Philosophies
An educational philosophy that emphasizes the basic skills of reading, writing, mathematics, science, history, geography, and language.
What is essentialism
In-home teaching during colonial times
What is a dame school?
The decision outlawing racial segregation in schools.
What is Brown v Board of Education?
A student of Socrates and founder of the Academy, the world's first university in Athens. His writings are known for their depth, beauty, and clarity.
Who is Plato?
The branch of philosophy that deals with reasoning and focuses on how to move from a set of assumptions to valid conclusions.
What is Logic?
A philosophy that emphasizes the ability of an individual to determine the course and nature of his or her life and the importance of personal decision making.
What is existentialism?
This book contains the Lords Prayers and letters of the alphabet on a single sheet of parchment.
What is the Horn Book?
Law that mandates equity, accountability, and excellence in education for children with disabilities.
What is IDEA 2004?
A leading advocate for the establishment of a common school.
Who is Horace Mann?
The best, and your favorite teacher at RWC.
Who is Dr. Blanda?
Federally sponsored programs to improve science, math and foreign language instruction in schools.
What is the National Defense Education Act?
Courts ruled that taxes could be used to support secondary schools.
What is Kalamazoo, Michigan 1874?
Repeatedly questioned the thoughts of his pupils to help them reach deeper, clearer ideas. Provocative dialogue.
Who is Socrates?
Progressivism, Social Reconstructionism, and Existentialism all have this in common.
What is Student-Centered Philosophy?
Segregation based on both race and residence rather than law.
What is de facto segregation?
Court decision supporting racially separate but equal schools.
What is Plessy v Ferguson?
The founder of progressivism?
Who is John Dewey?
Teacher-Centered Philosophies would include these two models.
What is Essentialism and Perennialism Philosophies?
The curriculum at perennialist schools such as St. John College would include works by history's finest thinkers and writers.
What are Great Books?
The love of or search for wisdom
What is philosophy
The nation’s national education law and longstanding commitment to equal opportunity for all students created by President Obama.
What is the Every Student Succeeds Act?
He popularised the use of behavior modification and is known as the father of behaviorism.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
Knowledge cannot be handed from one person to another. It must be constructed through interpretation and reinterpretation of prior knowledge and understanding.
What is Constructivism?