Q1. What is the area of philosophy that investigates the nature, sources, limitations, and validity of knowledge?
- A.Epistemology✓ Correct
- B.Metaphysics
- C.Axiology
- D.Logic
Q2. Who was the famous philosopher that came after Aristotle?
- A.Socrates
- B.Plato✓ Correct
- C.Aristotle
- D.Alexander the Great
Q3. Which one stimulates a person towards a goal?
- A.Society
- B.Motivation✓ Correct
- C.Education
- D.Environment
Q4. Which mode plays an important role in transmittal of education to the youth?
- A.Play ground
- B.School✓ Correct
- C.Family
- D.Society
Q5. Immaturity is the potential rather than the capacity to
- A.learn
- B.grow✓ Correct
- C.teach
- D.develop
Q6. What did Plato do in order to start his own school?
- A.He took Aristotle's ideas
- B.It popped up in his mind while he was in the hot springs
- C.He founded the Academy✓ Correct
- D.He wrote a book
Q7. According to pragmatism truth is
- A.Practical✓ Correct
- B.Absolute
- C.Relative
- D.Universal
Q8. The dialectic method originates from —-----—-- teaching styles:
- A.Socratic✓ Correct
- B.Aristotelian
- C.Platonic
- D.Sophist
Q9. The meaning of Philosophy is
- A.love of wisdom✓ Correct
- B.study of knowledge
- C.science of being
- D.not knowing the answers to the very basic questions of life
Q10. Which of the following is NOT considered in dialectic method?
- A.Questioning
- B.Dialogue
- C.True knowledge✓ Correct
- D.Debate
Q11. Who believed that never to educate directly, but indirectly by means of the environment
- A.Dewey
- B.Plato
- C.Aristotle
- D.Rousseau✓ Correct
Q12. The ability of an individual to retain or maintain growth that education brings about in the set direction is
- A.Maturity
- B.Immaturity
- C.Plasticity✓ Correct
- D.Habit
Q13. The unconscious influence of the environment affects
- A.Society & individuals
- B.Character & mind✓ Correct
- C.Education
- D.Behavior
Q14. What is the state of reality/Ontology?
- A.Metaphysics✓ Correct
- B.Epistemology
- C.Axiology
- D.Logic
Q15. Who was the huge proponent of Democracy?
- A.Plato
- B.Aristotle
- C.Dewey✓ Correct
- D.Franklin
Q16. Direction can be both successive and
- A.simultaneous✓ Correct
- B.reciprocal
- C.linear
- D.circular
Q17. A question-and-answer dialogue in which propositions are methodically scrutinized to uncover the truth is known as —-—--—-—-—-
- A.an argument
- B.the Socratic method✓ Correct
- C.dialectic
- D.debate
Q18. Axiology is the study of -———-——
- A.values✓ Correct
- B.knowledge
- C.being
- D.beauty
Q19. In which university John Dewey work as an instructor?
- A.Michigan✓ Correct
- B.Chicago
- C.Columbia
- D.Harvard
Q20. Which one is the fostering, nurturing and nourishing process?
- A.Education✓ Correct
- B.Teaching
- C.Learning
- D.Training
Q21. Epistemology is the study of —--—-———
- A.knowledge✓ Correct
- B.being
- C.values
- D.books
Q22. Who were the three famous Greek philosophers?
- A.Socrates, Plato, Aristotle✓ Correct
- B.Plato, Aristotle, Alexander
- C.Socrates, Aristotle, Plato
- D.Plato, Socrates, Homer
Q23. In ancient Greece, who argued that education was about drawing out what is inside the man?
- A.Socrates✓ Correct
- B.Plato
- C.Aristotle
- D.Dewey
Q24. John Dewey dissertation was based on
- A.Kantian psychology✓ Correct
- B.Hegelian philosophy
- C.Pragmatism
- D.Empiricism
Q25. According to pragmatics reality is:
- A.changing✓ Correct
- B.static
- C.absolute
- D.ideal
Q26. The main objective of dialectic method is to make decisions based on -——-—----————
- A.reason✓ Correct
- B.emotion
- C.authority
- D.tradition
Q27. A thinking process in which you proceed from general to specific statements using prescribed rules of logic
- A.Lecture method
- B.Inductive reasoning
- C.Scientific method
- D.Deductive reasoning✓ Correct
Q28. In which stage Rote learning is the form of learning?
