Chapter 4/5 Review

Chapter 4/5

Philosophy of Education

Multiple Select

What is pragmatism?

• Assessing truth or meaning in terms of an application's success.

• Believing things as they are.

• Understanding truth from the viewpoint of the individual.

• An understanding that the nature of the universe is permanent and unchanging.

Open Ended

What are the central philosophic issues in existentialism?

Multiple Select

Existentialist educationalists will help students focus on which? (check all that apply)

• I am a following agent, following the path laid out before me.

• I am a choosing agent, unable to avoid choosing my way through life.

• I am a free agent, absolutely free to set the goals of my own life.

• I am a responsible agent, personally accountable for my free choices as they are revealed i how I live my life.

Open Ended

What essential truths have been captured by pragmatism and existentialism from a biblical perspective?

Multiple Choice

How would a teacher with an existentialist philosophy plan the school day?

• Follow the outlined curriculum step by step.

• Provide few options for students as to maintain fidelity to the curriculum.

• Provide student choice as a deciding factor in the selection of subject matter.

• Teach all subject matter with purpose and direction, without making personal connections to student interest.

Open Ended

Is postmodernism good or bad in terms of its impact on Christianity and Christian education? Why or why not?

Multiple Select

What are some of the general implications of postmodernism in education? (check all that apply)

• it is impossible to determine objective truth

• language and meaning are socially constructed

• language does not put us in contact with reality

• knowledge is power

Poll

Where do you align with the philosophies in these chapters? I am closer to:

• Existentialist

• Pragmatist

• Postmodernist