FED (Historical) 4

Question 1

W.E.B. Du Bois challenged Booker T. Washington's views by arguing that African Americans needed what kind of education?

Accepted Answer

Full liberal arts education and immediate civil rights

Answer

Du Bois insisted on the 'Talented Tenth' receiving rigorous higher education to lead the community toward full social and political equality.

Question 2

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 was primarily a component of which presidential initiative?

Accepted Answer

Johnson's Great Society

Answer

ESEA was a cornerstone of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society, providing major federal aid to schools serving low-income students.

Question 3

Which educational reformer established the first American public normal school in Lexington, Massachusetts in 1839 to train teachers?

Accepted Answer

Cyrus Peirce

Answer

Cyrus Peirce was the first principal of the Lexington Normal School, the pioneering public teacher-training institution in the U.S.

Question 4

The Lancasterian (monitorial) system of schooling, popular in early 19th-century America, was known for what distinctive feature?

Accepted Answer

One teacher using advanced student monitors to instruct large numbers of pupils

Answer

Joseph Lancaster's monitorial system used older students as peer instructors, allowing one teacher to educate hundreds of children cheaply.

Question 5

The concept of 'social efficiency' in education, prominent in the early 20th century, advocated for schools to do what?

Accepted Answer

Sort and train students for predetermined social and economic roles

Answer

Social efficiency educators believed schools should scientifically differentiate students and prepare each for a specific societal function.

FED - Foundations of Education Practice Test