Education theories
Education abbreviations
Who's who
Challenges in our Schools
Grab Bag
100

A teacher who sees their role as a facilitator, who provides opportunities for their students to make discoveries is a 

constructivist

100

NCLB

No Child Left Behind

100

Name a theorist that was closely associated with Behaviorism

Watson. Skinner, Pavlov

100

Teachers using ____________thinking have lower expectations for students from cultural backgrounds other than those from more affluent cultures

Deficit thinking

100

The process of reasoning is called

Logic

200

What philosophy is based on the belief that individuals control their own destinies?  It emphasizes personal freedom and responsibility.

Humanism

200

ESSA

Every Child Succeeds Act

200

What progressivist taught that public school curriculum should derive from students' interests and needs?

John Dewey

200

Federally funded program established to improve the basic skills of low-ability students from low-income families

Title 1

200

Teachers specialize in certain areas and students move from room to room 

Departmentalization

300

What theory states that schools should take the lead in changing current social order?

Perennialism, Existentialism or Social Reconstructionism

Social Reconstructionism

300

HQT

Highly Qualified Teacher

300

Robert Hutchins and Mortimer Adler were two of the best known advocates of the philosophy that says education must promote humankind's search for truth.  They organized the "Great Books of Western World Curriculum, focusing on enduring truth, not current events.  They adhered to what philosophy?

Perennialism

300

In what grade are most likely to actually commit suicide?

12th

300

______________schools are often the focal point of the community and tend to be fairly conservative

Rural Schools

400

Knowledge is built by learners

Constructivism

400

IEP

Individualized Education Program

400

Existentialism focuses on what has meaning for ME, what is true for ME.  It focuses on the individual's choice.  What French writer and and philosopher spread the ideas of existentialism?

Jean-Paul Sarte

400

A school where all staff are trained in understanding how experiences related to physical, emotional or social mistreatment affect children is a ___________________school

Trauma-sensitive School

400

A teaching method that involves holding philosophical conversations

Socratic method

500

Education should be student-centered and curriculum content should come from student interests and talents

Progressivism

500

RTI

Response to Intervention

500

He did experiments with animals to learn how to achieve desired behaviors?

Pavlov - Behaviorist

500

According to a 2016 survey, what percentage of students have experienced cyber-bullying?

25%

500

What ethnic group consistently has the lowest high school completion rate?

Hispanics, but the number is rising