Philosophies of Education

Test Questions

Name: ____Mijares, Jed P._____________ Yr./Course/Section: _3 – BTTE - A_

1. It is a philosophical approach where the central meaning is that ideas are the only
true reality, the only thing worth knowing.

a. Idealism
b. Pragmatism
c. Existentialism
d. Perennialism

2. Its aim of education is to discover and develop each individual's abilities and full
moral excellence in order to better serve society.

a. Pragmatism
b. Idealism
c. Existentialism
d. Perennialism

3. The character of the learner in this phylosophy is developed through imitating

examples and heroes.

a. Pragmatism
b. Existentialism
c. Perennialism
d. Idealism

4. Its curricular emphasis is subject matter of mind: literature, history, philosophy,

and religion.

a. Pragmatism
b. Existentialism
c. Idealism
d. Perennialism

5. It is an educational philosophy where teacher has centeral role to be a role model

so that the students will adopt his model to become good citizen.

a. Pragmatism
b. Idealism
c. Existentialism
d. Perennialism
6. ________ believe that reality exists independent of the human mind.

a. Pragmatists
b. Realists
c. Existentialists
d. Perennials

7. Its aim of education is to give to the pupil a complete knowledge and

understanding of human society, human nature, motives and institutions.

a. Pragmatism
b. Realism
c. Behaviorism
d. Perennialism

8. Its aim of education is “the formation of a complete man, skilled in art and
industry.”

a. Pragmatism
b. Behaviorism
c. Realism
d. Essentialism

9. The teacher organizes and presents content systematically within a discipline,

demonstrating use of criteria in making decisions.

a. Realism
b. Pragmatism
c. Essentialism
d. Behaviorism

10. “Learners has to be given as much freedom as possible. The student is to be

enabled to proceed on the basis of facts; learners can learn only when he follows
the laws of learning.”

a. Pragmatism
b. Essentialism
c. Behaviorism
d. Realism

11. According to this philosophy, only those things that are experienced or observed
are real.

a. Pragmatism
b. Essentialism
c. Behaviorism
d. Realism
12. ______________ lays more stress on social and vocational efficiency.

a. Essentialism
b. Behaviorism
c. Realism
d. Pragmatism

13. According to __________ “Curriculum should bring the disciplines together to

focus on solving problems in an interdisciplinary way.”

a. Essentialism
b. Pragmatism
c. Behaviorism
d. Realism

14. According to ____________, a teacher is a friend, guide and philosopher to the

child. He must educate the child in social environment so that he may attain
social efficiency.

a. Essentialism
b. Behaviorism
c. Pragmatism
d. Realism

15. _______________ stresses on child-centered education.

a. Pragmatism
b. Essentialism
c. Behaviorism
d. Realism

16. According to _________, the nature of reality is subjective, and lies within the
individual. The physical world has no inherent meaning outside of human
existence.

a. Pragmatists
b. Existentialists
c. Behaviorists
d. Realist

17. Its aim of the education is to enable the learner to be equipped with the
necessary aids in this essence seeking understanding.

a. Pragmatism
b. Behaviorism
c. Realism
d. Existentialism
18. ______________ education could happen in a variety of classroom settings: a
round conference table, an empty room, under a tree. Because the teacher is a
facilitator of learning and self-reflection, rather than a didactic authority.

a. Pragmatist
b. Behaviorist
c. Realist
d. Existentialist

19. Under what philosophy where there is a possibility for its class to travel to
different locations.

a. Existentialism
b. Pragmatism
c. Behaviorism
d. Realism

20. It is a Philosophy where teachers view the individual as an entity within a social
context in which the learner must confront others' views to clarify his or her own.

a. Pragmatism
b. Existentialism
c. Behaviorism
d. Realism

21. It is a teacher-centered philosophy, in which it is the responsibility of the

instructor to ensure that students gain cultural literacy and learn about the
greatest achievements in a given field.
a. Essentialism
b. Perennialism
c. Cognitivism
d. Idealism

22. They believe that cultural literacy can be achieved by instructors guiding students
in debate and evaluating their knowledge through testing.

a. Essentialists
b. Cognitivists
c. Idealists
d. Perennialists

23. The goal of this Educational Philosophy is to teach students to think rationally
and develop minds that can think critically.
a. Essentialism
b. Cognitivism
c. Perennialism
d. Idealism
24. The focus of this philosophy is to teach ideas that are everlasting, to seek
enduring truths which are constant, not changing, as the natural and human
worlds at their most essential level, do not change.
a. Perennialism
b. Essentialism
c. Cognitivism
d. Idealism

25. The teacher of this philosophy focuses on the personal development of every
student by making them rational and developing their human intellectual
potentiality.
a. Essentialism
b. Cognitivism
c. Perennialism
d. Idealism

26. _____________ is based off of the philosophies of idealism and realism. It refers to the
"traditional" or "Back to the Basics" approach to education.

