2025
Early childhood education refers to group educational settings that impact developmental changes in
children from birth to: - ✔✔eight years of age.
Mainstream educational philosophy claims early attainment of individuality to be "universal" for
intellectual development. - ✔✔True
Which European educators significantly influenced the field of early childhood education? - ✔✔Johann
Heinrich Pestalozzi, Maria Montessori, and Friedrich Wilhelm Froebel
Maria Montessori believed that children learn through: - ✔✔sequential steps of learning
During the European Renaissance and Reformation, an increased concern for the common man and
woman led to a push toward: - ✔✔universal education.
Although the Founding Fathers of America paved the way for the creation of a public school system,
there were aspects of colonial life that interfered with children receiving a formal education, such as
the: - ✔✔systematic exclusion of slaves, women, and lower economic class
An educational progressive philosophy in America emphasizing a child-centered approach advocated
that children learn best: - ✔✔when they are highly motivated.
In the U.S. during the 1850-70's, the first kindergartens were_____. - ✔✔taught in German and English
John Dewey, an educational progressive, supported education that was _____, while his predecessor,
Friedrich Froebel, emphasized _____ learning. - ✔✔child-centered; teacher-directed
Patty Smith Hill was an educational innovator who introduced _____ into school settings. - ✔✔large-
muscle play equipment