Philosophical Roots of Education

How does epistemology contribute to today's education?

• Development of curriculum

• Methods of instruction

• Appreciation of knowledge

• Organizing of effective lessons

How are values perceived by pragmatists?

• Valus are based on universal natural laws

• Values are absolute and universal

• Values are situational and changing.

• Values are chosen by the person

The following proponents are of realism are EXCEPT

• Aquinas

• Dewey

• Pestalozzi

• Aristotle

How is epistemology perceived by realists?

• Knowing is based on conceptualization of sensation and abstraction

• Knowing comes from making personal choice and preferences

• Knowing is the recall of latent knowledge

• Knowing is based on experience, testing and scientific methods

Which of the following groups of terms BEST describes the philosophy of idealism?

• Environment, experience, subjectivity

• Relativity, situation, emotion

• Individuality, change, reality

• Spirituality, intellect, absolutes

Existentialism represents a break with idealism and realism in which its suggestion that

• The sources for ultimate truth are both eternal and relative

• Definitions of concepts such as truth and value are ultimately personal and subjective

• It is absolutely impossible to define a word truth either objectively or subjectively

• To focus our philosophical attention on ourselves to deny the very meaning of universe

Which philosophy that rejects metaphysics as historical constructions used for socioeconomic

• Idealism

• Postmodernism

• Postmodernnism

• Perennialism

Metaphysics refer to

• Msthos of instruction

• Curriculum and syllabus

• Morality and expression

• Structure of the courses

Axiology is concerned primarily with describing and analyzing

• Ethical and aesthetic issues

• Methods of instruction and types of learning

• Rationality and reason

• Curriculum development

The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, a student of Plato, developed realism, which asserts that reality is outside of our mind, is objective, is neither latent nor internal to our minds as claimed by Plato. According to Aristotle, how does realism relate with epistemology?

• Knowing of recall of latent ideas

• Knowing result from experiencing and testing using the scientific method

• Knowing consists of conceptualization based on sensation an sensation and abstraction

• Knowing comes from making personal choices