PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION IN THE US
CHAPTER 8 TEST #14
Philosophy of education - correct answer the teacher's love of wisdom regarding
teaching that expresses itself in attitudes and actions every day in the classroom
What are the four branches of philosophy? - correct answer metaphysics; epistemology;
axiology; logic
Metaphysics - correct answer addresses the search for reality and purpose
What is reality? Does life have a purpose?
Epistemology - correct answer addresses the dilemma of determining the truth and
ways of acquiring knowledge
What is truth? How do we acquire knowledge?
Axiology - correct answer addresses values, both in ethics and aesthetics
What is right, wrong, beauty?
Ethics - correct answer determination of what's right and what's wrong
Aesthetics - correct answer the determination of what is beautiful and artistic
Logic - correct answer reasoning that avoids vagueness and contradictions
What makes sense? Is there a foundation for a particular argument?
Deductive reasoning - correct answer a process that begins with a general statement
from which more specific statements are assumed to be true
Inductive reasoning - correct answer given some specific statements, a general
conclusion may be assumed
Philosophies of education - correct answer teacher- or student-centered
Teacher centered philosophies of education - correct answer essentialism=belief that a
core curriculum exists that everyone in the us should learn
Perennialism= based on a core curriculum with themes and questions that endure
Student centered philosophies of education - correct answer progressivism=focuses on
a curriculum of interest to students
Social reconstructionism=change society to the benefit of everyone worldwide
Existentialism=teachers teach the whole person
Constructivism and pragmatism philosophies of education - correct answer fall within
the broader philosophy of progressivism
CHAPTER 8 TEST #14
Philosophy of education - correct answer the teacher's love of wisdom regarding
teaching that expresses itself in attitudes and actions every day in the classroom
What are the four branches of philosophy? - correct answer metaphysics; epistemology;
axiology; logic
Metaphysics - correct answer addresses the search for reality and purpose
What is reality? Does life have a purpose?
Epistemology - correct answer addresses the dilemma of determining the truth and
ways of acquiring knowledge
What is truth? How do we acquire knowledge?
Axiology - correct answer addresses values, both in ethics and aesthetics
What is right, wrong, beauty?
Ethics - correct answer determination of what's right and what's wrong
Aesthetics - correct answer the determination of what is beautiful and artistic
Logic - correct answer reasoning that avoids vagueness and contradictions
What makes sense? Is there a foundation for a particular argument?
Deductive reasoning - correct answer a process that begins with a general statement
from which more specific statements are assumed to be true
Inductive reasoning - correct answer given some specific statements, a general
conclusion may be assumed
Philosophies of education - correct answer teacher- or student-centered
Teacher centered philosophies of education - correct answer essentialism=belief that a
core curriculum exists that everyone in the us should learn
Perennialism= based on a core curriculum with themes and questions that endure
Student centered philosophies of education - correct answer progressivism=focuses on
a curriculum of interest to students
Social reconstructionism=change society to the benefit of everyone worldwide
Existentialism=teachers teach the whole person
Constructivism and pragmatism philosophies of education - correct answer fall within
the broader philosophy of progressivism
