Educational Philosophy MCQs

This document presents  multiple choice questions about philosophical foundations of education. The questions cover various topics including the origins of education, Get School of Philosophy of Education Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ Quiz) with answers and detailed solutions. Download these Free

Q. In the light of relevant past events, con­temporary events and their understanding should find a place in the teaching of history. Who maintained this principle?

A. Naturalists
B. Idealists
C. Realists
D. Marxists.
Correct answer is: C. Realists

Q. Which school of philosophy very strongly advocates that education should be voca­tional in character?

A. Existentialism
B. Naturalism
C. Realism
D. Pragmatism.
Correct answer is: C. Realism

Q. Which is not an aspect of mind according to the Realists’ theory of knowing?

A. Awareness
B. Consciousness
C. Behaviour
D. Processing of awareness.
Correct answer is: C. Behaviour

Q. Who believe that “Objects have a reality independent of mental phenomena”?

A. Idealists
B. Realists
C. Naturalists
D. Existentialists.
Correct answer is: B. Realists

Q. Marxist educational philosophy is closer to

A. Idealism.
B. Realism.
C. Naturalism.
D. Pragmatism.
Correct answer is: B. Realism.

Q. Which among the following statements is not a characteristic of Marxism?

A. It presupposes a reality independent of man’s mind
B. Its educational philosophy is essentially materialistic
C. Its major objective is the development of child’s personality
D. It asserts that physical environment can definitely change the nature of the child.
Correct answer is: C. Its major objective is the development of child’s personality

Q. Which school of philosophy of education regrets dualism between cultural, and voca­tional curriculum?

A. Marxism
B. Idealism
C. Existentialism
D. Naturalism.
Correct answer is: A. Marxism

Q. According to which educational philosophy, socially useful labour must form the central pivot of the entire school?

A. Idealism
B. Marxism
C. Existentialism
D. Naturalism.
Correct answer is: B. Marxism

Q. Which of the following has been asserted about schools by Marxist educational philosophy?

A. They should stand above politics
B. They should disinterestedly serve society as a whole
C. They should function as deliberate instruments of state policy
D. They should not be mere weapons in the hands of the ruling class.
Correct answer is: C. They should function as deliberate instruments of state policy

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