a. Perennialism
b. Cognitivism
c. Essentialism
d. Idealism

27. Its named comes from the striving to instill students with the "essentials" of
academic knowledge and character development.
a. Perennialism
b. Essentialism
c. Idealism
d. Cognitivism

28. ______________ is one of the most prominent teacher-centered philosophies of

education that's practiced in modern American classrooms.

a. Perennialism
b. Cognitivism
c. Idealism
d. Essentialism

29. This philosophy provides students with strong basic education such as reading
writing, listening, speaking, drawing, etc.
a. Essentialism
b. Perennialism
c. Cognitivism
d. Idealism
30. Technology is not the main tool for teaching and learning this philosophy focuses
more on mastery of facts through lectures, question and answer type of
discussion, scientific methods, and the use of textbooks.

a. Cognitivism
b. Idealism
c. Perennialism
d. Essentialism

31. Social reconstructionism is a philosophy that emphasizes the addressing of social

questions and a quest to create a better society and worldwide democracy.

a. Behaviorism
b. Realism
c. Reconstructionism
d. Pragmatism

32. This philosophy encourages that education should awaken the students'
consciousness about social problems by encouraging them to question the status
quo and to examine controversial issues in religion, society, economics, politics,
and education.

a. Behaviorism
b. Realism
c. Pragmatism
d. Reconstructionism

33. Strategies for dealing with controversial issues (particularly in social studies and
literature), inquiry, dialogue, and multiple perspectives are the focus of this
philosophy.

a. Reconstructionism
b. Behaviorism
c. Realism
d. Pragmatism

34. According to this philosophy, curriculum should focus on student experience and
taking social action on real problems, such as violence, hunger, international
terrorism, inflation, and inequality.

a. Behaviorism
b. Reconstructionism
c. Realism
d. Pragmatism
35. The role of the student in the _____________ learning environment is to be an
active participant.

a. Behaviorist
b. Realist
c. Reconstuctionist
d. Pragmatist

36. _____________ ______________ (1859–1952), who would later be

remembered as the "father of Progressive education," was the most eloquent and
arguably most influential figure in educational Progressivism.

a. John Dewey
b. William James
c. Charles Sanders Pierce
d. Jean-Paul Satre

37. ______________ believe that individuality, progress, and change are

fundamental to one's education.

a. Essentialists
b. Progressivists
c. Cognitivists
d. Idealists

38. This philosophy believes that education should be a process of ongoing growth,
not just a preparation for becoming an adult.

a. Pragmatism
b. Behaviorism
c. Perennialism
d. Progressivism

39. In this philosophy, effective teachers provide experiences so that students can
learn by doing.

a. Pragmatism
b. Progressivism
c. Behaviorism
d. Perennialism

40. The learner in this philosophy is a problem solver and thinker who makes
meaning through his or her individual experience in the physical and cultural
context.

a. Progressivism
b. Pragmatism
c. Behaviorism
d. Perennialism
41. _____________ focuses on one particular view of learning: a change in external
behavior achieved through a large amount of repetition of desired actions, the
reward of good habits and the discouragement of bad habits.

a. Pragmatism
b. Progressivism
c. Behaviorism
d. Perennialism

42. The ____________ school, which represents traditional psychology, is rooted in

a corresponding philosophical speculation about the nature of learning.

a. Pragmatist
b. Behaviorist
c. Progressivist
d. Perennialist

43. ____________ theorists believe that behavior is shaped deliberately by forces in

the environment and that the type of person and actions desired can be the
product of design.

a. Behaviorist
b. Pragmatist
c. Perennialist
d. Idealist

44. According to _________, by carefully shaping desirable behavior, morality and

information is learned.

a. Existentialism
b. Behaviorism
c. Perennialism
d. Progressivism

45. According to this philosophy, If the student is ready for the connection, learning is
enhanced; if not, learning is inhibited.

a. Existentialism
b. Behaviorism
c. Pragmatism
d. Realism
46. believe that the learner actively constructs his or her own understandings of
reality through interaction with objects, events, and people in the environment,
and reflecting on these interactions.

a. Essentialists
b. Idealists
c. Realists
d. Constructivists

47. According to this philosophy, an instructor can ask questions to help students
refine their thinking and recognize where they may be wrong.

a. Essentialism
b. Constructivism
c. Idealism
d. Realism

48. In ____________, failure may be considered a good thing as it is a tool to help

learners realize that they need to learn more.

a. Essentialism
b. Idealism
c. Constructivism
d. Realism

49. This philosophy believes that mental processes such as thinking, memory,
knowing, and problem-solving need to be explored.

a. Essentialism
b. Idealism
c. Constructivism
d. Realism

50. ___________ focuses on the inner mental activities – opening the “black box" of
the human mind is valuable and necessary for understanding how people learn.

a. Constructivism
b. Essentialism
c. Idealism
d. Realism