LYCEUM OF THE PHILIPPINES UNIVERSITY

BATANGAS CITY

GRADUATE SCHOOL

MID-TERM EXAMINATION

PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

TEST I. Write the letter of the answers on a typewriting paper to be pasted on the
required answer booklet of the graduate school

1. On what depends the values of an educational experience in the eyes of the

idealist?
(a) Whether or not the pupil has been properly motivated

(b) Whether or not it preserves accepted institutions

(c) The extent to which it satisfies pupil desires

(d) The manner in which it affects future experience.

2. Which educational activity is most desirable to the pragmatist?

(a) Approximates the goals which educational scientists have set up

(b) Results from the indiscrimination of the pupil in democratic theory.

(c) That is beneficial effect upon the future experiences of the pupil

(d) That characterizes by spontaneous, active, continuously pleasurable and practical

for the pupil.

3. What is the view point of progressive educators regarding the issue of liberal
vs. vocational education?

(a) Vocational ends load one to degrade learning

(b) Liberal arts subject should precede vocational training

(c) Vocational and liberal education should not be separated

(d) All subjects should have a vocational orientation.

4. Who was the supporter of Naturalism in Education?

(a) Froebel

(b) Armstrong

(c) John Locke

(d) Rousseau.

5. What do you mean by curriculum?

(a) A child learns through curriculum

(b) Sum total of the annual study

(c) Sum total of the activities of a school

(d) Indicates the course to be taught by the teachers to the students throughout the
year.

6. Who raised the slogan “Back to Nature”?

(a) Realism

(b) Pragmatism

(c) Naturalism

(d) Existentialism.

.7. According to which school of philosophy of education, exaltation of

individual’s persona­lity is a function of education?

(a) Pragmatism

(b) Idealism

(c) Marxism

(d) Idealism and Marxism both.

8. Which is not Naturalism’s aim of Education?

(a) Education is the notion of man’s evolution from lower forms of life

(b) To equip the individual or the nation for the struggle for existence so as to ensure
survival

(c) To help the pupils to learn to be in harmony with and well-adapted to their
surroundings

(d) To inculcate ethical and moral values in the pupils.

9. Which school held the view, “God makes all things good; man meddles with
and they become evil?”
(a) Marxism

(b) Existentialism

(c) Naturalism

(d) Pragmatism.

10. Which is not the nature of philosophy?

(a) It is a science of knowledge

(b) It is a collective ensemble of various viewpoints

(c) It is a planned attempt on search for the truth

(d) It is the totality of man’s creative ideas.

11. Which branch of philosophy deals with knowledge, its structure, method and
validity?
(a) Logic

(b) Aesthetics

(c) Epistemology

(d) Metaphysics.

12. Which school maintained: “Natural impulses of the child are of great
importance and are good in them?”
(a) Biological Naturalism

(b) Mechanical Naturalism

(c) Naturalism of physical science

(d) Romantic Naturalism.

13. Which branch of philosophy examines issues pertaining to the nature of

“reality?”
(a) Ontology

(b) Metaphysics

(c) Axiology

(d) Epistemology

14. On what is based the need for teaching philosophy of education?

(a) All pupils are not alike

(b) Different systems of education found in different countries

(c) Different philosophies expressed different points of view on every aspect of

education

(d) Different ways of teaching-learning.

15. What is the goal of education according to Idealism?

(a) Perfect adaptation to the environment

(b) Realisation of moral values

(c) Satisfaction of human wants

(d) Cultivation of dynamic, adaptable mind which will be resourceful and enterprising in
all situations.

16. The aim of education according to the Existentialists is

(a) Humanitarian and humanist self- realization.

(b) Adaptation to practical life.

(c) Objective knowledge.

(d) A good understanding of the world outside.

17. The Realist’s aim of education is

(a) Self-realization

(b) Spiritual and moral development

(c) Happiness and moral development

(d) Total development of personality.

18. Which among the following does not fit into the scheme of educational goals
of the Idealists?
(a) Care of body

(b) Moral values

(c) Skills

(d) Self-expression.

19. Religious education is strongly advocated by

(a) Pragmatists.

(b) Idealists,

(c) Realist.

(d) Existentialists.

20. Which school of philosophy of education advocated Project method of

teaching?
(a) Realism

(b) Pragmatism

(c) Idealism

(d) Naturalism.

21. 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..

22. Pragmatism has a greater sense of responsibility than Naturalism with regard
to moral training because
(a) The free activity which pragmatic- system of education entails does not mean
license; rather it means a guided activity.

(b) They emphasize teaching of values

(c) They consider education, basically, a social process.

(d) They do not want the teacher to abdicate from the scene.

