Philosophy in Education

Complete the sentence: 'Philosophy is concerned with the nature of thinking through...

• observing.

• questioning.

• dreaming.

'Metaphysics' is a branch of philosophy that seeks to answer the following question:

• What is there?

• How do we know?

• What should we do?

'Epistemology' is branch of philosophy that seeks to answer the following question:

• What is there?

• How do we know?

• What should we do?

'Ethics' is a branch of philosophy that seeks to answer the following question:

• What is there?

• How do we know?

• What should we do?

Schools should transmit a common core of knowledge to learners systematically. This philosophy is known as...

• Essentialism

• Realism

• Progressivism

• Existentialism

Schools must enable learners to understand and apply shared rules to solve problems. This philosophy is known as...

• Essentialism

• Progressivism

• Realism

• Existentialism

Schools should enable learners to make choices, ask questions and make own conclusions. This philosophy is known as...

• Realism

• Essentialism

• Progressivism

• Existentialism

Schools should provide experiences that learners can make sense of. This philosophy is known as...

• Realism

• Progressivism

• Essentialism

• Existentialism

A synonym for 'eclectic' is...

• expert

• dogmatic

• scholastic

• mixture

'Heuristics' is the process of personal discovery.

• True

• False