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WorksheetsPragmatism
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 15mins
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
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
He is the founding father of pragmatism in philosophy.
Charles S. Pearce
Charles Sanders Pierce
Charles Saunders Pierce
It is a form of Pragmatism where it believes that "What fulfills my purpose, satisfy my desire, develops my life is true"
Experimental Pragmatism
Biological Pragmatism
Humanistic Pragmatism
Pragmatism focuses on the reality of ______________
experience
objectivity
physical objects
John Dewey is a pragmatist educator who believes that _____________
Education to body and soul all the beauty and perfection of which they capable
Education not preparation for life but life itself
Education is preparation for life and life itself
Is a social institution where the child gains real experiences of actual life
Home
Criticism
School
Center
The child learns best when performing some action along with the theoretical knowledge of a subject
Integrated approach
Learning by doing approach
Collective approach
Pragmatism in education is centered around ______________
the child's interests, experiences and needs
the child's health, well-being and satisfaction
the child's mind, ideas and intellect
the child's talents, skills and subject
He is known to be the "Father of Pragmatism" in education.
Charles S. Pierce
John Dewey
William James
F.C.S. Schiller
Its origin can be traced from the Sophists philosophers of ancient Greece who held that man is the measure of all things.
Pragmatism
Idealism
Materialism
Naturalism
The following individuals are the following exponents of Pragmatism except
John Dewey
William James
William Shakespeare
Charles Peirce
It believes that “whatever fulfils my purpose, satisfies my desire develops my life is true.”
Humanistic Pragmatism
Experimental Pragmatism
Biological Pragmatism
Idealism
The principle in which that truth always changes according to time, place, and situation.
Truth is ever changing
Truth is formed by its result
Problems are the motives of truth
Emphasis on social and democratic value
Truth is not fixed and definite entity.
Truth is formed by its result
Truth is ever changing
Problems are the motives of truth
Emphasis on social and democratic value
John Dewey was a prominent figure in which area of philosophy in addition to Pragmatism?
Existentialism
Idealism
Educational Philosophy
Aesthetics
According to Pragmatism, the truth of a belief is determined by its:
Popularity among philosophers
Correspondence to an objective reality
Practical consequences and usefulness
Conformity to established dogma
What is the central idea of Pragmatism?
The pursuit of absolute truth
The focus on metaphysical reality
The emphasis on practical consequences
The rejection of empirical evidence
Who is often referred to as the founder of Pragmatism?
Charles Sanders Pierce
William James
John Dewey
Immanuel Kant
Which of the following statements is true about William James' view of truth?
He believed in objective and absolute truth.
He argued that truth is a matter of correspondence to reality.
He emphasized the idea of "cash value" and the practical consequences of beliefs.
He rejected the concept of truth altogether.
John Dewey is known for his contributions to which field of philosophy in addition to Pragmatism?
Existentialism
Idealism
Functionalism
Utilitarianism
It is a form of Pragmatism where it believes "What fulfills my purpose, satusfy my desire, develop my life is true"
Humanistic Pragmatism
Experiment Pragmatism
Biological Pragmatism
Pragmatism is derived from the Greek pragma which means _________.
To see
to pursue
work done
experience done
This is an example of a philosopher that believed in pragmatism
Auguste Comte
William James
Socrates
John Locke
Which is the most widely accepted method of education, according to the pragmatists?
Lecturing by the teacher.
Leaving the child free to learn.
Learning by doing.
Heuristic method.
Which school of philosophy of education advocated Project method of teaching?
Realism
Pragmatism
Idealism
Naturalism.
