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WHAT IS YOUR PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION?
(Based on Sadker & Sadker, 2nd Ed. Bilbao, 2014)
What is your philosophy of education? To find out, read each of

the following statements about the nature of education. Decide
whether you agree or disagree with each statement. Use the
following numbers to express your response:
Legend:
4 Agree strongly 2 Disagre
3 Agree 1 Disagree strongly
2 1. The student learning should be centered around 3Rs only.
2. The school subjects should focus on the great thinkers of
3
the past.
3. Many students learn best by engaging in real-world
4
activities than reading.
4. The students should be permitted to determine their own
3
curriculum.
5. Subject matter is taught effectively when it is broken
4
down into small parts.
6. The school subjects should include only essential for all
2
students to know.
7. Schools above all, should develop students ‘ abilities to
3 think deeply, analytical and creatively than social skill or
acquire body of knowledge.
8. Teaching should prepare students for analyzing and
4 solving the types of problems they will face outside the
classroom.
9. Reality is determined by each individual’s perceptions.
3 There is no objective universal reality.
10. People are shaped much more by the exercise of their
3
free will.
11.Students should not be promoted to the next grade until
2 they have read and mastered certain key material.
12. An effective education is not aimed at the immediate
3 needs of the students or society.
13. The curriculum of a school should be built around the
4 personal experiences and needs of the students
14. Students who do not want to study much should not be
2
required to do so.
3 15. Programmed learning is an effective method of teaching
information.
3 16.Academic rigor is an essential component of education.
17.All students, regardless of ability, should study more or
3 less the same curriculum.
18.Art classess should focus primarily on individual
4
expression and creativity.
2 19.Effective learning is unstructured and informal.
4 20.Students learn best through reinforcement.
21.Effective schools assign a substantial amount of
3
homework.
22.Education should focus on timeless questions such as
2 “What is beauty?” or What is truth?
23.Since students learn effectively through social
4 interacton, schools should plan for more social gathering in
their curricula.
24.The purpose of school is to help students understand
3
themselves and find the meaning of theie existence.
25.Frequent objective testing is the best way to determine
3
what students know.
26.Countries must become more competitive economically,
3 hence schools must bolster their academic requirements for
more competition.
27.Students must be taught to appreciate learning primarily
3 for its own sake, rather than to help them into their
careers.
28.Schools must plan more emphasis on teachig about the
3
concerns of minorities and women.
29.Each person has free will to develop as he or she sees
3
fit.
30.Reward students well for learning so they will remember
2 and be able to apply what they learned, even if they were
not able to understand why information is worth knowing.
31. Philippine schools should attempt to instill traditional
4
Filipino values in students.
32. Teacher-guided discovery of profound truths is a key
3
method of teaching students.
33. Students should be active participants in the learning
4
process.
34. There are no external standards of beauty. Beauty is
4
what an individual decides it to be.
35. We can place a lot of faith in our svhools and teachers
4 to determine which student behaviors are acceptable and
which are not.
36. Schools must provide students with a firm grasp of basic
3
facts regarding the books, people and events.
37. Philosophy is ultimately a practical subject to study
3
like computer science.
38. Teachers must stress students the revelance of what they
4 are learning to their lives outside and inside the
classroom.
39. It is more important for a student to develop a positive
4
self-concept than to learn specific concepts.
40. Learning is more effective when students are given
2
frequent tests to determine what they have learned.
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