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WorksheetsPragmatism and Existentialism Pre-assessment
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 4mins
In his class, Teacher M always presents principles and values so as to encourage his students to examine them and decide for themselves whether to accept them or not. What kind of philosophy does he practice?
Pragmatism
Existentialism
Existentialists believe that truth is a (x)
Choice
Way of life
Universal Law
Unchanging fact
Teacher M views his students as unique, free-choosing and responsible individuals. All classroom activities revolve around the said premise. What theory underlies this?
Pragmatism
Existentialism
Pragmatists want the teacher to be more of an instructor than a companion to their students.
True
False
Pragmatism believes in metaphysics.
True
False
This philosophy upholds education as the process of developing awareness about the freedom of choice and the responsibility for one's choice.
Pragmatism
Existentialism
This philosophy is concerned with learning through self-activity or learning by doing.
Pragmatism
Existentialism
For (x), the most important thing for schools to teach is “how to question what we know and how to reconstruct what we know to match the changing world”.
Pragmatism
Existentialism
For (x), the most important thing for schools to teach is “how to question what we know and how to reconstruct what we know to match the changing world”.
Pragmatism
Existentialism
All of these are pragmatist steps to reflective thinking EXCEPT:
The person comes up with possible solutions to the problem.
The person faces a problem that stops their progress. The person starts to think about how to solve the problem.
The person asks the opinion of a peer about how to solve the problem
The individual puts emotional responses aside and breaks down the nature of the problem.
Teacher K views her pupils as unique, free choosing, and responsible individuals. She plans activities where the pupil can develop his unique personality. What theory underlies this nature of the pupil?
Pragmatism
Existentialism
