A teacher is faced with the problem of choosing the appropriate teaching method for the transaction of a course content. Which branch of philosophy will most appropriately describe his/her predicament?
Epistemology
Epistemology studies knowledge, its sources and how it is justified or acquired. Choosing how learners will gain and understand course knowledge therefore most directly raises epistemological issues.
Important Questions from Western schools of thoughts
Which of the following statement(s) of Descartes relate him to the development of Idealism?
Statement I: That the self is the most immediate reality in the experience of each one of us.
Statement II: That the existence of God is evidenced in the experience of us by the fact that we have an idea of perfect being.
Match List I with List II
List I (Book)
List II (Author)
A.
The Politics of Education: Culture, Power and Liberation
I.
John Dewey
B.
The Politics of Education
II.
Krishna Kumar
C.
Political Agenda of Education
III.
Kenneth J. Saltman
D.
Democracy and Education
IV.
Paulo Freire
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Match List I with List II
List I
List II
A.
Idealism
I.
This doctrine emphasizes that there are no values outside man
B.
Pragmatism
II.
Views the world in terms of object & matter
C.
Existentialism
III.
The world of mind and ideas is permanent, regular and orderly
D.
Realism
IV.
The value of an idea lies in its actual consequences
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Karl Marx was a______ thinker.
I. Mercantilist
II. Socialist
______ is knowledge of classification, principles, models or structures pertinent to a particular disciplinary area.
