Summary of Week 4

1. Which philosophy in education expect the teachers to develop the students' spiritual, mental and moral being?

• Essentialism

• Idealism

• Realism

• Pragmatism

2. The following are the applicable methods use in idealist classroom, EXCEPT ONE:

• Imitating Models

• Introspection

• Learning by doing

• Reflective thinking

3. Which is not true about idealism?

• Reality is found in the mind of man and not in the physical and external world.

• Knowledge acquired through senses are the most important.

• Idealism is about making an ideal person or students inside and outside the classroom

4. Idealism believes that the true reality and the only thing worth knowing are _____.

• Materials

• Senses

• Ideas

5. Idealism stresses three values which are: ____.

• Reality, perfection, virtue

• Integrity, decency, righteousness

• Truth, beauty, goodness

6. Which of the following is not related to idealism?

• ...is the metaphysical view that associates reality to ideas in the mind rather than to material objects.

• ...lays emphasis on the mental or spiritual components of experience, and renounces the notion of material existence.

• ...believing in or pursuing some perfect vision or belief.

• ...believe that there are no universal principles with which all states may guide their actions.

7. For Modern Idealism, the ultimate reality is non-physical and is characterized by the brain.

• True

• False

8. Who is the father of idealism?

• Plato

• Aristotle

• John Dewey

9. What are the fundamental principles of Idealism?

• Believes in the Universal Mind

• Regards Man as a Spiritual Being

• The World of Ideas and Values is more important than the world of Matter

• Real knowledge is perceived in mind

• Importance of Personality Development

10. Which of the following methods of teaching are approriate for idealist teachers?

• Lecture and discussion

• Questioning

• Self study

• Imitation

• Meditation and concentration