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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. What is not associated with Pragmatism?

A. Purposive education
B. Experience-based education
C. Freedom-based education
D. Education for self-realization.
Correct answer is: D. Education for self-realization.

Q. The pragmatists are against

A. The external examinations
B. The specialist teachers
C. Breakdown of knowledge into separate subjects.
D. Eternal spiritual values.
Correct answer is: C. Breakdown of knowledge into separate subjects.

Q. Pragmatism has a greater sense of responsibility than Naturalism with regard to moral training because

A. The free activity which pragmatic- system of education entails does not mean licence; rather it means a guided activity.
B. They emphasize teaching of values
C. They consider education, basically, a social process.
D. They do not want the teacher to abdicate from the scene.
Correct answer is: A. The free activity which pragmatic- system of education entails does not mean licence; rather it means a guided activity.

Q. Which of the following claims of the pragmatists is not acceptable?

A. The free activity of the pupil is likely to result in permanent attitudes of initiative and independence and moral discipline
B. Training in citizenship is possible through school and community activities
C. Training in character through school’s co-curricular activities is possible
D. Child’s own experience is valuable for adequate development of child’s personality.
Correct answer is: A. The free activity of the pupil is likely to result in permanent attitudes of initiative and independence and moral discipline

Q. On what is based the need for teaching philosophy of education?

A. (a) All pupils are not alike
B. (b) Different systems of education found in different countries
C. (c) Different philosophies expressed different points of view on every aspect of education
D. (d) Different ways of teaching-learning.
Correct answer is: C. (c) Different philosophies expressed different points of view on every aspect of education
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Q. What is the goal of education according to Idealism?

A. (a) Perfect adaptation to the environment
B. (b) Realisation of moral values
C. (c) Satisfaction of human wants
D. (d) Cultivation of dynamic, adaptable mind which will be resourceful and enterprising in all situations.
Correct answer is: B. (b) Realisation of moral values
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The aim of education according to the Existentialists is

A. (a) Humanitarian and humanist self- realization.
B. (b) Adaptation to practical life.
C. (c) Objective knowledge.
D. (d) A good understanding of the world outside.
Correct answer is: A. (a) Humanitarian and humanist self- realization.
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Q. The Realist’s aim of education is

A. (a) Self-realization
B. (b) Spiritual and moral development
C. (c) Happy and moral development
D. (d) Total development of personality.
Correct answer is: C. (c) Happy and moral development
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Q. Naturalist’s conception of man is

A. (a) Man’s very essence of being is his spiritual nature.
B. (b) It is spirit rather than animality that is most truly man.
C. (c) There exists in the nature of things a perfect pattern of each individual.
D. (d) Nature would have them children before they are men.
Correct answer is: D. (d) Nature would have them children before they are men.
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Q. Which statement is not correct about Naturalism?

A. A reaction against the degenerated humanism of the Renaissance period
B. A reaction against the degenerated humanism of the Renaissance period.
C. A reaction against sophistication, artificiality and paraphernalia in education
D. A reaction against a mere study of books and linguistic forms.
Correct answer is: D. A reaction against a mere study of books and linguistic forms.

Q. Which philosophy of education considers psychology as an incomplete study of and an inadequate basis of educational theory?

A. (a) Realism
B. (b) Pragmatism
C. (c) Idealism
D. (d) Naturalism.
Correct answer is: C. (c) Idealism
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Q. Which among the following does not fit into the scheme of educational goals of the Idealists?

A. (a) Care of body
B. (b) Moral values
C. (c) Skills
D. (d) Self-expression.
Correct answer is: A. (a) Care of body
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Q. “Human institutions are one mass of folly and contradiction.” Whose statement is this?

A. (a) Bernard Shaw
B. (b) Rousseau
C. (c) Dewey
D. (d) Ravinder Nath Tagore.
Correct answer is: B. (b) Rousseau
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