EDRHODG 2021 November Exam and Answers

Question 1 Indicate whether each of the following statements is true or false. Give a brief argument to substantiate your choice. a) All human beings are lifelong learners True. No one knows everything and no one has all the answers. Therefore we must all embrace the fact that there is always something more to learn and to understand, no mater how old we are or how much we already know. Therefore we will spend our lives learning and this makes us lifelong learners. b) Elderly people can learn something from teenagers True. Even though elderly people may be wise and may know a lot of things, there are stll things that teenagers may know that elderly people do not and thus elderly people can learn from teenagers. For example, teenagers can teach the elderly how they communicate on cellphones using emotcons. c) Research has no connection at all with argumentation False. Research is about fnding informaton and weighing evidence and coming to a conclusion. An argument is a statement about that conclusion, showing the evidence that brought one to that conclusion. For example, you could argue that the earth is not fat because the evidence of photographs of the earth from out of space show that it is not fat. Thus, argumentaton is integral to research. d) Research is causing problems for government False. Research is about problem-solving. It is identfying a problem and fnding informaton about how to solve it. Research also includes putng the solutons into practce. Therefore, research can help the government solve problems rather than cause problems for the government. e) EDRHODG is based on the philosophy known as logical empiricism False. EDRHODG is based on the theory of Critcal Ratonalism. f) The philosophy of critical rationalism requires teachers and learners to conform to the requirements of authority structures. False. The philosophy of Critcal Ratonalism promotes the challenging of authority and the questoning and knowledge. It is ant-dogmatc and ant-authoritarian. g) Socrates was a bad teacher whose teaching methods have been criticised and discredited. False. Socrates is a famous Gree