiated prayer at football games is unconstitutional.
What is "The court case of Santa Fe Independent School v. Doe in 2000?"
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This individual stated that there are six stages of play in children.
Who is " Mildred Parten?"
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This approach uses student experiences, small interactive groups, manipulates materials, and the goal is self-actualization of the students.
What is "The Humanist Approach?"
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This concept requires the student to combine elements to create new ideas or models, and includes verbs, such as:create and design.
What is "Synthesis?"
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This Amendment establishes the concept of due process, and is the amendment that is used the most in education-related cases.
What is "The Fourteenth Amendment?"
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This court case declared that publicly financed tuition vouchers may be used at private religious schools.
What is "The Zelman v. Simmons-Harris court case of 2002?"
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This individual stated that there are eight stages of psychosocial development that occurs throughout one's life
Who is "Erik Erikson?"
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This approach utilizes the teacher as an inventor-interpreter of information, and the students use technology and multimedia to create global learning and personal projects.
What is "The Explorer Approach?"
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This concept requires that the student breaks down information into smaller parts so that the whole subject is understood, and includes the verbs:classify and categorize.
What is "Analysis?"
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This Amendment is responsible for making education to be a power of the states.
What is "The Tenth Amendment?"
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This court case declared that states must provide secular textbooks to children attending sectarian schools.
What is "The court case of Cochran v. Louisiana State Board of Education in 1930?"
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This individual stated that people have at least eight different abilities, known as multiple intelligences.