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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 Montessori born?

2. When did this person live?

3. Which word best describes Dewey's view?

4. Who was referred to as the "Pragmatist Philosopher and Progressive Educator?"

5. What career did Montessori eventually adopt?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When did W.E.B. Du Bois live? What major events occurred during this time and how did they affect the African-American community?

3. When did Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi live? How was Switzerland changing during this time? How was Pestalozzi affected?

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

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

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

7. How were liberal views received during the late 1700s in Europe?

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

9. When did Thomas Jefferson live? What was his role in early American education?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

There are many trends that are apparent throughout the text in regards to education. Which universities were attended the most? Were the universities influential? Which still exist? Why did the educators choose to attend and sometimes work at these particular schools? What were the educational barriers placed before the men and women as they attempted to enter college? Examine the benefits of university education as it applies to each educator.

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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