- A.2A Stage
- B.3B Stage✓ Correct
- C.3A Stage
- D.4A Stage
Q29. Aristotelian education is divided into --------.
- A.Two periods
- B.Five periods
- C.Four periods✓ Correct
- D.Three periods
Q30. 'Oregnon' is the Book of ———----.
- A.Aristotle✓ Correct
- B.Plato
- C.Frankil
- D.Kant
Q31. What are the primary source of education?
- A.Man only
- B.Things only
- C.Nature only
- D.Man, Nature and Things✓ Correct
Q32. According to Aristotle, we should begin ethical inquiry by specifying
- A.what our fundamental duties are
- B.which things are intrinsically valuable?✓ Correct
- C.what constraints on behavior it would be reasonable to agree to?
- D.what the good life is
Q33. In which stage Moral training is emphasised?
- A.Boyhood
- B.Youth✓ Correct
- C.Infancy
- D.Adolescence
Q34. Health is of utmost importance is assumed by ———-.
- A.Aristotle✓ Correct
- B.Plato
- C.Rousseau
- D.Dewey
Q35. Who said that child must not be allowed to develop habits born of social interactions, rather instinct and emotions must be adhered to?
- A.Peter
- B.John Dewey
- C.Rousseau✓ Correct
- D.Freud
Q36. Who was the first philosopher who gave the concept of formal education of the students of B.A?
- A.Aristotle✓ Correct
- B.Plato
- C.Socrates
- D.Kant
Q37. Which is not included in Rousseau's Curriculum?
- A.Play & sports
- B.Activities which spring naturally from the needs of life
- C.Agriculture
- D.Reading and writing✓ Correct
Q38. 'Emile' one of the greatest works on developmental psychology by
- A.Aristotle
- B.Plato
- C.Kant
- D.Rousseau✓ Correct
Q39. According to Aristotle, happiness is
- A.a state of mind
- B.a feeling or sensation
- C.a craft
- D.an activity of the soul in accordance with virtue✓ Correct
Q40. Child is _____ by nature
- A.Good✓ Correct
- B.Strong
- C.Bad
- D.Neutral
Q41. Aristotle was the first philosopher to formulate ———-.
- A.Developmental psychology✓ Correct
- B.Paradoxes
- C.Formal education
- D.Logic
Q42. Laws of a person's nature must be discovered through
- A.Education
- B.Experience✓ Correct
- C.Exploring mind
- D.Reason
Q43. In Aristotle's terminology, incontinence is when
- A.One does not know that one’s actions are wrong
- B.One knows that one’s feelings are inappropriate, and does not act on them
- C.One does the right action, but for the wrong reason
- D.One knows what is right but fails to act accordingly✓ Correct
Q44. In which year Mortimer Adler participated in Socratic discussion groups?
- A.1920✓ Correct
- B.1930
- C.1940
- D.1950
Q45. Which Rousseau curriculum objective is not related to stage 3?
- A.Implant a taste for knowledge✓ Correct
- B.Develop physical strength
- C.Learn a trade
- D.Develop moral sense
Q46. In Aristotle's view, the virtues are;
- A.acquired through philosophical reflection
- B.innate
- C.a gift from the gods
- D.acquired through habit and practice✓ Correct
Q47. Aristotle claims that:
- A.neither virtue nor vice is in our power.
- B.vice is in our power, but virtue is not
- C.virtue is in our power, but vice is not
- D.both virtue and vice are in our power✓ Correct
Q48. Education teaches virtue & promotes —---.
- A.Health
- B.Freedom
- C.Virtue
- D.Happiness✓ Correct
Q49. Man is a naturally good creature, is saying by
- A.Adam & Eve
- B.Rousseau✓ Correct
- C.Aristotle
- D.Plato
Q50. What is important to develop the intrinsic judgement and emotions in a person?
