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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. What was Montessori's first name?

2. Who was the Leader of the Common School Movement?

3. Addams became known for integrating working-class immigrants and middle-class ______.

4. Montessori attended school in which major city?

5. In which year did Gandhi die?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Paulo Freire live? What major events occurred in Brazil during Freire's life and career?

2. What were Dewey's key steps to solving problems?

3. When did John Dewey live? How were Dewey's views shaped and by which events of the time?

4. What was the basic educational background of Mohandas Gandhi? Gandhi's education led him to what type of career?

5. What was the basic educational background of Jane Addams? How did her ideas pertain to the socialization of education?

6. What was the basic educational background of Mary Wollstonecraft? How did it influence her work with women?

7. Discuss Rousseau's book, "Emile" and its premise.

8. What was Dewey's career path? How was he affiliated with Hull House?

9. What was the basic educational background of Thomas Jefferson?

10. When did the first Montessori school open? What was its mission statement?

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

Discuss the career of Jane Addams. What prompted her to open Hull House? What was her main inspiration? Who assisted Addams in her venture? What was the curriculum? Were there similar schools elsewhere? If so, where? What other educators supported Addams?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the life of Quintilian. Discuss his training and experience as a master orator and rhetorician. Explain how Quintilian used his skills to promote his changes for the educational system. Include successes and failures. Also discuss how Quintilian's work is viewed in the modern educational system.

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