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. Which is the characteristic of the project method?

A. Problematic act
B. Carried in its natural setting
C. Used for all-round-development of child’s personality.
D. A voluntary undertaking.
Correct answer is: C. Used for all-round-development of child’s personality.

Q. Which among the following is not essentially desirable in the project method?

A. The task of the project is as real as the task of the life outside the walls of the school
B. The task of the project involves constructive effort or thought yielding objective results
C. The task of the project should be full of message for the children
D. The task of the project should be interesting enough so that the pupil is genuinely eager to carry it out.
Correct answer is: C. The task of the project should be full of message for the children

Q. Which is a great disadvantage of the project method?

A. It consumes much of the time of the child
B. It leaves gaps in the knowledge of the child
C. Children are generally not interested in it
D. Teachers, generally, do not like to teach through it.
Correct answer is: B. It leaves gaps in the knowledge of the child

Q. Learning by Project Method is technically known as

A. Incidental learning.
B. Efficient learning.
C. Systematic learning.
D. Adequate learning.
Correct answer is: A. Incidental learning.

Q. Education, according to the Pragmatist is

A. Wholly pupil-oriented.
B. Wholly society-oriented.
C. Wholly purposive.
D. Wholly interdisciplinary.
Correct answer is: C. Wholly purposive.

Q. Who among the following is not a follower of Pragmatic Philosophy?

A. William James
B. Peshtalozzi
C. John Dewey
D. Kilpatrick.
Correct answer is: B. Peshtalozzi

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. Who emphasised realization of Truth, Beauty and Goodness as the aims of education?

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

Q. Which statement about truth is not correct according to the philosophy of Pragmatism?

A. It is made by man
B. It is ever changing
C. It is eternal
D. It is what emerges to be true in actual practice.
Correct answer is: C. It is eternal

Q. Which school of philosophy of education advocated Project method of teaching?

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