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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 was the Founder of the Kindergarten?

2. What was Froebel's first name?

3. By 1910, Chicago had _________ residents.

4. Which of the following is not a main part of the Montessori curriculum?

5. When did the Proponent of Liberation 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 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi live? How was Switzerland changing during this time? How was Pestalozzi affected?

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

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

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

7. What was the basic educational background of John Dewey?

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

9. What was the basic educational background of Maria Montessori?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the legacy of Gandhi and the overall reform of India via its educational system.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Compare and contrast the educational systems in Europe and America today versus those used in 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. What are the major changes? What are the similarities? How might things change in the next 20 years? 50 years? 100 years?

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