Teaching Philosophies

Education philosophies, then, are not what you want to do in class to aid learning, but why you do them and how they work.

• True

• False

• Sometimes True

• Sometimes False

Philosophies may not need to translate ideas into action.

• Sometimes True

• Sometimes False

• False

• True

Philosophy means ______________

• love of teaching

• love of learning

• love of education

• love of wisdom

A curriculum should only include those that have survived the test of time and combine the symbols of literature, history, and mathematics. Thus, curriculum like this contains values that are constant and universal. What philosophy describes this kind of curriculum?

• A. Idealism

• B. Perennialism

• C. Humanism

• D. Essentialism

philosophy which allows individuals to have their own beliefs, and promotes the interaction of students as valuable to the learning process

• essentialism

• progressivism

• behaviorism

• humanism

Philosophy that emphasizes the subjectivity of human experience.

• Social Reconstructionism

• Existentialism

• Behaviorism

• Progressivism

All educators have the same teaching philosophies.

• True

• False

The interaction of the teacher and learner is important in the accomplishment of the plan.

• True

• False

This teaches a curriculum that responds to students' needs and that relates to their personal lives and experience.

• Constructivism

• Existensialism

• Progressivism

• Reconstructionism

They believe that students should be able to discover lessons on their own through hands-on activity.

• Progressivists

• Perennialists

• Esentialists

• Constructivists