- A.Experiences✓ Correct
- B.Social interaction
- C.Physical interaction
- D.A state of mind
Q51. Aristotle divides the virtues into:
- A.positive virtues and negative virtues
- B.human virtues and divine virtues✓ Correct
- C.natural virtues and artificial virtues
- D.moral virtues and intellectual virtues
Q52. According to Rousseau what things made the individual free?
- A.Teacher
- B.The family
- C.Nature✓ Correct
- D.Society
Q53. Emile’, Rousseau has divided Emile’s education into how many stages?
Q54. Aristotle’s education is divided into
- A.Three periods
- B.Four periods✓ Correct
- C.Five periods
- D.Two periods
Q55. ‘Organon’ is the Book of
- A.Aristotle✓ Correct
- B.Plato
- C.Socrates
- D.Francis Bacon
Q56. Which of the following is considered a teacher-centered philosophy?
- A.Essentialism✓ Correct
- B.Progressivism
- C.Perennialism
- D.Constructivism
Q57. The role of the teacher in a perennialist classroom is as a
- A.tutor✓ Correct
- B.facilitator
- C.lecturer
- D.guide
Q58. The Great Books curriculum is promoted by supporters of
- A.perennialism✓ Correct
- B.essentialism
- C.progressivism
- D.reconstructionism
Q59. Who raised the slogan “Back to Nature”?
- A.Naturalism✓ Correct
- B.Idealism
- C.Realism
- D.Pragmatism
Q60. The word philosophy derives from
- A.Greek✓ Correct
- B.Latin
- C.French
- D.Arabic
Q61. Which of the following is not the objective of University education according to Jaspers?
- A.Democracy✓ Correct
- B.Truth
- C.Knowledge
- D.Freedom
Q62. Perennialism focuses on the .....principal.
- A.everlasting✓ Correct
- B.pragmatic
- C.experimental
- D.utilitarian
Q63. A Nebraska statue forbade teaching of foreign language before completion of grade___
- A.Eight✓ Correct
- B.Six
- C.Seven
- D.Nine
Q64. Which of the following reason of choosing home schooling
- A.All of above✓ Correct
- B.Religious reasons
- C.Safety concerns
- D.Better academic outcomes
Q65. Intrapersonal learners are usually
- A.Shy✓ Correct
- B.Outgoing
- C.Social
- D.Active
Q66. ...leaners are doodlers and artists and everything in between.
- A.Visual✓ Correct
- B.Auditory
- C.Kinesthetic
- D.Reading/Writing
Q67. The most frequent subjects for standardized testing for home schooled children are
- A.reading, writing and mathematics✓ Correct
- B.science and history
- C.art and music
- D.physical education
Q68. Before common school movement in the latter half of nineteenth century, the common believe about education was
- A.it’s a matter of parental discretion✓ Correct
- B.it should be compulsory
- C.it is a state responsibility
- D.it is a church responsibility
Q69. Formal approach means that the education process is the same as at school ,
- A.expect that it is taking place at home✓ Correct
- B.but with more flexibility
- C.but with less structure
- D.but with different subjects
Q70. The law included mandatory attendance for children for the age of .....for at least three months out of each year.
- A.eight and fourteen✓ Correct
- B.six and twelve
- C.seven and thirteen
- D.nine and fifteen
Q71. The Oregon state required by law that all children must
- A.attend public schools✓ Correct
- B.attend private schools
- C.be homeschooled
- D.receive religious education
Q72. The goals of this educational theory are to transmit cultural heritage and develop good citizens. Subject matter includes literature, history, foreign languages, and religion
- A.essentialism✓ Correct
- B.perennialism
- C.progressivism
- D.reconstructionism
Q73. Activities are designed to discipline the mind. Subjects taught include mathematics, language, logic, great books, and doctrines
- A.perennialism✓ Correct
- B.essentialism
- C.behaviorism
- D.constructivism
Q74. The task of education is to develop learning environments that lead to desired behaviors in students
- A.behaviorism✓ Correct
- B.progressivism
- C.essentialism
- D.perennialism
Q75. An educational theory that emphasizes that ideas should be tested by experimentation and that learning is rooted in questions developed by learner’s
- A.progressivism✓ Correct
- B.reconstructionism
- C.constructivism
- D.essentialism
Q76. An educational approach in which students are taught to analyze world events, explore controversial issues, and develop a vision for a new and better world
- A.reconstructionism✓ Correct
- B.progressivism
- C.essentialism
- D.perennialism
Q77. This theory stresses learning activities during which students are free to infer and discover their own answers to important questions
- A.constructivism✓ Correct
- B.progressivism
- C.essentialism
- D.behaviorism
Q78. Who developed the educational theory of progressivism?
