Philosophy of Education
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- Q1Helena believes that her main goal as a teacher is to transfer the knowledge and values that her students will need to do well in society. She strives to have her students learn to be academically proficient. She also tries to instill her students with values such as respect, diligence, and practicality. Helena is most likely to rely on:teacher centered philosophiesprogressivismstudent centered philosophiesexistentialism120s
- Q2An essentialist would argue that essentialism is an approach to ________.ensure a common culture among Americansorganize schools around the concerns and curiosity of studentsorganize schools around books, ideas, and conceptsencourage students to work together cooperatively120s
- Q3As a teacher, Richard wants his students to think rationally and rigorously. He feels that he should prepare his brightest students for future leadership and responsibility, while providing vocational training to the rest of the students. Richard's approach to education is indicative ofexistentialismconstructivismprogressivismperennialism120s
- Q4In a(n) ________ classroom, students spend considerable time and energy mastering the three "Rs," reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic.progressivistessentialistperennialistexistentialist120s
- Q5Which of the following books would likely be included in the "Great Books" favored by perennialists?A love story written by an African American writerA theology book written by a classical authorA book on feminist ideas written by a female authorA book on alternative medicines written by an Asian writer120s
- Q6Which of the following is a similarity between perennialism and essentialism?Both tolerate high flexibility in the curriculum.Both advocate student-centered classrooms.Both reject a traditional approach to education.Both aim to enhance students' moral qualities.120s
- Q7________ strives to teach students the accumulated knowledge of human civilization through core courses in the traditional academic disciplines.PragmatismEssentialismProgressivismExistentialism120s
- Q8Which of the following statements is true about perennialists?They reject the idea that education is a sorting mechanism, a way to identify and prepare the intellectually gifted for leadership, while providing vocational training for the rest of society.They believe that the goal of education should be to develop rational thought and to discipline minds to think rigorously.They maintain that classrooms should be oriented toward the teacher, who should serve as an intellectual and moral role model for the students. They reject the idea that education is a sorting mechanism, a way to identify and prepare the intellectually gifted for leadership, while providing vocational training for the rest of society.They aim to instill students with "essentials" of academic knowledge, patriotism, and character development.120s
- Q9In a progressivist classroom, you would find teachers ________.focusing their students' attention on scheduled standardized teststalking to rows of seated students who are listening to them attentivelyfocusing their students' attention on one discrete discipline at a timewalking around the room, asking questions and making suggestions120s
- Q10________ asserts that knowledge cannot be handed from one person to another (from a teacher to a learner) but must be constructed by each learner through interpreting and reinterpreting a constant flow of information.Social ReconstructivismEssentialismBehaviorismPerennialism120s
- Q11A key aspect of teaching in a constructivist classroom is ________.handling knowledge from the teacher to the studentsputting the teacher at the center of the educational stageeducating the students on the fundamentals of religiongauging a student's prior knowledge and understanding120s
- Q12Which of the following statements is true about educational practices in the West or USA?In Western society, the child's education is primarily a concern of the family.In Western society, formal schools, formal certification and degrees are valued.The notion of teachers and non-teachers is foreign in the West.Oral traditions enjoy particular prominence in the West.120s
- Q13Which of the following statements is true about ethics?It probes the nature of beauty.It is the study of what is "good" or "bad" in human behavior, thoughts, and feelings.It is the branch of philosophy that deals with reasoning.It focuses on how to move from a set of assumptions to valid conclusions and examines the rules of inference.120s
- Q14A teacher that believes all truths come from older pieces of written work, and NOT modern-daybooks is probably a(n)perennialistprogressivistessentialistreconstructionist120s
- Q15The philosophy which emphasizes teaching strategies to promote students’ contributions to society is most closely associated withperennialistphilosophistsocial reconstructionistessentialist120s