Quiz No 1 - Historical Foundations

He believed that children are gifts from God and he promoted the use of verncular in teaching:

• Plato

• Sir Thomas More

• Martin Luther

• Friedrich Froebel

In Ancient Athens, boys went to schools for life in the public sphere, while girl's education is to _______.

He may be the first to recognize the education value of play and believed that education is a means to achieve individual justice; father of Idealism:

• Maria Montessori

• Friedrich Froebel

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Plato

If you agree with Aristotle's philosophy in education, which of the following statements for you is true?

• education is "the creation of a sound mind in a soune body"

• the human mind is a blank slate, tabula rasa, at birth

• teachers should actively engage students through sensory experiences

• Learning experiences must be play-based, free play being a serious and deeply significant activity for children

John Amos Comenius was to first to publish a picture book for young children. What is the title of the book?

• The School of Infancy

• Orbis Sensualium Pictus

• phonetic system

• The Academy

According to Quintillian, these are the persons responsible for teaching young children:

• teachers

• parents

• pedagogi

• nurses

During this period, monks chose fortunate children to teach in local cathedral school or in the monastery:

• Classical Period

• Middle Ages

• Renaissance & Reformation

• Romantic Period

He believed that children are born innately good and this original nature can be preserved by carefully controlling their education and environment based on physical and psychological stages; he advocated for child-centered education:

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

• John Locke

• Friedrich Froebel

Maria Montesorris is the first female doctor in Italy to adhere with Foebel's philosopy. What is their common denominator?

• Value of play

• Sensory learning

• Moral Development

• Autonomous discorvery

He believed children would flourish if the adults model respect and kindness as they nurture, raise, and educate children. The children were also encouraged to always be kind to and respect others:

• John Locke

• Plato

• Quintilian

• Robert Owen