- A.John Dewey✓ Correct
- B.Jean Piaget
- C.Lev Vygotsky
- D.Maria Montessori
Q79. Which educational theory views human experiences as the basis for knowledge?
- A.idealism✓ Correct
- B.realism
- C.pragmatism
- D.existentialism
Q80. Goals are to transmit cultural heritage and develop good citizens. Subject matter includes literature, history, foreign languages, and religion. This educational theory is:
- A.essentialism✓ Correct
- B.perennialism
- C.progressivism
- D.reconstructionism
Q81. Teacher-centered educational theories include:
- A.essentialism,positivism, perennialism✓ Correct
- B.progressivism, constructivism, reconstructionism
- C.behaviorism, naturalism, idealism
- D.pragmatism, existentialism, realism
Q82. Which of the following is a characteristic of a student-centered teaching style?
- A.discovery based learning✓ Correct
- B.lecture
- C.direct instruction
- D.teacher as authority
Q83. The lesson plans of a student-centered teacher would emphasize all of the following except:
- A.‘right’ answers✓ Correct
- B.student questions
- C.group work
- D.projects
Q84. The teacher-centered classroom will include all of the following except:
- A.flexible seating arrangements✓ Correct
- B.lecture
- C.direct instruction
- D.teacher as authority
Q85. Motivation consists of two parts:
- A.external action or behavior and internal drives or desires✓ Correct
- B.intrinsic and extrinsic
- C.positive and negative
- D.short-term and long-term
Q86. The belief that students are inherently capable of solving their own problems best describes which of the following philosophies?
- A.non-interventionists✓ Correct
- B.interventionists
- C.behaviorists
- D.essentialists
Q87. Control theory as a requisite for classroom discipline practices has been advanced by:
- A.William Glasser✓ Correct
- B.B.F. Skinner
- C.John Dewey
- D.Maria Montessori
Q88. Students are inherently capable of solving their own problems; this best describes: non-
- A.interventionists✓ Correct
- B.non-interventionists
- C.behaviorists
- D.essentialists
Q89. Teachers must set classroom standards for conduct; this best describes:
- A.interventionists✓ Correct
- B.non-interventionists
- C.behaviorists
- D.essentialists
Q90. Classroom organization includes:
- A.(content, methods & values) all of the above✓ Correct
- B.content only
- C.methods only
- D.values only
Q91. Classroom climate is best defined as:
- A.the underlying relationships and a tone or sense of being and feeling in the classroom✓ Correct
- B.the physical arrangement of desks
- C.the rules and procedures
- D.the curriculum
Q92. Teacher centered authority includes
- A.learning focused on convergent thinking✓ Correct
- B.learning focused on divergent thinking
- C.student choice
- D.group work
Q93. Non-interventionist teacher control means:
- A.low teacher control/high student control✓ Correct
- B.high teacher control/low student control
- C.moderate teacher control
- D.no control
Q94. Standards in education refers to:
- A.all of the above✓ Correct
- B.content standards
- C.performance standards
- D.opportunity to learn standards
Q95. The type of standard which includes knowledge, skills, and dispositions in various subject areas is:
- A.content standards✓ Correct
- B.performance standards
- C.delivery standards
- D.benchmark standards
Q96. Broad statements about knowledge and skills a student or teacher should have at a certain level are called:
- A.performance standards✓ Correct
- B.content standards
- C.delivery standards
- D.benchmark standards
Q97. The type of standard that provides for proper instructional resources, assessments, and system structures is called:
- A.delivery or opportunity to learn standards✓ Correct
- B.content standards
- C.performance standards
- D.benchmark standards
Q98. What is a level of development toward the achievement of a standard called?
