-Isms of Education

In which theory explains the logical sequencing of curriculum based?

• Progressivism

• Cognitivism

• Naturalism

• Epicurianism

You regard the classroom as a small democracy where you help your children live the democratic way of life. To which educational philosophy do you adhere?

• Utilitarianism

• Social Reconstructivism

• Essentialism

• Existentialism

To ask the class any insight derived from the poem is based on the theory of?

• Cognitivism

• Constructivism

• Essentialism

• Existentialism

Teacher Cora observes cleanliness and order in her classroom to create a conducive atmosphere for learning. On which theory is her practice based?

• Behaviorism

• Social Reconstructivism

• Essentialism

• Existentialism

Which response comes from a behaviorist?

• Let’s give incentives and rewards to students who get a rating of 85%

• Let’s teach them to accept complete responsibility for their performance

• Let’s make the school environment and agent for change

• Let’s make use of the experimental methods of teaching.

Teacher F is convinced that whenever a student performs desired behavior, provided reinforcement and soon the student will learn to perform the behavior on his own. On which principle is Teacher F’s conviction based? The theory of behaviorism focuses on the study of

• Unpredictable behaviors

• Covert (hidden) behaviors

• Logical reasoning

• Observable and measurable behavior

How do cognitive psychologists see the learner?

• Uninterested to learn

• With empty minds

• Full of experiences

• Totally conditioned by environment

The teacher’s role in the classroom according to cognitive psychologists is to:

• Fill the minds of the learners with information

• Dictate what to learn upon the learner

• Help the learners connect what she knows with new information from teacher

• Make the learning task easy for the learners

When a teacher emphasizes that man’s sense should be trusted because they are the only way to acquire knowledge, the teacher can be regarded as?

• Empiricism

• Hedonism

• Rationalism

• Stoicism

Which group of philosophers has an opposite view from the Rationalist?

• Naturalism

• Hedonism

• Empiricism

• Stoicism