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Chapter 2: What is a school and what is it for?

Across
______ reconstructionists tend to take a harsh view of the dominant culture and see schools as the pliant servants to those in power.
Represents what a community believes young people need to know to develop into good and productive adults.
____ reconstructionists are educators that see the role of schools as forming the young into agents of change and participating in the decision about how society needs to change.
Developmental change in which girls who experience puberty first feel out of sync with their peers which could result in emotional and adjustment issues.
Focused his philanthropy on the idea that high schools were designed to meet the needs of another age and until they are designed to meet this age, the lives of millions of Americans will be ruined every year. (full name)
The _____ high school focuses on the academic, general, and vocational tracks to educate students.
____ management is a characteristic of an effective school in which handling discipline problems and implementing learning activities are effective.
The _____ ______ of school is that well-schooled people and people appropriately schooled are vital to a strong national economy.
One of the many observers who contended that promoting academic learning is the single most important purpose of schools. (last name)
Economic reconstructionist who was noted for his first book "The Pedagogy of the Oppressed"
Most influential advocate of social reconstruction. (full name)
Believed in "office to citizen" and thought schools could help people learn how to govern themselves wisely and justly. (last name)
Down
Is composed of beliefs about what is right and wrong and what is good or bad.
____ schooling became a social necessity when the home and the community were no longer effective or competent at preparing the young through informal contacts.
The type of school that offers a diverse curriculum to appeal to a variety of consumers in which students are expected to make their own course selections.
Type of developmental change in which abstract thinking and information processing strategies are used.
A specific, formalized process, usually focused on the young, and whose general pattern traditionally has varied little from one setting to the next.
A characteristic of an effective school in which little time is wasted in class and the seriousness of purpose is communicated to students.
The general process of social learning whereby the child learns the many things necessary to become a well-functioning and acceptable member of a particular social environment.
Reconstructionist who believed schools existed to help mold or guide students into what their society needed and expected of them. (last name)
______ reconstructionists see the solution to certain trends and current issues, such as racism, poverty, and the destruction of the ecosystem, as the responsibility of an aroused and skilled citizenry.
A process of human growth by which one gains greater understanding and control over oneself and one's world.
A grouping of individuals bound together by a variety of connections.