Midterm

EDU130

Midterm Questions

Please use the writing guidelines from your syllabus to address the questions. Your answers must

be typed and emailed to me on their due date. Please use Blackboard Dropbox to submit your

exam, make sure you have all answers under one file, do not send multiple files, combine all

answers into one single Microsoft Word document. Finally make sure you name your file using

your last name and do not forget to let me know which questions you are answering by labeling

or copy/pasting the question as a title-head of your answer. Thank you.

Short answer questions (Around 200 words each, Choose any 4):

1.

Describe Rousseaus view of learners.

2.

According to Locke, what is good education?

3.

Ron Miller highlights restrained democracy in US education, what is his argument?

4.

What are some of the core principles of critical pedagogy (Freire)?

5.

Explain what Locke wants argue with his Tabula Rasa claim.

6.

What is the banking model of education?

7.

Describe Deweys view of experience in education.

8.

What is the factory model of education?

9.

How does Puritanism influence US society and education?

Essay questions (Around 600 words each, pick any 2)

1.

According to Dewey, there is a progressive form of experience educators should cultivate

that re-evaluates our approach to past-present-future. Explain Deweys idea of

progressivism while reflecting on the possibilities as well as challenges of his view.

Question whether our current educational models reflect Deweyian models or not?

2.

From a Marxist perspective, schools reproduce a social structure that is merely a

reflection of relations of production and that our curriculum, school structures have all

being co-opted by the value we place on capital. Considering teaching and learning

today, do you agree?

3.

Ron Miller draws connections between several historical trends between socio-economic

dynamics that have influenced US education and educational philosophy. Describe and

evaluate his argument.

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4.

What are some of Lockes views on education? How does Freires critique of the

banking model of education or Deweys criticism of traditional education directly

challenge Locke? Do you agree or disagree with their critique?

5.

Rousseau and Dewey seem to have similar foundational views on learners and education,

explore what those similarities are as well as potential differences in their approach.

6.

Traditional education works well for students who come from privileged opportunity

structures. However, as Freire and Dewey would argue, traditional education is not

democratic. Describe traditional education and how it may work well for some and reflect

on it excludes others and becomes undemocratic.

7.

Reflect on Freires insistence on critical pedagogy (problem posing and dialogue) as a

means to create democratic social justice education. Explore possible connections of

Freires ideas to Rousseau or Dewey.

8.

Freire argues that banking model of education can become oppressive and creates

conditions of dehumanization. Explain how and why?

9.

For Illich, the institution of schooling as well as society as a whole needs deschooling.

Explore Illichs call for deschooling and the possible characteristics of a deschooled

school and/or teacher.

10. Considering different views we have encountered, explore what the role and purpose of

education is. What would be a suitable settings for learning that are meaningful and

positive?

include 2-4 references on both of the essays and in the short answers if you use them

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