CHAPTER 4 - PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF
U.S. EDUCATION #8
Educational philosophy - correct answer A set of ideas and beliefs about education that
guides the professional behavior of educators.
Philosophy - correct answer The use of logical reasoning to inquire into the basic truths
about being, knowledge, and conduct.
Philosophy: Aesthetics - correct answer The branch of axiology concerned with values
related to beauty and art.
Philosophy: Axiology - correct answer The study of values, including the identification of
criteria for determining what is valuable.
Philosophy: Epistemology - correct answer A branch of philosophy concerned with the
nature of knowledge and what it means to know something.
Philosophy: Ethics - correct answer A branch of philosophy concerned with principles of
conduct and determining what is good and evil, or right and wrong, in human behavior.
Philosophy: Logic - correct answer A branch of philosophy concerned with the
processes of reasoning and the identification of rules that enable thinkers to reach valid
conclusions.
Philosophy: Metaphysic - correct answer A branch of philosophy concerned with the
nature of reality.
Socratic questioning - correct answer Method of questioning designed to lead students
to see errors and inconsistencies in their thinking, based on questioning strategies used
by Socrates.
Teaching Phil: Essentialism - correct answer Formulated in part as a response to
progressivism, this philosophical orientation holds that a core of common knowledge
about the real world should be transmitted to students in a systematic, disciplined way.
Teaching Phil: Existentialism - correct answer A philosophical orientation that
emphasizes the individual's experiences and maintains that each individual must
determine his or her own meaning of existence.
Teaching Phil: Perennialism - correct answer A philosophical orientation that
emphasizes the ideas contained in the Great Books and maintains that the true purpose
of education is the discovery of the universal, or perennial, truths of life. Not current
events or students interest.
U.S. EDUCATION #8
Educational philosophy - correct answer A set of ideas and beliefs about education that
guides the professional behavior of educators.
Philosophy - correct answer The use of logical reasoning to inquire into the basic truths
about being, knowledge, and conduct.
Philosophy: Aesthetics - correct answer The branch of axiology concerned with values
related to beauty and art.
Philosophy: Axiology - correct answer The study of values, including the identification of
criteria for determining what is valuable.
Philosophy: Epistemology - correct answer A branch of philosophy concerned with the
nature of knowledge and what it means to know something.
Philosophy: Ethics - correct answer A branch of philosophy concerned with principles of
conduct and determining what is good and evil, or right and wrong, in human behavior.
Philosophy: Logic - correct answer A branch of philosophy concerned with the
processes of reasoning and the identification of rules that enable thinkers to reach valid
conclusions.
Philosophy: Metaphysic - correct answer A branch of philosophy concerned with the
nature of reality.
Socratic questioning - correct answer Method of questioning designed to lead students
to see errors and inconsistencies in their thinking, based on questioning strategies used
by Socrates.
Teaching Phil: Essentialism - correct answer Formulated in part as a response to
progressivism, this philosophical orientation holds that a core of common knowledge
about the real world should be transmitted to students in a systematic, disciplined way.
Teaching Phil: Existentialism - correct answer A philosophical orientation that
emphasizes the individual's experiences and maintains that each individual must
determine his or her own meaning of existence.
Teaching Phil: Perennialism - correct answer A philosophical orientation that
emphasizes the ideas contained in the Great Books and maintains that the true purpose
of education is the discovery of the universal, or perennial, truths of life. Not current
events or students interest.
