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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 does the word "bambini" mean?

2. Pestalozzi came from which country?

3. When did Pestalozzi live?

4. When did this person live?

5. In which year did Paulo Freire die?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Mohandas Gandhi live? What was the landscape of the Indian government at that time?

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

3. How did Addams develop her curriculum for Hull House? What was the basis of the curriculum?

4. When did Jean-Jacques Rousseau live? What major events occurred during Jean-Jacques Rousseau's lifetime? How were educational ideas changed?

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

6. What was Jean-Jacques Rousseau's basic education history?

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

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

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

10. When did Mary Wollstonecraft live? What major events occurred during this time that greatly affected Mary Wollstonecraft as a woman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the drastic changes that took place for children before, during and after the Industrial Revolution. How did child labor laws affect education? What were the pros and cons of requiring children to attend school instead of work? How did it affect America on a societal and commercial level?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the ancient Greeks' contributions to modern education. Include the work of Plato and Aristotle. Compare and contrast the contributions of the ancient Greeks to the more modern educators such as Montessori and Froebel. Who made the biggest contribution? How did the other educators base their work upon the systems developed by the ancient Greeks? Give examples.

Essay Topic 3

The book makes references to the landmark case of Oliver Brown v. The Board of Education. The case took place during the height of the racial upheaval in the south in the 1940s and 1950s, mainly in Little Rock, AR. Discuss the court case and all of its details. What was the final decision in the case? When was the case resolved? Was Du Bois involved in the case? What was his opinion on the decision? Did it help or hinder his ideals and plans for changing the face of education? Explain.

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