Professional Education (Part 1)

 1. Who among the following is not a follower of Pragmatic Philosophy?

A. Kilpatrick

B. Peshtalozzi

C. John Dewey

D. William James

 

2. Education, according to the Pragmatist is

A. Wholly purposive

B. Wholly pupil-oriented

C. Wholly society-oriented

D. Wholly interdisciplinary

 

3. Learning by Project Method is technically known as

A. Efficient learning

B. Adequate learning

C. Incidental learning

D. Systematic learning

 

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

A. Children are generally not interested in it

B. It consumes much of the time of the child

C. It leaves gaps in the knowledge of the child

D. Teachers, generally, do not like to teach through it

 

5. Which among the following is not essentially desirable in the project method?

A. The task of the project should be full of message for the children

B. The task of the project is as real as the task of the life outside the walls of the school

C. The task of the project involves constructive effort or thought yielding objective results

D. The task of the project should be interesting enough so that the pupil is genuinely eager to carry it out

 

6. Which is the characteristic of the project method?

A. Problematic act

B. A voluntary undertaking

C. Carried in its natural setting

D. Used for all-round-development of child’s personality

 

7. Project method of teaching is an outstanding contribution of

A. Idealism

B. Realism

C. Naturalism

D. Pragmatism

 

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

A. Training in character through school’s co-curricular activities is possible

B. Training in citizenship is possible through school and community activities

C. Child’s own experience is valuable for adequate development of child’s personality

D. The free activity of the pupil is likely to result in permanent attitudes of initiative and independence and moral discipline

 

9. Pragmatism has a greater sense of responsibility than Naturalism with regard to moral training because

A. They emphasize teaching of values

B. They consider education, basically, a social process

C. They do not want the teacher to abdicate from the scene

D. The free activity which pragmatic- system of education entails does not mean licence; rather it means a guided activity

 

10. The pragmatists are against

A. The specialist teachers

B. Eternal spiritual values

C. The external examinations

D. Breakdown of knowledge into separate subjects

 

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

A. Heuristic method

B. Learning by doing

C. Lecturing by the teacher

D. Leaving the child free to learn

 

12. Play way method of teaching has been emphasised in the scheme of the education of

A. Realists

B. Naturalists

C. Pragmatists

D. Existentialists

 

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

A. Idealism

B. Realism

C. Naturalism

D. Pragmatism

 

14. Which of the following is said about the idealists?

A. They like “roses”

B. They are content with “briars”

C. They want “roses” and “briars” both

D. They are satisfied neither with “briars” nor with “roses”

 

15. Religious education is strongly advocated by

A. Realist

B. Idealists

C. Pragmatists

D. Existentialists

 

16. Which among the following does not fit into the scheme of educational goals of the Idealists?

A. Skills

B. Care of body

C. Moral values

D. Self-expression

 

17. Which philosophy of education considers psychology as an incomplete study of and an inadequate basis of educational theory?

A. Realism

B. Idealism

C. Naturalism

D. Pragmatism

 

18. Naturalist’s conception of man is

A. Man’s very essence of being is his spiritual nature

B. It is spirit rather than animality that is most truly man

C. Nature would have them children before they are men

D. There exists in the nature of things a perfect pattern of each individual

 

19. The Realist’s aim of education is

A. Self-realization

B. Happy and moral development

C. Spiritual and moral development

D. Total development of personality

 

20. The aim of education according to the Existentialists is

A. Objective knowledge

B. Adaptation to practical life

C. A good understanding of the world outside

D. Humanitarian and humanist self- realization

 

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

A. Realisation of moral values

B. Satisfaction of human wants

C. Perfect adaptation to the environment

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

 

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

A. All pupils are not alike

B. Different ways of teaching-learning

C. Different systems of education found in different countries

D. Different philosophies expressed different points of view on every aspect of education

 

23. Which branch of philosophy examines issues pertaining to the nature of “reality” ?

A. Axiology

B. Ontology

C. Metaphysics

D. Epistemology

 

24. Which school maintained: “Natural impulses of the child are of great importance and are good in themselves” ?

A. Romantic Naturalism

B. Biological Naturalism

C. Mechanical Naturalism

D. Naturalism of physical science

 

25. Which branch of philosophy deals with knowledge, its structure, method and validity?

A. Logic

B. Aesthetics

C. Metaphysics

D. Epistemology

 

