FOUNDATIONS AND METHODS OF EDUCATION

ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY

TULSA, OKLAHOMA

INSTRUCTOR:  DR. MARK E. HALL

 

EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY EXAM

 

TRUE OR FALSE:

____ 1.  A school board that is committed to essentialism would be most supportive of the inclusion of Latin and Greek courses.

 

____   2.  The existentialist believes that we must create our own meaning.

 

____   3.  John Dewey was a progressivist.

 

____   4.  Rousseau's belief that society was corrupt influenced his support of learner-centered curricula.

 

____   5.  Cosmology refers to the study of the use and abuse of make-up by the average American woman.

 

____   6.  Ontology deals with the nature and substance of reality.

 

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

____   7.         According to Rousseau, a child's formal education should begin at age ____.

                        A. 6

                        B. 8

                        C. 10

                        D. 12

 

____   8.         The American most associated with Rousseau is ____.

                        A. Walker

                        B. Dewey

                        C. Franklin

                        D. Mann

 

MATCH THE FOLLOWING TERMS FROM DR. HAND'S LECTURE:

____   9. Metaphysics                      A. What is truth?

 

____   10. Anthropology                   B. What is of value?

 

____   11. Epistemology                  C. What is man?

 

____   12. Axiology                           D. What is real?

 

 

IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING:  (some selections may be used twice)

                                    A. Progressivism

                                    B. Perennialism

                                    C. Existentialism

                                    D. Essentialism

                                    E. Reconstructionism

____   13.       Students work on computers while a teachers shows them important commands for the most common computers.

____   14.       A classroom develops a recycling project to clean up their community.

____   15.       The teacher and the student meet individually to decide what topics would best help the student find meaning in his own life.

____   16.       The knowledge that will give you a competitive edge in the modern world.

____   17.       Students read the Odyssey, while the teacher writes key passages on the board to memorize.

____   18.       Students work in groups on student initiated projects, while the teacher works as a facilitator.

____   19.       A class writes letters to local businesses concerning hazardous waste dumping.

____   20.       All the traditional academic disciplines like mathematics, science, literature etc.

 

 

ESSAY:

21.    Compare John Dewey with Herbert Spencer.  Discuss their similarities and then their differences.  How have each of them impacted schools today?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22.    Discuss each of the following culture groups.  What were their contributions to modern education?  What was the major educational form of their society?

 

Ancient Egyptian

 

Ancient Greek and Roman

 

Classical Humanism