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Pragmatism

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

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?

a)

Pragmatism

b)

Existentialism

2.

Existentialists believe that truth is a (x)

a)

Choice

b)

Way of life

c)

Universal Law

d)

Unchanging fact

3.

Teacher M views his students as unique, free-choosing and responsible individuals. All classroom activities revolve around the said premise. What theory underlies this?

a)

Pragmatism

b)

Existentialism

4.

Pragmatists want the teacher to be more of an instructor than a companion to their students.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Pragmatism believes in metaphysics.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

This philosophy upholds education as the process of developing awareness about the freedom of choice and the responsibility for one's choice.

a)

Pragmatism

b)

Existentialism

7.

This philosophy is concerned with learning through self-activity or learning by doing.

a)

Pragmatism

b)

Existentialism

8.

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”.

a)

Pragmatism

b)

Existentialism

9.

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”.

a)

Pragmatism

b)

Existentialism

10.

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?

a)

Pragmatism

b)

Existentialism

11.

He is the founding father of pragmatism in philosophy.

a)

Charles S. Pearce

b)

Charles Sanders Pierce

c)

Charles Saunders Pierce

12.

It is a form of Pragmatism where it believes that "What fulfills my purpose, satisfy my desire, develops my life is true"

a)

Experimental Pragmatism

b)

Biological Pragmatism

c)

Humanistic Pragmatism

13.

Pragmatism focuses on the reality of ______________

a)

experience

b)

objectivity

c)

physical objects

14.

John Dewey is a pragmatist educator who believes that _____________

a)

Education to body and soul all the beauty and perfection of which they capable

b)

Education not preparation for life but life itself

c)

Education is preparation for life and life itself

15.

Is a social institution where the child gains real experiences of actual life

a)

Home

b)

Criticism

c)

School

d)

Center

16.

The child learns best when performing some action along with the theoretical knowledge of a subject

a)

Integrated approach

b)

Learning by doing approach

c)

Collective approach

17.

Pragmatism in education is centered around ______________

a)

the child's interests, experiences and needs

b)

the child's health, well-being and satisfaction

c)

the child's mind, ideas and intellect

d)

the child's talents, skills and subject

18.

He is known to be the "Father of Pragmatism" in education.

a)

Charles S. Pierce

b)

John Dewey

c)

William James

d)

F.C.S. Schiller

19.

Its origin can be traced from the Sophists philosophers of ancient Greece who held that man is the measure of all things.

a)

Pragmatism

b)

Idealism

c)

Materialism

d)

Naturalism

20.

The following individuals are the following exponents of Pragmatism except

a)

John Dewey

b)

William James

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

Charles Peirce

21.

It believes that “whatever fulfils my purpose, satisfies my desire develops my life is true.”

a)

Humanistic Pragmatism

b)

Experimental Pragmatism

c)

Biological Pragmatism

d)

Idealism

22.

The principle in which that truth always changes according to time, place, and situation.

a)

Truth is ever changing

b)

Truth is formed by its result

c)

Problems are the motives of truth

d)

Emphasis on social and democratic value

23.

Truth is not fixed and definite entity.

a)

Truth is formed by its result

b)

Truth is ever changing

c)

Problems are the motives of truth

d)

Emphasis on social and democratic value

24.

John Dewey was a prominent figure in which area of philosophy in addition to Pragmatism?

a)

Existentialism

b)

Idealism

c)

Educational Philosophy

d)

Aesthetics

25.

According to Pragmatism, the truth of a belief is determined by its:

a)

Popularity among philosophers

b)

Correspondence to an objective reality

c)

Practical consequences and usefulness

d)

Conformity to established dogma

26.

What is the central idea of Pragmatism?

a)

The pursuit of absolute truth

b)

The focus on metaphysical reality

c)

The emphasis on practical consequences

d)

The rejection of empirical evidence

27.

Who is often referred to as the founder of Pragmatism?

a)

Charles Sanders Pierce

b)

William James

c)

John Dewey

d)

Immanuel Kant

28.

Which of the following statements is true about William James' view of truth?

a)

He believed in objective and absolute truth.

b)

He argued that truth is a matter of correspondence to reality.

c)

He emphasized the idea of "cash value" and the practical consequences of beliefs.

d)

He rejected the concept of truth altogether.

29.

John Dewey is known for his contributions to which field of philosophy in addition to Pragmatism?

a)

Existentialism

b)

Idealism

c)

Functionalism

d)

Utilitarianism

30.

It is a form of Pragmatism where it believes "What fulfills my purpose, satusfy my desire, develop my life is true"

a)

Humanistic Pragmatism

b)

Experiment Pragmatism

c)

Biological Pragmatism

31.

Pragmatism is derived from the Greek pragma which means _________.

a)

To see

b)

to pursue

c)

work done

d)

experience done

32.

This is an example of a philosopher that believed in pragmatism

a)

Auguste Comte

b)

William James

c)

Socrates

d)

John Locke

33.

Which is the most widely accepted method of education, according to the pragmatists?

a)

Lecturing by the teacher.

b)

Leaving the child free to learn.

c)

Learning by doing.

d)

Heuristic method.

34.

Which school of philosophy of education advocated Project method of teaching?

a)

Realism

b)

Pragmatism

c)

Idealism

d)

Naturalism.