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EDU601 - Philosophy of Education · Lecture No. 1 to 6 (Topic 01 to 46). · QUIZ NO 1 · MCQs ( 180 ) 30-12, 2020 to 01-12, 2020

  1. According to Dewey Freedom requires ____________________________personal discipline
  2. Socrates believed that the root of moral evil is_______________________________ ignorance
  3. Which of the following is not included in Dialectic Method_______________ basic knowledge
  4. Who said that education is a necessity of life, and without it ones life would be miserable.

_______________________________________________________________________ Dewey

  1. The unconscious influence of the environment affects every ____________ character & mind
  2. How many schools of thoughts at Kant time ______________________________________ two
  3. A complex civilization must be broken down into portions in a gradual &_________ graded way
  4. According pragmatics reality is ________________________________ constantly changing
  5. Kant was influenced by the works of ……who had ‘put him on the right track’ ______ Rousseau

10. in what age range people would philosophise and would go up to the level of a philosopher

king______________________________________________________________ ages 35-50

11. Children ought to be educated, not for the present, but for a possibly improved condition of

man in the future; that is, in a manner which is adopted to the idea of humanity and the whole

destiny of man.” Kant – Thoughts on Education by ________________________________ Kant

12. Kant was a ……Philosopher ___________________________________________ German

13. ……believed never to educate directly, but indirectly by means of the

environment._____________________________________________________________Dewey

14. Immaturity is the potential rather than the capacity to____________________________ grow

15. Who was the philosopher who come after the famous plato or was one of the student of

plato?_______________________________________________________________ Aristotle

16. A question and answer dialogue in which proposition are methodically scrutinized to uncover

the truth is known as_________________________________________ the Socratic method

17. Which of the following ethical theories would agree that serving one’s own self interest is the

only moral duty?_________________________________________________ Ethical egoism

18. Who was the famous philosopher that came after Aristotle?___________________ Socrates

19. According to Aristotle happiness is_________ activity of the soul in accordance with virtue

20. According to Kant, morality requires us to:_____________________ ___________________

_________________act only on maxims that we can will to become universal laws

21. According to Kant, the moral worth of an action depends on_ the maxim that is acted on

22. Which one stimulates a person toward a goal________________________ Environment

23. What is the area of philosophy that investigate the nature source limitation and validity of

knowledge ______________________________________________________ Epistemology

24. According to Kant, the supreme principle of morality is:______ synthetic and a priori

25. According to Kant, the basis of morality is the concept of:____________________ freedom

26. Who was one of the students of Socrates ____________________________________ Plato

27. Which of the following aspects is not true of curriculums suggested by plato?

__________________________________________________________teachercentered

28. Which philosopher was aristotle’s master?____________________________________ Plato

29. What did plato do in order to start his own school ____________________________________

_______________________________he wrote down what Socrates has thought him 30. Kant claims that the natural purpose of reason is to:_____________ produce a good will.

31. What is the approximation of thought to reality _______________________________ Truth

32. Which one of the primary condition of growth___________________________ Immaturity

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37. According pragmatics truth is __________________________________________ practical

38. dialectic method belongs to which philosopher ________________________________ plato

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41. where did Socrates and his students lives most of the time_____________________ Athens

42. ……..is a fostering, nurturing & nourishing process ______________________ Education

43. Which was the best way to render human experience intelligent.________________ inquiry

44. According to Socrates the ultimate knowledge is ________________________________

_______________________________One should learn the best way to live one’s life

45. Who was the huge proponent of Democracy_________________________________ Dewey

46. Epistemology: is the study of _______________________________________knowledge

47. The most permanent & influential modes of control are those which operate__ continuously

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51. Lecture method of teaching is an outstanding contribution of __________ Pragmatism

52. Who was the famous philosopher of Greek philosophy?_____________________ Socrates

53. In Aristotle’s view that virtue are_________________________ acquired through habit

54. The dialectic method originates from …..teaching style. _____________________ Socrates

55. Metaphysics: is the study of _____________________________________________reality

56. Which mode plays an important role in transmittal of education to the youth?_environment

57. Plato’s allegory of the cave can be seen as a metaphor for -___________________________

_____________________The search for the truth and the good through philosophy

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59. What is the goal of education according to idealism_________________________________