26. Which is not the nature of philosophy?

A. It is a science of knowledge

B. It is the totality of man’s creative ideas

C. It is a planned attempt on search for the truth

D. It is a collective ensemble of various viewpoints

 

27. Which school maintained self-expression with the accompanying cries of “no interference”, “no restraints”?

A. Truest form of Naturalism

B. Extreme form of Naturalism

C. Most valid form of Naturalism

D. Most widely accepted form of Naturalism

 

28. Which school held the view, “God makes all things good; man meddles with and they become evil” ?

A. Marxism

B. Naturalism

C. Pragmatism

D. Existentialism

 

29. According to which school of philosophy of education, exaltation of individual’s persona­lity is a function of education?

A. Marxism

B. Idealism

C. Idealism and Marxism both

D. Pragmatism

 

30. “Human institutions are one mass of folly and contradiction.” Whose statement is this?

A. Dewey

B. Rousseau

C. Bernard Shaw

D. Ravinder Nath Tagore

 

31. Who said, “Reverse the usual practice and you will almost always do right” ?

A. Plato

B. Dewey

C. Rousseau

D. Mahatma Gandhi

 

32. Which statement is not correct about Naturalism?

A. A reaction against a mere study of books and linguistic forms

B. A reaction against the degenerated humanism of the Renaissance period

C. A reaction against sophistication, artificiality and paraphernalia in education

D. None of these

 

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

A. Realism

B. Naturalism

C. Pragmatism

D. Existentialism

 

34. What do you mean by curriculum?

A. Sum total of the annual study

B. A child learns through curriculum

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

 

35.Who was the supporter of Naturalism in Education?

A. Frolbel

B. Rosseau

C. Armstrong

D. John Locke

 

36. 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. All subjects should have a vocational orientation

C. Liberal arts subject should proceed vocational training

D. Vocational and liberal education should not be separated

 

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

A. That is beneficial effect upon the future experiences of the pupil

B. Approximates the goals which educatio­nal scientists have set up

C. Results from the indiscrimination of the pupil in democratic theory

D. That characterizes by spontaneous, active, continuously pleasurable and practical for the pupil

 

38. On what depends the values of an educational experience in the eyes of the idealist?

A. The extent to which it satisfies pupil desires

B. The manner in which it affects future experience

C. Whether or not it preserves accepted institutions

D. Whether or not the pupil has been properly motivated

 

39. What is the meaning of lesson plan?

A. To read the lesson before teaching it

B. To prepare the list of questions to be asked

C. To prepare all that the teacher wants to teach in a limited period

D. To prepare detailed answers of all the questions to be

 

40. Which one of the following education systems supports scientific progress?

A. Naturalistic Education

B. Idealistic Education

C. Realistic Education

D. None of these

 

41. Which is the first school for a child’s education?

A. School

B. Family

C. Friends

D. Society

42. What is the main centre of informal Education?

A. Family

B. Society

C. Radio and Television

D. All of the above

 

43. What is teaching through deductive method?

A. From easy to difficult

B. From macro to micro

C. From general to specific

D. From specific to general

 

44. What are the three components of the educational process?

A. Direction, instruction and skill

B. Teaching, learning and practice

C. Teacher, student and education

D. Education, teacher and books

 

45. Why are curriculum activities used in teaching?

A. To assist the teacher

B. Make teaching easy

C. To make teaching attractive

D. To make teaching interesting, easy to understand

 

46. If a student failed in any class what should be done to him?

A. He should be kept in the same class

B. He should be advised to leave studies

C. He should be given a chance to improve and sent to the next class after he improves

D. All the above methods are right

 

47. What is the place of principal in an edu­cational institute?

A. Owner of the school

B. Founder of the school

C. Manager of the school

D. Overall head of the school

 

48. What is the compulsory element of learning?

A. Tendency to know

B. Ability to read

C. Bright Mind

D. None of these

 

49. Which one of the following sentences is correct about the nature of teaching?

A. It is remedial

B. It is diagnostic

C. It is diagnostic as well as remedial

D. All the above statements are correct

 

50. What is called education acquired without any specific purpose, fixed period and place?

A. Formal Education

B. Informal Education

C. Indirect Education

D. Individual Education


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