23. Which of the following claims of the pragmatists is not acceptable?

(a) The free activity of the pupil is likely to result in permanent attitudes of initiative and
independence and moral discipline

(b) Training in citizenship is possible through school and community activities

(c) Training in character through school’s co-curricular activities is possible

(d) Child’s own experience is valuable for adequate development of child’s personality.

24. Project method of teaching is an outstanding contribution of

(a) Realism.

(b) Pragmatism,

(c) Naturalism.

(d) Idealism.

25. Which is the characteristic of the project method?

(a) Problematic act

(b) Carried in its natural setting

(c) Used for all-round-development of child’s personality.

(d) A voluntary undertaking.

26. Which is a great disadvantage of the project method?

(a) It consumes much of the time of the child

(b) It leaves gaps in the knowledge of the child

(c) Children are generally not interested in it

(d) Teachers, generally, do not like to teach through it.

27. What is not associated with Pragmatism?
(a) Purposive education

(b) Experience-based education

(c) Freedom-based education

(d) Education for self-realization.

28. Who emphasised realization of Truth, Beauty and Goodness as the aims of
education?
(a) Idealists

(b) Pragmatists

(c) Realists

(d) Naturalists.

29. The term “progressive education” related to

(a) Realism.

(b) Pragmatism.

(c) Idealism.

(d) Existentialism.

30. Which school of philosophy of education stresses the direct study of men and
things through tours and travels?
(a) Social realism

(b) Idealism

(c) Existentialism

(d) Marxism.

31. Which school believes that all knowledge comes through the senses?
(a) Idealism

(b) Sense Realism

(c) Pragmatism

(d) Existentialism.
32. Which school raised the slogan “Things as they are and as they are likely to
be encountered in life rather than words?”
(a) Pragmatist

(b) Realists

(c) Idealists

(d) Existentialists.

33. As Huxley pleaded for the introduction of “a complete and thorough scientific
culture” into schools, he is claimed to be
(a) An Idealist.

(b) A Realist,

(c) A Pragmatist.

(d) A Naturalist.

34. The most important thing to keep in mind for a teacher according to Realism
in education is
(a) The method of teaching.

(b) The value and significance of what is taught.

(c) The nature of the child.

(d) Organization of the content to be taught

35. Which is not an aspect of mind according to the Realists’ theory of knowing?
(a) Awareness

(b) Consciousness

(c) Behaviour

(d) Processing of awareness..

36. Marxist educational philosophy is closer to

(a) Idealism.

(b) Realism.

(c) Naturalism.
(d) Pragmatism.

37. Which among the following statements is not a characteristic of Marxism?

(a) It presupposes a reality independent of man’s mind

(b) Its educational philosophy is essentially materialistic

(c) Its major objective is the development of child’s personality

(d) It asserts that physical environment can definitely change the nature of the child.

Naturalism.

38. According to which educational philosophy, socially useful labour must form
the central pivot of the entire school?
(a) Idealism

(b) Marxism

(c) Existentialism

(d) Naturalism.

39. Which of the following has been asserted about schools by Marxist
educational philosophy?
(a) They should stand above politics

(b) They should disinterestedly serve society as a whole

(c) They should function as deliberate instruments of state policy

(d) They should not be mere weapons in the hands of the ruling class

40. According to Existentialists, the essence of existence means

(a) Unity with the ultimate reality.

(b) Spiritual good and happiness.

(c) Tensions and contradictions which condition loneliness and anxiety.

(d) Continuous growth and development.

41. Who was the nineteenth century founder of Existentialism?

(a) Hegel

(b) Soren Kierkegaard

(c) Rousseau

(d) D.J. O’Connor.

42. Who was twentieth century Existentialist?

(a) Soren Kierkegaard

(b) D.J. O’Connor

(c) Jean Paul Sartre

(d) Hegel.

43. Which of the following is more generally acceptable by modern

educationists?
(a) There should be one single aim of education unchangeable over time and space

(b) There is one grand objective of education; and that is the development of the inner
nature of the child

(c) Contribution to the welfare of the society should be the only aim of education

(d) Education is bound to have several aims since its concerns are several such as the
individual, the society, the family, the nation and so on.

44. What is development of social sense and cooperation among the individuals
through education?
(a) Individual aim

(b) Social aim

(c) National aim

(d) Constitutional aim.

45. Which among the following is not an acceptable criticism of social aims of
education?
(a) They are anti-individual

(b) They are un-psychological as they do not take into account the capacities and
interests of the individual

(c) They hinder the growth and development of art and literature

(d) Man, in them, becomes only a means to an end.

