COMPETENCY 8

Which is NOT TRUE of social reconstructionist?

• a. Use of Problem-solving

• b. Study of the great books

• c. School as an agent of change

• d. Introduce a new society

Which teaching practice goes with the “Banking system” of education which was contrary to Paulo Freire’s educational thought?

• a. Rote-memorization

• b. Project-based learning

• c. Problem based learning

• d. Community of inquiry

For which teaching will social reconstructionist be?

• a. Stress on isolationism

• b. Inequality and equity as normal for an international society

• c. Building of an interdependent

• d. Narrow concept of nationalism

Why is spencer’s educational thought described as utilitarian?

• a. He emphasized vocational and professional education based on scientific and

  practical.

• b. He stressed on general education goals associated with humanistic and classical education.

• c. He stressed a balance of specialized and general education in the curriculum.

• d. He eliminated the vocational and professional education component of the curriculum.

For which educational practice was John Dewey.

• a. Problem solving

• b. Banking method

• c. Emphasis on humanities

• d. Teaching of the classics

Which is NOT a THOUGHT of John Locke about education?

• a. Acquire knowledge about the world through the senses- learning by doing and by interacting with the environment.

• b. Simple ideas become more complex through comparison, reflection and generalization- the

  inductive method.

• c. Questioned the long traditional view that knowledge came exclusively from literary sources, particularly the Greek and Latin classics.

• d. Industrialized society require vocational and professional education based on scientific and practical (utilitarian) objectives rather than on the very general educational goals associated with humanistic and classical education.

Which is NOT a THOUGHT of Herbert Spencer about education?

• a. Curriculum should emphasize the practical, utilitarian, and scientific subjects that helped

  humankind master the environment.

• b. He was not inclined to rote learning; schooling must be related to life and to the activities needed to earn a living.

• c. Curriculum must be arranged according to their contribution to human survival and progress.

• d. Children are socially active human beings who want to explore their environment and gain control over it.

Which is NOT a THOUGHT of John Dewey about education?

• a. Education is a social process by which the immature members of the group, especially the

  children, are bought to participate in the society.

• b. The school is a special environment established by members of society, for the purpose of simplifying, purifying, and integrating the social experience of the group so that it can be understood, examined and used by its children.

• c. The sole purpose of education is to contribute to the personal and social growth of individuals.

• d. Education is not based on eternal truths but is relative to a particular society living at a given time and place.

Education is a function of society. What does this imply?

I-Citizens are taught what society considered most important,

II- Society determines curriculum to be taught.

III- Those in education taught what they believed should be taught regardless of the society’s need.

• a. I only

• b. I and II

• c. II and III

• d. III only

If education is a function of society, then it has to be _________.

• a. Relevant

• b. Complete

• c. For selected a few

• d. Free