Philosophy of Education and major thoughts including essentialism, idealism, perennialism, progressivism, pragmatism, realism, existentialism and naturalism.
Philosophy of Education
- ______ is the metaphysical view that associates reality to ideas in the mind rather than to material objects: Idealism
- _____ is a teacher-cantered educational philosophy that focuses on timeless ideas and universal truths: Perennialism
- ___ believe that the priority of education should be to teach principles that have persisted for centuries, not facts: Perennialists
- _____ is a philosophy that believes ideas or spirit are the true reality, not material objects: Idealism
- Which philosophy of education that rejects any claim to objective truth in education? Existentialism
- According to ______, “Philosophy is the acquisition of Knowledge.”: Plato
- The branch of philosophy concerned with reasoning is called: Logic
- In Philosophy, what is an argument: Giving reasons for a belief
- The study of people in relation to their fellow human beings is: Sociology
- The Knowledge which a person gains by his thinking power is: Intellectual
- The process which brings out hidden potentials of an individual is called: Education
- The branch of philosophy focuses on the nature of reality is: Metaphysics
- According to famous philosophers, teaching is a/an: art
- Which philosophy maintained “The soul is divine, only held in the bondage of matter”: Vedanta
- Who said, “Reverse the usual practice and you will almost always do right”: Rousseau
- Which branch of philosophy examines issues pertaining to the nature of “reality”: Metaphysics
- Who is the propounded socialism in education: Russell
- As Huxley pleaded for the introduction of “a complete and thorough scientific culture” into schools, he is claimed to be: A Realist
- Who was twentieth century Existentialist: Jean Paul Sartre
- Which does not pertain to intellectual development aim of education: Spiritual development
- The social aims of education imply that: The state has to give not to take anything from the individual
- Knowledge arising out of similar cognition or perception is known as: Comparison
- The materialists define value as: Material
- Tagore was an Idealist because he emphasized: Moral and spiritual development of the child
- Which philosophy of education considers psychology as an incomplete study of and an inadequate basis of educational theory: Idealism
- The diversity of philosophical conclusions shows: Strength
- Which is the Naturalist ideal of education: Social Adjustment
- Which is not the nature of philosophy: It is the totality of man’s creative ideas
- Learning by Project Method is technically known as: Incidental learning
- “Human institutions are one mass of folly and contradiction.” Whose statement is this: Rousseau
- Which school of philosophy of education stresses the direct study of men and things through tours and travels: Social realism
- On what is based the need for teaching philosophy of education: Different philosophies expressed different points of view on every aspect of education
- Which is not an aspect of mind according to the Realists’ theory of knowing: Behaviour
- Which school of philosophy of education advocated Project method of teaching: Pragmatism
- Which school of philosophy of education regrets dualism between cultural, and vocational curriculum: Marxism
- In evolution self aims at: Liberation & Enjoyment
- Buddha’s theory of self is known as: Theory of no-soul
- Health can be classified as having the value of: Intrinsic
- Uncontradicted knowledge arising out of the sense object contact is known as: Perception
- Values can be classified as: Temporary & Permanent
- The spiritualists define value as: Spiritual
- What is the goal of education according to Idealism: Realisation of moral values
- Play way method of teaching has been emphasized in the scheme of the education of: Naturalists
- The influence of both philosophy and religion in the life of the human individual and society is: Favorable & Unfavourable
- Which statement about truth is not correct according to the philosophy of Pragmatism: It is eternal
- The most important trait of philosophy is: Criticism
- The philosophical thinking in a philosopher is: Evolving
- What is development of human potentialities in education: Individual aim
- Who had the biggest impact on modern education: Dewey
- Buddha’s theory of self is similar to the theory propounded in the West by: William James
- Who has propounded idealism in education: Plato
- According to which educational philosophy, socially useful Labour must form the central pivot of the entire school: Marxism
- Which represents fascist ideal of education: Education for Nationalism
- Words created by ordinary human beings are known as: Laukika
