Why was Dewey considered an advocate of democratic schooling?

What will be an ideal response?


ANSWER: He wanted schools to be liberating environments that were a means of bringing children together in social participation where they could test their ideas and values in a democratic setting. This would prepare them to live as adults in a true democratic society that embraced all citizens.

Education

You might also like to view...

The is primarily responsible for the identification, diagnosis, and design of the treatment plan and curriculum for children with communication, language, and speech disorders.

a. psychologist b. speech-language pathologist c. special education teacher d. regular education teacher

Education

What is the best strategy to use when a teacher is providing for learning of physical knowledge as a part of science?

a. Set up the materials and encourage exploration. b. Give detailed information by telling children about physical knowledge. c. Model the skill to be learned. d. Do a task analysis with the children. e. Have someone demonstrate an experiment and debrief.

Education

A student's final grade for a course or subject is an example of

(a) preassessment (b) formative evaluation (c) diagnostic assessment (d) summative evaluation (e) none of the above

Education

Before education became accepted as one of the primary responsibilities of the state, the funding of the school depended on ___________

a. various state departments. b. the goodwill of local tax assessors and city councils. c. church funds. d. teachers' personal funds.

Education