Deck 1: The Guidance Tradition

Question 1

Maria Montessori started schools known as "casa del bambini" that were

A)Designed for the children of factory workers
B)Provided a model for the elevation of child care from custodial care to educational care.
C)Both a and be
D)Neither a nor b

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Compare Piaget's constructivist approaches to the classroom environment with those in the NAEYC document on guidance practices.

Answer 2

The basic perspective of constructivist education is that the child creates knowledge by interacting with the social and physical environment.This knowledge is not a product conferred on a child but is the meaning that the child creates from experience.Piaget emphasized that the maturing child learned best by interacting with the environment.
All individuals in a classroom are empowered.Interactive learning is a progressive process of construction using developmentally appropriate activities,which incorporates differences in learners and their emotional,social,and cultural needs.

Question 3

John Dewey's greatest contribution to the guidance tradition resulted when he

A)initiated the constructivist movement in the United States.
B)joined the "self psychologists" and formulated a new branch of self analysis.
C)promoted progressive education in the United States.
D)formulated the basics for assertive discipline in the United States.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

A child in a constructivist-learning environment

A)Learns concepts and facts as presented by the teacher or teacher aide
B)Creates learning from adult-led interactions only.
C)Encourages the child to make meaning from the personal experience
D)Ignores social,emotional,and cultural differences in learners.

Question 5

Which of the following practices is NOT used in the guidance tradition?

A)punishment
B)encouragement
C)the empowering of productive human activity
D)the teaching of democratic life skills

Question 6

The encouraging classroom

A)Uses the assertive discipline approach to classroom management
B)Fosters worth within each child and gives confidence to all children that they can learn.
C)Leaves the teacher-only empowered to build classroom interactions
D)Creates a teacher-centered approach to learning.

Question 7

Who was best known for work in the area of "positive discipline"?

A)Johann Pestalozzi
B)Maslow
C)Haim Ginott
D)Rudolph Dreikurs

Question 8

Assertive discipline and obedience-based systems

A)Support developmentally appropriate practice
B)Use a system of rewards and punishments
C)Holds that the adult should guide the child,rather than discipline the child
D)Stems from the belief that human nature has the potential for good

Question 9

Seven key practices about the way in which children should be treated in schools were identified by

A)Maria Montessori
B)John Dewey
C)Friedrich Froebel
D)Robert Owen

Question 10

Describe Montessori's,Froebel's,and Dewey's contribution in changing educational practices in the classroom.

Question 11

Describe how Piaget's idea of individual respect and cooperation in the classroom coincides with other Pioneers of the guidance tradition.

Question 12

Explain the differences between the guidance approach and the assertive discipline approach.

Question 13

Which of these individuals is NOT a pioneer of the guidance tradition?

A)Maria Montessori
B)Jean Piaget
C)Friedrich Froebel
D)John Comenius