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Philosophical Foundation of Education

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  • Q1

    One his  basic principles of the philosophy is ‘harmony with all things."

    John Dewey

    Mathatma Gandhi

    Rabindranath Tagore

    Aurobindo Ghosh 

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  • Q2

    He believed that mere literacy was not education.

    Aurobindo Ghosh 

    Mahatma Gandhi

    John Locke

    Rabindranath Tagore

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  • Q3

    He argued that human society has evolved throughout history and is destined to move towards better organization of life.

    MahatmaGandhi

    Aurobindo Ghosh 

    Rabindranath Tagore

    Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

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  • Q4

    German educator who was founder of the kindergarten and one of the most influential educational reformers of the 19th century.

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  • Q5

    He believed that a child is born with a blank minds-neither good or bad. 

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  • Q6

    He suggested that individuals learn and grow as a result of experiences and interactions with the world.

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  • Q7

    According to Plato, poor leadership will lead to wrong decisions.

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  • Q8

    He is considered the father of modern education because he advocated universal education in his book The Great Didactic.

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  • Q9

    Idealism means that life has a purpose, and ideals and values are the dynamic forces that give direction to life and help it to achieve its goal.

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  • Q10

    He regards “education as a means to achieve justice, both individual justice and social justice.”

    Plato

    Socrates

    Dewey

    Aristotle

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  • Q11

    He was the author of a philosophical and scientific system that became the framework and vehicle for both Christian Scholasticism and medieval Islamic philosophy.

    Aristotle

    Plato

    Rousseau

    Gandhi

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  • Q12

    Swiss-born philosopher, writer, and political theorist whose treatises and novels inspired the leaders of the French Revolution and the Romantic generation.

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  • Q13

    The proponent of "method of questioning and cross-questioning" in teaching.

    Plato

    Pestalozzi

    Froebel

    Socrates

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  • Q14

    He  believed that philosophy should achieve practical results for the greater well-being of society.

    Froebel

    Gandhi

    Plato

    Socrates

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  • Q15

    Dewey suggested that individual learn and grow as a result of experiences and interactions with the world.

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    false
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  • Q16

    Comenius advocated the use of visual aids in classroom teaching.

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  • Q17

    According to Froebel, the child is the most important component of the school system.

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  • Q18

    “Education must be based on the twin principles of Truth & Love.”

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  • Q19

    “Tabular rasa”  or “blank slate” theory. A child is born with blank minds neither good or bad.

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  • Q20

    The father of Western philosophy.

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