60. Plato was a __________________________________________________________ Idealist

61. Socrates wants to educate _______________________________ Both men and women

62. In ancient Greece, who argued that education was about drawing out what is inside the

man?________________________________________________________ ________Socrates

63. What is important to develop the intrinsic judgment and emotions in a person? _Psychology

64. Activity increases our ……………………? ___________________ Strength and passion

65. Who was the first philosopher to formulate logic or teaching procedures? _________Aristotle

66. Rousseau was born in ………..in 1712. _____________________________________Geneva

67. What are the primary sources of education? ___________All of these (man, nature, things)

68. According to Rousseau what things made the individual free? ________The social institution

69. Rousseau was in favor of …..Education. ____________________________________Women

70. In which stage rote learning is from of learning? ___________________________ 2 B stages

71. How school system can be changed eventually by? _______Humanistic teaching approach

72. Which is not a part of Rousseau curriculum stage 3 ? ____________________ Mathematics

73. Child is ….by nature. ____________________________________________________ Good 74. The ………… is a body of techniques for investigation phenomena, acquiring new knowledge,

or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. _____________________Scientific method

75. In which year Adler participated in Socratic discussion group? ______________________1921

76. Law of necessity was presented by: _________________________________________ Kant

77. Learning is about disciplined inquiry into some aspect of ……..___________________ Reality

78. How truth be tested in pragmatism? ________________________________Experimentation

79. A thinking process in which you proceed from general to specific statements using prescribed

rules of logic: ________________________________________________Deductive Reasoning

80. Which is not included in Rousseau's curriculum? ______________________Book knowledge

81. Aristotle states that if we ask what the highest good of human action is:

________________________________________nearly everyone agrees that it is happiness

82.

_________________________One know that one's actions are wrong but does them anyway

83. The knowledge comes from? ____________________________________________Senses

84. In which stage Moral training is emphasized? _________________________Infancy not sure

85. According to Aristotle, we should begin ethical inquiry by specifying?

___________________________________________________________The aim of human life

86. What is the ultimate aim of Rousseau Emile's?____________________________ goodness

87. What the child learn fast from nature? __________________________________ Goodness

88. How truth can be tested in pragmatism? ____________________________Experimentation

89. Which element become an important part of Dewey’s pedagogical philosophy?

________________________________________________________________Experientialism

90. From which university john Dewey studied philosophy? ________________________Hopkins

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92. The allegory of cave present us with _______________A story of prisoners and one escape

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94. The dialectic method crosses a divide line between matter and _____________________Idea

95. Who were the three famous Greek philosophers? _____________Socrates, Plato, Aristotle

96. Which of the following ethical theories would agree that the consequences of an action make it

right or wrong?__________________________________________________________Utilitaris

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98. According to which philosopher “humans are the only being in need of an education”____Kant

99. Reminiscence means______________________________________________Recalling past

  1. Which of the following is not considered in dialectic method?__________Material knowledge
  2. According to Plato, teaching methodology also involves certain technicalities and specific

elements?________________________________________________Storytelling and literature

  1. What is the state of reality/ontology?__________________________________Epistemology
  2. Which one is the foremost outcome of education?____________________________Growth
  3. In which university john Dewey work as an instructor?_________________________Michigan
  4. Which one is the fostering, nurturing and nourishing process?_________________Education
  5. According to Kant’s approach to moral philosophy, ethics is based on the consequence of

ones_____________________________________________The consequence of one’s action

  1. What is Plato aim in republic______________________________________________

___________To define justice and to prove that it is worthwhile to pursue for its own sake

  1. School founded by Aristotle_____________________________________________Lyceum
  2. What is goal of education according to idealism?__________________________
  3. Where did Socrates and his student live most of the time________________________Athens
  4. For Socrates, the soul is harmed by lack of_______________________________Knowledge
  5. Kant claims that the moral law is given to each person by:_________________One’s own will
  6. Which one is the primary condition of growth?_____________________________Immaturity
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