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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. In which year was Gandhi born?

2. When did Froebel live?

3. What was Pestalozzi's first name?

4. What was Montessori's first choice of study for her future career?

5. When did Spencer live?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and when did Jean-Jacques Rousseau begin his academic career?

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

3. When did Jane Addams live? What major events occurred in the United States during this time in regard to basic structure and commerce?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What was the basis of Jefferson's educational platform?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why do you think Maria Montessori switched from engineering to medicine? What caused her to switch from medicine to education? Examine Montessori's medical career. What prompted her to open a school? Was it a success? When did Montessori come to the US? How are the Montessori Schools in the US different from those in Europe?

Essay Topic 3

Create a time line of the entire book, including the educators and their offerings to the education system.

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