EDU101 Midterm Solved Subjective Papers

EDU101 Midterm Subjective Past Papers · Solved with references by Sahar · Total Questions= 18 · Total MCQs=10 · Total subjective Questions =8 · Paper:1

Q1. On what principle, the progressivism should focus on ? Marks =2

Answer: topic#37 Ideas should be tested by active experimentation. Learning rooted in questions of learners in interaction with others. Experience and student centered.

Q2. On what principle, the cognitivist should focus on ?Marks =2

Answer: topic #98

Q3. Define psychology? Marks=3

Answer: Psychology is the scientific study of mental functions and behaviors including:

Perception Cognition Behavior Emotion Personality Interpersonal relationships

Q4. Define scaffolding? Marks=2

Answer: Scaffolding: “role of teachers and others in supporting the learner’s development and providing support structures to get to the next stage or level.” In an educational context, however, scaffolding is an instructional structure whereby the teacher models the desired learning strategy or task then gradually shifts responsibility to the students.

Q5. How can Robert Gagne’s define theory of learning? Marks 3

Answer: topic#88

Based upon his analysis of research, he believed that the set of variables influencing the learning of tasks in one domain may not influence the learning of tasks in other domains. One may generalize research findings to other tasks within that domain, but not to tasks in other domains.

Thus, factors found to influence the learning of one piece of information (e.g., overlearning positively affects the learning of telephone numbers) may be applied to other tasks in that domain (e.g., the learning of names), but not to the tasks in other domains (e.g., the learning of a new concept).

Gagne stressed the cumulative nature of learning intellectual skills in which mastery of higher-level skills (e.g., rules) de

Q6. Write the application of education using epistemology and Metaphysics under the progressivism and pragmatism?

Answer: topic#37

Applications to Education:

Metaphysics:

What is real? Does it have meaning?

Reality is in flux and ever-changing, so meaning is in the context of the individual, who is a “problem-solver.”

Epistemology:

Knowledge and knowing---- What is truth?

Knowledge is gained via individual experience. Truth is individually defined so that emphasis is on learning how to learn.

Axiology: (Topic: 58)

Values, ethics and athletics. Determined by each individual in interaction with his/her culture, based on the shared values of the community or culture.

Logic:

How we think? Deductive and Inductive Emphasis is on inductive thinking and problem solving

The teacher’s role: (Topic: 59)

Teacher is facilitator of student learning; provides resources for students’ problemsolving abilities. Develop students’ problem solving abilities. Helps students to do what they want to do.

The student:

Learns by doing and discovering

Q7. Difference between idealist and realist curriculum? Marks =3

Realism Curriculum (Topic: 30)

•  Curriculum consists of the basics- math, science, reading etc.
•  Attention is given to didactic and object studies in education (use of pictures, TV, videos in educational process)
•  Use of objects in education (Montessori)
•  Emphasis is on subject matter (highly organized and systematic in approach)

Idealism Curriculum (Topic: 24)

•  Examining the roots of contemporary problems in the past (great literature/classics etc)
•  Education at any level should teach students to think.
•  Subject- matter curriculum
•  Back-to-basics approach in education