Fraser, Chapters 8, 10, & 11 Review

Question 1

The NCACSS visited high schools to see if students would be eligible for the University of Michigan. Approved schools =

Accepted Answer

Diploma schools

Question 2

"Didactics" was the original term for a university education program.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

What is one thing that Ambrose Suhrie believed?

Accepted Answer

Universities only had political / $ motivations and couldn't train teachers

Question 4

The Arkansas 5th-year program experiment (1952) was supported by faculty in education departments but not liberal arts.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

What was one way the Great Depression lowered teacher preparation standards?

Accepted Answer

Lowering of salaries, leading to qualified teachers leaving

Question 6

The first state-supported normal school for African Americans in the United States was (original name!)...

Accepted Answer

St. Normal School & University for the Ed. of Colored Students and Teachers

Question 7

The teachers colleges that replaced normal schools were ________.

Accepted Answer

Short-lived

Question 8

Right as teacher prep requirements began to standardize, a divide began to form amongst... (Chapter 11)

Accepted Answer

Teacher Education faculty and dominant faculty from traditional disciplines

Question 9

Whose legacy supported the Fund for the Advancement of Education (1950s)?

Accepted Answer

Henry Ford's

Question 10

What did Esther Marion Nelson conclude after her survey of 57 teachers colleges?

Accepted Answer

There was inadequate general education and practical knowledge available.

Question 11

Stephen N. Fellows did what in order to change the student teaching/observation procedure in Iowa?

Accepted Answer

Abolished model schools and required observations in local schools

Question 12

How did WWII affect PA normal schools?

Accepted Answer

German was removed entirely after the state acquired private schools

Question 13

Professors felt that education courses took too much time, but Ed faculty thought there wasn't enough practice time.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

The National Survey of the Education of Teachers (fed. government: 1930s) found that ~___ of teachers were unprepared.

Accepted Answer

1/3

Question 15

What was the biggest challenge Wisconsin Regents faced when trying to establish university departments of education?

Accepted Answer

Lack of demand and interest from practitioners and schools

Question 16

Eurich, VP of the Ford Foundation, at one point advocated for abolishing departments of ed. What was his alternative?

Accepted Answer

Faculty across all disciplines working together to prepare teachers

Question 17

Single-purpose schools, like teachers colleges, virtually disappeared after WWII.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

Which of the following was **NOT** a complaint of Bestor's (1953)?

Accepted Answer

There was not enough field training for teachers; heavy focus on theory

Question 19

Why did lawmakers in Iowa eventually force Fellows out and resist the collegiate model of education?

Accepted Answer

They felt it was too academic and ignored the needs of schools

Question 20

What was an interesting (and hallmark) characteristic of burgeoning university teaching programs?

Accepted Answer

Student teaching was generally not required

Question 21

The growth of departments of ed caused a widespread pushback by faculty from other departments.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

What was the huge range of required student teaching hours across 57 teachers colleges from 1930-1931?

Accepted Answer

60-432

Question 23

University education departments were focused on preparing...

Accepted Answer

High school teachers and normal school faculty

Question 24

James Bryant Conant developed an M.A.T. program at Harvard. How was it different from a EdM/MEd/A.M. (MA)?

Accepted Answer

All answers are correct.

Question 25

Which of the following was **NOT** an effect of WWII on teacher preparation and education?

Accepted Answer

Parents preferring to keep children home, leading to lower teacher demand

Question 26

Which two states led the way when it came to establishing departments of education in universities?

Accepted Answer

Iowa and Michigan

Question 27

Shifting teaching requirements to educational attainment led to complaints... which is **NOT** a reason why?

Accepted Answer

Universities did not want the responsibility of training teachers

Question 28

Karl Bigelow claimed Bestor and others who agreed with him underestimated the knowledge required to teach well.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

In Ch. 10, How did PA differ from MA in its move from normal schools to colleges?

Accepted Answer

They changed the names before the reality (curriculum/course progression)

Question 30

What did men such as Stanley Hall and Edmund J. James strongly believe in?

Accepted Answer

The validity and importance of education as its own science

Question 31

What process emerged in the late 19th and early 20th century as a result of inconsistency in high schools and colleges?

Accepted Answer

Accreditation

Question 32

By the 1960s, ~1/4 of teachers had a Master's. Why was this seen as good for the field by many?

Accepted Answer

All answers are correct.

Question 33

Advocates of university teacher training believed that normal schools/teachers colleges were messy and ineffective.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

The National Survey of the Education of Teachers (1930s) completely excluded African American institutions.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 35

What was finally accomplished by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (est. 1905)?

Accepted Answer

Clear definitions of a high school, college, and university

Question 36

Despite the growth of high/normal schools, and teaching depts. at colleges and universities, what still often happened?

Accepted Answer

Many, esp. in rural areas, simply took exams and taught with no preparation

Question 37

What gradual shift (> 50%) does the book describe in the 1930s with teacher certification?

Accepted Answer

Conditional on educational attainment rather than examinations

Question 38

What is the most significant cause of the growth of university education departments and colleges?

Accepted Answer

The rapid expansion of high schools

Question 39

Which university (after failures in Iowa) is considered the true beginning of university engagement with education?

Accepted Answer

University of Michigan

Question 40

There were critics of Teacher Ed, including Arthur Bestor, James Koerner, and James Conant, but nothing really changed.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 41

In 1-2 room schools (open country), ~____% of white teachers and ____% of black teachers had a high school diploma/less.

Accepted Answer

4.5% / 35.8%

Question 42

Who was the most famous professor connected to Columbia Teachers College?

Accepted Answer

John Dewey

Fraser, Chapters 8, 10, & 11 Review

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Fraser, Chapters 8, 10, & 11 Review

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