- The most important source of knowledge according to Mimamsa is: Testimony
- The most important source of knowledge according to Nyaya philosophy is: Inference
- Beauty can be classified as having the value of: Ultimate
- Aims of education are determined by human being for the good of the: Society & Individual
- The philosopher is more concerned with: Dialectics
- Philosophers are, “Those who are lovers of the vision of truth.” This was said by: Socrates
- Who propounded pragmatism in education: John Dewey
- Why are curriculum activities used in teaching: To assist the teacher
- Which is not Naturalism’s aim of Education: To inculcate ethical and moral values in the pupils
- The aim of education according to the Existentialists is: Humanitarian and humanist self- realization
- Which is the most widely accepted method of education, according to the pragmatists: Learning by doing
- What is called education acquired without any specific purpose, fixed period and place: Informal Education
- In whose methodology of teaching “Experimentation” is the key-note of: Pragmatism
- Which is the first school for a child’s education: Family
- Who raised the slogan “Back to Nature”: Naturalism
- Which branch of philosophy deals with knowledge, its structure, method and validity: Epistemology
- What is development of social sense and cooperation among the individuals through education: Social aim
- Project method of teaching is an outstanding contribution of: Pragmatism
- Education, according to the Pragmatist is: Wholly purposive
- Which school believes that all knowledge comes through the senses: Sense Realism
- Who believe that “Objects have a reality independent of mental phenomena”: Realists
- A priori knowledge is knowledge that is known independently of: Experience
- The postulation of a fact by the impossibility of its opposite is known as: Arthapatti
- The knowledge which results from the past impressions based upon the awareness of concomitance is known as: Inference
- The contemporary trend in philosophical method is: Analysis
- The most important difference between philosophy and science is: Method
- Religion and philosophy meet in: Spirit
- What are the three components of the educational process: Teacher, student, and education
- Who was the supporter of Naturalism in Education: Rosseau
- The chief differences among thinking beings are: Philosophical
- Which school held the view, “God makes all things good; man meddles with and they become evil”: Naturalism
- _____Represents ‘communist ideal’ of education: Education for State control
- The Realist’s aim of education is: Happy and moral development
- Science can be properly defined as: A method
- The pragmatists are against: Breakdown of knowledge into separate subjects
- The term “progressive education” related to: Pragmatism
- Plato believed that talent and intelligence are: Distributed Genetically
- The ultimate good includes: Intrinsic value
- The goal of philosophy can be properly defined as: Philosophising
- Religious education is strongly advocated by: Idealists
- Which is the characteristic of the project method: Used for all-round-development of child’s personality
- Which school raised the slogan “Things as they are and as they are likely to be encountered in life rather than words”: Pragmatist
- Marxist educational philosophy is closer to: Realism
- According to materialism, the only valid pramana is: Perception
- What is the origin of the word Education: Edu and ‘Catum’
- What is teaching through deductive method: From general to specific
- The important aspects of philosophical problems are: Critical & Synthetic
- Who was the nineteenth century founder of Existentialism: Soren Kierkegaard
- Who emphasized that education should be a social process: Dewey
- Which is a great disadvantage of the project method: It leaves gaps in the knowledge of the child
- Which is ideal of education, according to idealism: Self Realization
- Who said, “No fixed aims of education and no values in advance”: Progressive educators
- Which school of philosophy very strongly advocates that education should be vocational in character: Pragmatism
- Whose is the ultimate concern-“What is existence”: Existentialists only
- Social aims of education imply the training of: The individuals to serve the needs of the society
- A bad philosophy can be substituted by: Better Philosophy
- The book Emile or “On Education” on the nature of education and man is written by: Rousseau
- According to John Dewey, Schools must prepare students for: Present Life
- According to Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, the Concrete stage starts at age of: 7
- According to Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, the Formal Operational stage starts at the age of: 11
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