- A.Benchmark✓ Correct
- B.Goal
- C.Objective
- D.Indicator
Q99. Assessment includes all of the following except:
- A.lesson plans✓ Correct
- B.tests
- C.rubrics
- D.observations
Q100. The ACT and SAT tests are examples of assessments used as:
- A.gatekeeping✓ Correct
- B.diagnostic
- C.formative
- D.summative
Q101. Student teaching is an example of which type of assessment?
- A.capstone✓ Correct
- B.formative
- C.diagnostic
- D.summative
Q102. A tool that uses day-to-day activities to decide if some behavior is being displayed is called:
- A.observation✓ Correct
- B.rubric
- C.test
- D.portfolio
Q103. A rubric that measures all the criteria simultaneously and makes an overall evaluation is considered:
- A.holistic✓ Correct
- B.analytic
- C.descriptive
- D.numeric
Q104. Rubrics are:
- A.scoring guides that describe what learners should know and be able to do at different levels of competence✓ Correct
- B.tests
- C.assignments
- D.lesson plans
Q105. Brown vs. Board of Education decided that:
- A.separate facilities are inherently unequal✓ Correct
- B.separate but equal is constitutional
- C.schools must integrate immediately
- D.busing is required
Q106. The Cival Rights Act was signed by ...in 1964.
- A.Lyndon B. Johnson✓ Correct
- B.John F. Kennedy
- C.Richard Nixon
- D.Martin Luther King Jr.
Q107. The fight for equality reached a zenith in ....with the Brown vs. Board of Education.
- A.Topeka, Kansas✓ Correct
- B.Little Rock, Arkansas
- C.Washington D.C.
- D.Montgomery, Alabama
Q108. As a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson passed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) which:
- A.provided a carrot and stick to America’s school✓ Correct
- B.eliminated segregation
- C.funded private schools
- D.created charter schools
Q109. The bilingual Education Act was designed to:
- A.give aid to schools with children whose first language is not English✓ Correct
- B.promote English only
- C.fund bilingual teacher training
- D.require bilingual education
Q110. Title IX, passed in 1974, is about:
- A.equality in sports based on gender✓ Correct
- B.racial equality
- C.disability rights
- D.age discrimination
Q111. When the federal government passed Title IX in 1974, they encouraged schools to follow it by
- A.withholding federal money from schools that did not follow it✓ Correct
- B.providing grants
- C.mandating compliance
- D.offering tax incentives
Q112. The 14 year old student who was part of the Title IX laws:
- A.was denied a women’s basketball team at her school✓ Correct
- B.sued her school
- C.became a lawyer
- D.was a teacher
Q113. Which of the following reasons of choosing home schooling
- A.ALL OF THE ABOVE✓ Correct
- B.Religious reasons
- C.Safety concerns
- D.Better academic outcomes
Q114. Children should be given an opportunity to ...... the democratic way of life in school.
- A.Learn✓ Correct
- B.Teach
- C.Observe
- D.Reject
Q115. .....advocates full participation in all aspects of social and civic life---not only those conventionally identified as ‘political’.
- A.Deep democracy✓ Correct
- B.Progressivism
- C.Essentialism
- D.Perennialism
Q116. School should be run on democratic lines is held by?
- A.Progressivism✓ Correct
- B.Essentialism
- C.Perennialism
- D.Reconstructionism
Q117. Which of the following is the middle way of home schooling?
- A.Where parents allowing children the flexibility to follow their interests while ensuring they are learning✓ Correct
- B.Strict curriculum
- C.Unschooling
- D.Traditional schooling at home
Q118. ___________ became the first state to pass a compulsory law.
- A.Massachusetts✓ Correct
- B.New York
- C.Virginia
- D.California
Q119. Jasper followed the education of Socratic Method, which of the following is not true of method.
- A.It contains deepest understanding.
- B.Teachers and pupil are on the same level in relation to ideas.
- C.Teacher is dominant and given authority by students.✓ Correct
- D.Student’s questions are appreciated.
Q120. Which is not a part of Rousseau curriculum of stage 3?
- A.Play and sport
- B.Agriculture✓ Correct
- C.Geography & Astronomy
- D.Mathematics
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