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Test Description: Match the definition to an educational philosophy.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Knowledge is truth and should be learned for the sake of learning and to promote personal virtues.
A
Essentialism
B
Progressivism
C
Perennialism
D
Humanism
2) Promotes mastery of essential facts and common culture to prepare students to function effectively in society.
A
Humanism
B
Existentialism
C
Perennialism
D
Essentialism
3) Encourages development of child-centered problem solving skills through inquiry, discovery, and interaction.
A
Perennialism
B
Existentialism
C
Social Reconstructionism
D
Progressivism
4) Based on pragmatism and progressive education, it encourages schools to play a role in building a new social order.
A
Progressivism
B
Essentialism
C
Social reconstructionism
D
Existentialism
5) Encourages self-actualization through student independence and self-direction utilizing personal talents and abilities to assimilate knowledge.
A
Social Reconstructionism
B
Humanism
C
Existentialism
D
Progressivism
6) Maximizes students' freedom of choice and promotes self-reflection to determine ones' future.
A
Existentialism
B
Progressivism
C
Humanism
D
Perennialism
7) Reformer of the Progressive Era who encouraged child-centered curriculum and child-centered schools focusing on daily life activities.
A
Quaker Schools
B
John Dewey
C
Friedrich Froebel
D
Maria Montessori
8) One's personal teaching philosophy may include more than one of these educational philosophies.
A
Yes, this is very likely.
B
Yes, but it is very rare.
C
No, these philosophies are distinctly different and cannot be blended.
D
No, blending these philosophies would cause confusion for the students.
9) Your personal philosophy of education is based on:
A
Both of the answers provided
B
None of the answers provided
C
Your core values
D
What you believe in your heart and mind
10) Your philosophy of life and education will:
A
Be forgotten once you begin to teach in your own classroom.
B
Not be important as you will make all decisions based on administration directives.
C
Factor into every decision you make as a teacher.
D
Only affect your academic work as you prepare to become a teacher.
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