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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is known as the Proponent of International Education?

2. The emperor belonged to which famous family?

3. Mill and Spencer proposed which of the following?

4. In what year was the Treaty of Westphalia signed?

5. Which seas are mentioned in relation to Plato?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the basic structure of the book? How does Gutek involve the reader in the text?

2. When did John Calvin live? What major events occurred in the religious sector during this time? What caused the turbulence of the time?

3. What was the basic difference between the city-states of Greece? How did they differ from countries with one system?

4. What was the basis of Confucius' educational ideas and theories?

5. What is the basic background of Calvin's education?

6. Discuss Thomas Aquinas' basic background.

7. When did Johann Amos Comenius live? What major events occurred with the Moravian church during this time? Who was involved in creating turbulence?

8. What was Confucius' educational background? How did he begin his career?

9. How was Plato's hierarchical structure used by the Roman Catholic Church? What was the role of the Pope in this structure?

10. What were the basic themes used in Aquinas' work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the conflict of religion in schools. Examine which educators struggled to loosen the grasp of the church on various educational systems and its effects, both good and bad.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the educational systems in China today versus those used in Confucius' day. What are the major changes? What are the similarities? How might things change in the next 20 years? 50 years? 100 years?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about Confucius as an educator. How did Confucius use his political connections to make changes in the educational system? How did Confucius' educational theories and systems agree and/or disagree with the Mandate of Heaven? How were the systems received by the Emperor? What systems are in place today that were made popular by Confucius?

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