Method of teaching that involves asking questions in order to lead students to a conclusion
What is the Socratic Method
100
In one of his 95 Thesis, he expressed that formal education was critical so that the lay people could read scriptures and challenge the clergy when necessary
Who is Martin Luther
100
Who said "I think, therefore I am"
Who is Descartes
100
What was the first college established in the colonies?
What is Harvard
100
During what war/conflict did teh GI Bill begin?
What is WWII (1944)
200
According to Plato, this is the chief goal of education
What is develop individual abilities to serve the state
200
Erasmus formed what theory of education that suggests that people are essentially good and are enslaved by institutions
What is humanism
200
Partly due to his views on allowing a great deal of freedom of thought and speech, educational institutions began to flourish under Fredrick the great. Where was he King?
What is Prussia
200
This Secretary of Education in Massachussetts helped establish common elementary schools for the state in the 1850's
Who is Horrace Mann
200
This educational psychologist developed behavioral theory and suggested that students could be trained or condidtioned to learn most anything (not Pavlov)
Who is B.F. Skinner
300
Socrates was brought to trial for inciting people against the state. What were the two options offered to him and which did he choose?
He could stop teaching or be put to death. He chose death.
300
His work "Suma Theologica" helped harmonize religoius instruction with philosphical and educational instruction
Who is St. Thomas Aquinas
300
What is the title of Rousseau's book which expressed a desire of education to return people back to their natural state?
What is Emile
300
What was the name of the law in Massachusetts that required towns to provide schools for their youth
What is the Old Deluder Satan Act
300
Cal Bright developed the Scholastic Aptitude Test as a way to measure students potential success in a university. What University was Dr. Bright from?
What is Princeton
400
This Roman wrote the "Instiututes of Oratory"
Who is Quintilian
400
Who first used the term "tabula rosa," and what does it mean?
Who is John Locke and what is "blank slate"
400
What educational innovation did Froebel institute?
What is kindergarten
400
This former slave advocated vocational education to improve the lives of African Americans in the mid-1800's
Who is Fredrick Douglass
400
Prior to reauthorization in 2001, the was former name of "No Child Left Behind?"
What is the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)"
500
List 5 of the 6 subjects taught in Latin grammar schools
What is Latin, Literature, History, Math, Music, and Dialectics
500
He was considered the first Holy Roman Emperor and started schools primarily for religious instruction during the dark ages.
Who is Charlemagne
500
This educator put Rousseau's thoughts into action by opening up two schools for boys where love, understanding, and patience for children were the norm
Who is Pestalozzi
500
What is the name of the reader written by Noah Webster
The Blue-Backed Speller
500
Thinking of Piaget's 4 stages of cognitive development, which stage is characterized by use of complex concepts such as numbers (occurs between ages 7-11)