Unit 1
Originally set up as a school for ministers
Harvard
accommodation plan for students with disabilities who don't qualify for special needs services
504 Plan
Humanistic psychologist known for his "Hierarchy of Needs" and the concept of "self-actualization"
Maslow
required reading, lectures, memorization, repetition, exams. Curriculum focuses on subject matter, content.
Essentialism
colonial schools mostly taught what subject?
religion
An early colonial education law (1647) that required colonial towns of at least fifty households to provide education for youth.
Old Deluder Satan Act
A special education law that requires schools to educate students with disabilities in least restrictive environments to the greatest extent of their abilities using plans tailored to the individual needs of the students.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
How many stages are in Piaget's theory of development?
4
A philosophical orientation based on the assumption that all learning should be focused on unchanging principles or great ideas.
Perennialism
Back to basics Philosophy of education
essentialism
a historical era in American history spanning from about 1781 to 1814 that focused on agriculture, business, and shipping for schools
Early National Period
Practice of individualizing instructional methods
differentiated instruction
What is a major difference between Erikison and Piaget?
Erikson believed development (education) is a lifelong process rather than coming to completion at puberty. (Piaget)
Philosopher that believed in "learning by doing"
John Dewey
positive and negative
Two influential black Americans who had very different views on education in the early 1900s
Booker T Washington and WEB DuBois
A written statement that spells out a program specifically tailored to a child with a disability.
IEP (Individualized Education Plan)
Italian physician who gained international fame for her philosophy of teaching, which allowed students to learn in a noncompetitive and relaxed atmosphere.
Maria Montessori
focus on a curriculum that highlights social reform
reconstructionism/critical theory
Howard Gardner developed the theory of what?
multiple intelligences
schools that white women opened in their homes to teach girls and boys to read and write
dame schools
What is the difference between an accommodation and a modification?
An accommodation changes how a student learns the material. A modification changes what a student is taught or expected to learn
English philosopher who believed children are born as blank slates
John Locke
Education should focus on the whole child, rather than on the content or the teacher
progressivism
2001 law that set high standards and measurable goals for education
No Child Left Behind