Educ. 6-Practice Test

For which educational practice was John Dewey?

• Problem-solving

• Banking method

• Emphasis on the Humanities

• Teaching of the Classics

For which teaching will reconstructionists be?

• Stress on isolationism

• Inequality and inequity as normal for an international society

• Building of an interdependent world that is international in scope

• Narrow concept of nationalism

Why is Spencer's educational thought described as utilitarian?

• He emphasized vocational and professional education based on scientific and practical.

• He stressed on general educational goals associated with humanistic and classical education.

• He stressed a balance of specialized and general education in the curriculum.

• He eliminated the vocational and professional education component of the curriculum.

He believed in acquiring knowledge about the world through the senses- learning by doing and by interacting with the environment.

• John Dewey

• Herbert Spencer

• John Locke

• Theodore Brameld

He believed to employ critical pedagogy and dialogue in contrast to the banking system of education. Learners are not empty receptacles to be filled.

• Paulo Freire

• Theodore Brameld

• John Dewey

• George Counts

Which teaching practice goes with the 'banking system' of education which was contrary to Paulo Freire's educational thought?

• Rote memorization

• Project-based learning

• Problem-based learning

• Community of inquiry

Which is NOT TRUE of social reconstructionists?

• Use of problem-solving

• Study of the Great Books

• School as an agent of change

• Introduce a new society

He believed that an ideal learner is not just one who can learn by doing, but one who can connect accumulated wisdom of the past to the present.

• Paulo Freire

• Theodore Brameld

• John Dewey

• George Counts

This theory is focused on individuals who act based on meaning which is based on the individual's experience. These meanings are not permanent. They change over time as the individual continues to interact with others and with symbols.

• Functionalist Theory

• Conflict Theory

• Symbolic-Interactionist Theory

• Structural-Functional Theory