EDU601 Midterm Past Papers

Edu-601 current paper by · MCQS from recent quiz file mostly · Learn Death and Birth date of different philosopher · Focus on Kant specially

Q: What is meaning of philosophy?

Philosophy is a combination of two Greek words ‗Philo‘ meaning love and ‗Sophia‘ meaning wisdom. So, love for wisdom is the meaning of philosophy.

Q: Write 3 points of Plato curriculum?

Curriculum that Plato suggested has three aspects:

• Depth
• Holistic learning
• Self-directed

Q: What are 5 characteristics on Plato dialectic method?

The dialectic method is also called the Socratic method.

• The method originates from Socrates‘ teaching style.
• His ideas were only transferred orally, Plato was the one who wrote them down and refined the method.
• All thinking begins with a thesis or a point of view.
• An opposing point of view or antithesis is needed to re-examine and defend our beliefs.
• Question-and-answer approach.
• After Socrates‘ death, Plato opened up his own school, the Academy, where the dialectic was used as a teaching methodology, where students and professors engaged in a dialectic approach to problems.

Q: Criticism on Plato?

Little education for productive classes:

• Productive classes are only granted primary education, while higher education is reserved for soldiers & governing classes, imply that the labour class has no need for education.

No individual differences:

• Plato suggested a uniform curriculum which would lead to the creation of only one kind of citizen leading to lack of variety and static monotony. Neglect of literary education: - Plato‘s curriculum neglects training in literature by stressing the importance in mathematics.

Stress on Philosophy:

• Some critics feel that Plato‘s instance on philosophy is exaggerated which can lead to an increase in the number of contemplative individuals at the expense of more practical members.

Q: What is Inductive and deductive reasoning ?

Q: Teacher training according to Alder?

How Teachers should be trained?

• Same basic schooling as proposed in the Paideia Proposal.
• Acquire additional schooling at college or university level.
• Advanced levels of learning must be carried out in university for the same kind of general & liberal curriculum.
• They must engage in practice-teaching under supervision.
• Must learn to teach well by being exposed to the performances of those who are masters in the art of teaching.

Q: Improving moral self

Building a Moral Self:

• Truthfulness is a means of building the moral self within a person.
• The essential element of human education.
• Kant argued that truth telling is a perfect duty, one so basic that it cannot be overridden by other values.

Q: Importance of society according to Socrates?

According to Socrates, society is crucial for the development and well-being of individuals. He believed that humans are inherently social beings who achieve their highest potential through interaction and cooperation with others. Socrates emphasized the role of society in cultivating virtues, such as justice, courage, and wisdom, which are essential for personal and communal harmony. He also argued that a well-ordered society provides the structure and opportunities necessary for individuals to engage in philosophical inquiry and selfimprovement. Ultimately, Socrates viewed society as fundamental to achieving a good and meaningful life.

Q: Educational aim by Dewey?

• The key assumption regarding educational aims is that it is to enable individuals to continue their education
• or that the object and reward of learning is continued capacity for growth.
• However, according to Dewey, aims of education can be multiple since all members of the society do not possess similar natures and therefore require different aims, as aims relate always to results.

Q: Idealism

Those who are the followers of idealism philosophy, believed that:

• Ideas are the only true reality.
• Focus on conscious reasoning in mind.
• Mind vs. the material world (When you travel from the world which is material towards the world which is spiritual, and when you reach the spiritual world, you in fact find the ultimate truth.)

Q: What is Primary source of education according to Rousseau?

Primary Sources of Education:

• Education from nature
• Education given by men
• Education from things or circumstances

Q: Emergence of reason in your own words.

• The most important characteristic of the Age of Reason
• Rise of self-consciousness
• Self-preservation Behaviour is focused toward individual well-being
• The excessive power beyond the satisfaction of needs is what causes reason to emerge.
• is the fundamental urge of life - First impulses are usually self-ward

Q: Five points of platonic idealism

Plato believed that:

• The search for absolute (universal) truth in all fields of life.