[EDUC7011] MOCK PRELIMS

Match the following Philosophical Perspectives to their descriptions

• Teachers engage the learner whole where their characteristics & capabilities are given attentention

• Essentialism

• Teachers teach for learners to acquire basic knowledge, skills and values.

• Constructivism

• Teachers foster the development of the student through hands-on learning, experimentation & play

• Perennialism

• Teacher becomes a cognitive guide of learner’s learning and not a knowledge transmitter

• Humanism

• Teachers teach students to think rationally and develop minds that can think critically.

• Progressivism

Teacher Florence believes that they teach “not to radically reshape society” but rather “to transmit the traditional moral values and intellectual knowledge that students need to become model citizens.” What philosophical perspective do they have as an educator?

• Essentialism

• Progressivism

• Constructivism

• Humanism

• Perennialism

Answer explanation

In Essentialism, teachers teach “not to radically reshape society” but rather “to transmit the traditional moral values and intellectual knowledge that students need to become model citizens.”

Professor Antonio is concerned with the importance of mastery of the content and development of reasoning skills and emphasized that these skills have to be developed in a sequential manner. What philosophical perspective do they have as an educator?

• Essentialism

• Progressivism

• Constructivism

• Humanism

• Perennialism

Answer explanation

Perennialists are primary concerned with the importance of mastery of the content and development of reasoning skills. These skills are developed in a sequential manner.

Dean Pauline emphasized that everything that is done in the classroom, is done for the purpose of facilitating and nurturing the student's development. What philosophical perspective do they have as an educator?

• Essentialism

• Progressivism

• Constructivism

• Humanism

• Perennialism

Answer explanation

“A child-centred instruction" (Labaree, 2005), everything that is done in the classroom, is done for the purpose of facilitating and nurturing the student's development.

Teacher Justine plans her lessons based on the developmental needs of the children, and believes that a child should learn by doing, rather than by passively watching. What philosophical perspective do they have as an educator?

• Essentialism

• Progressivism

• Constructivism

• Humanism

• Perennialism

Answer explanation

A progressive classroom bases all of the lessons or plans on the developmental needs of the children, and believes that a child should learn by doing, rather than by passively watching.

Dean Sam wants her co-teachers to emphasize to their students that they must have an ethical responsibility to lead lives that are personally fulfilling while at the same time, they should be contributing to the greater good for all people at the same time. What philosophical perspective do they have as an educator?

• Essentialism

• Progressivism

• Constructivism

• Humanism

• Perennialism

Answer explanation

Humanism is rooted in the idea that people have an ethical responsibility to lead lives that are personally fulfilling while at the same time contributing to the greater good for all people

Professor Sheldon believes that rather than looking to religious traditions, we should instead focus on helping people live well, achieve personal growth, and make the world a better place. What philosophical perspective do they have as an educator?

• Essentialism

• Progressivism

• Constructivism

• Humanism

• Perennialism

Answer explanation

Humanism proposes that people can resolve problems through the use of science and reason. Rather than looking to religious traditions, humanism instead focuses on helping people live well, achieve personal growth, and make the world a better place

Teacher John believes that learners are not passive recipients of information, but that they actively construct their knowledge in interaction with the environment and through the reorganization of their mental structures. What philosophical perspective do they have as an educator?

• Essentialism

• Progressivism

• Constructivism

• Humanism

• Perennialism

Answer explanation

Constructivism emerged in the 1970s and 1980s, giving rise to the idea that learners are not passive recipients of information, but that they actively construct their knowledge in interaction with the environment and through the reorganization of their mental structures. Learners are therefore viewed as sense-makers, not simply recording given information but interpreting it.

"Knowledge is ​ (a)   " is ​a principle of Constructivism

• constructed
• construed
• instructed
• redacted

"Learning is a ​ ​ (a)   process" is ​a principle of Constructivism

• active
• passive
• reactive
• proactive