Ch 9

DEFINITIONS

Supply a brief definition of each educational term.

         a.       metaphysics

b.       Socratic method

c.       informal education

d.       Great Books

e.       Paideia Proposal

f.        E.D. Hirsch, Jr.

g.       Jane Roland Martin

h.       Paulo Freire

i.         inductive reasoning

j.         behavior modification

1.      For each of the following philosophies of education, provide a brief description, including names of educators and schools associated with that philosophy.

a.   social reconstructionism

b.   essentialism

c.   existentialism

d.   perennialism

e.   progressivism

2.      2.      Which of the following are teacher-centered philosophies of education? Which are student-centered? What are the key differences between teacher-centered and student-centered philosophies?

        essentialism, existentialism, perennialism, progressivism, social reconstructionism

3.      Describe John Dewey’s Laboratory School . What philosophy of education was put into practice? What epistemological beliefs were reflected?

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