46. Which of the following does not pertain to intellectual development aim of
education?
(a) Cultivation of intelligence

(b) Spiritual development

(c) Development of cognitive powers

(d) Training and “formation” of mind.

47. The most effective method of character- formation is

(a) Teaching virtues through religious books.

(b) Organizing specialists’ lectures on importance of values in life.

(c) Teaching by high character teachers.

(d) Rewarding virtuous behaviours and presenting high character models in the schools.

48. Harmonious development of the child aim of education means

(a) Development of all the qualities of the mind to the maximum possible extent.

(b) Development of a sound mind in a sound body.

(c) Development of physical, mental, moral and spiritual potentialities of the child in a
balanced manner.

(d) Development of the adjustment capacities of the child.

49. The social aims of education imply that

(a) The state is an idealized metaphysical entity.

(b) The state is above the individual citizen.

(c) The state is superior to the individual transcending all his desires and aspirations.

(d) The state has to give not to take anything from the individual.

50. Rigid system of state-education is justified on the basis that the state
(a) Is supreme to dictate what shall be taught and how shall be taught.

(b) Has absolute control over the lives, and destinies of its individual members.

(c) Has a right and a bounden duty to mould the citizen to a pattern which makes for its
own preservation and enhancement.
(d) Has better resources to manage education.

51.Which philosophical orientation deals with rewards and punishments

A.Progressivism
B. Perennialism
C. Existentialism
D. Behaviorism

52. Which philosophical orientation believes that teachers facilitates student

learning?
A. Progressivism
B. Social Reconstructionism
C. Essentialim
D. Behaviorism

53. Which philosophical orientation is Aristotle and Plato most associated with?
A. Essentialism
B. Behaviorism
C. Progressivism
D. Existentialism

54.Which philosophical orientation believes that the primary aim of curriculum is

to help learners develop their own values?
A. Existentialism
B. Social Reconstructionism
C.Perrenialism
D. Progressivism
55. Which philosophical orientation believes that the focus of education should
be the ideas that have lasted over centuries?
A. Perrenialism
B. Essentialism
C. Existentialism
D. Progressivism
56. Which philosophical orientation prepares students to become agents for
change?
A. Behaviorism
B. Perrennialism
C. Social Reconstructionism
D. Progressivism
57. Which philosophical orientation maintains that environmental factors shape
people's behavior?
A. Perrennialism
B. Socil Reconstructionism
C. Progressivism
D. Behaviorism
58. Which philosophical orientation believes that education should focus on the
needs and interests of students?
A. Exisstentialism
B. Progressivism
C. Social Reconstructionism
D. Perrenialism
59. Which philosophical orientation believes that knowledge about the real world
should be transmitted to students in a systematic, disciplined way?
A. Essentialism
B. Behaviorism
C. Progressivism
D.Perennialism
60. Which philosophical orientation maintains that each individual must
determine his or her own meaning to existence?
A. Existentialism
B. Progressivism
C. Behaviorism
D. Social Reconstruction
61. Which philosophical orientation focuses on personal development?
A. Progressivism
B. Behaviorism
C. Perennialism
D. Social Reconstructionism
62. Which philosophical orientation teaches students to dream about what might
be not focus on ...what is?
A. Essentialism
B. Social Reconstructionism
C. Existentialism
D. Behaviorism
63. Which philosophical orientation is BF Skinner known for?
A. Behaviorism
B. Perennialism
C. Existentialism
D. Progressivism
64. Which philosophical orientation believes that people may be trusted to act in
their own best interests and this includes the classroom?
A. Behaviorism
B. Essentialism
C. Existentialism
D. Progressivism
65. Which philosophical orientation is John Dewey best known for?
A. Social Reconstructionism
B. Essentialism
C. Perennialism
D. ProgressivismF
Test II. Essay:

1. In the Thomistic Phlosophy, the importance of the four cardinal virtues of prudence,
Fortitude, temperance and justice are essential in the realization of the vision of God.
Explain the importance of these virtues as embodied in the mission statement of LPU as
essential in her educational philosophy. 15 pte.

2. Explain the dictum of socrates "Know Thyself", and give its application to the
educative process 10pts.

3. Explain the concept of Dewey that the schoo is a miniature society. 10 pts

Prepared by:

Dr. Teresita M. Guico

Reviewed & Validated by:

Dr. Elna Lopez

Program Coordinator

Approved by:

Dr. Arnie Christian d. Villena

Program Dean
Activity 3.

Write your own techi

ng philosophy focussin on the following points

1. your concept of learning

2. your concept of teaching

3. your goals for students

4. your teaching methods

5. your interactio with students

6. assessing learning

7. professional growth