The weakness of pragmatic education is that it has ...........
No decided aims
Pragmatism (C.S. Peirce, William James, John Dewey) holds that truth and values are not fixed; they change with experience and are judged by their practical consequences.
Because of this, pragmatists refuse to lay down any fixed or ultimate aims of education. Dewey even said that education as such has no aims beyond continued growth. Critics point out that without decided aims, education lacks direction and permanent values.
Pragmatism does have a clear activity- and experience-based curriculum, well-defined methods such as the project and problem-solving methods, and a definite role for the teacher as guide and friend, so these are not its weaknesses.
Hence, the weakness of pragmatic education is that it has no decided aims.
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To which branch of education, pragmatism makes the most important contribution :
The philosophy of naturalism came forward with reaction to .............. .
According to pragmatic philosophy, the values are .................. .
Philosophy of Experimentalism has given rise to :
According to idealism, what is the goal of education ?
Match the Philosophy of Physical education ‘‘I’’ with appropriate statement given in ‘‘II’’ :
List I
(a) Idealism
(b) Naturalism
(c) Pragmatism
(d) Realism
List II
(i) Need not lay too much emphasis on competition inspire children for individual excellence
(ii) Insists physical educators to take cognizance of needs, interests and aptitudes of child
(iii) Helps every child to actualize his potential to an optimal extent
(iv) Ideas are enduring and physical objects are nothing more than ideas
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Important Questions from Major Philosophies of Education - Teaching
- Which of the following education thinker emphasized on 'Care Ethics'?
- Match the LIST-I with LIST-II
LIST-I
(Educational Philosophy)LIST-II
(Curriculum Focus)A. Perennialism I. Examination of social, economic and political problems, equality of educational
opportunityB. Progressivism II. Constant curriculum, classical subjects, literary analysis C. Essentialism III. Interdisciplinary subject matter, activities and projects D. Reconstructionism IV. Mastering the skills, facts and concepts, back to basics movement
Choose the correct answer from the options given below: - Match the List - I and List - II and select the correct answer from codes given below :
List - I List - II (a) Mitwelt (i) A person exists in a given particular place at a particular time. Being conscious of it one can choose the direction of one’s life. (b) Dasein (ii) The experiences and meaning we share with others through our relationships (c) Umwelt (iii) Unique presence of human beings of self-awareness and self relatedness. (d) Eigenwelt (iv) The biological and natural environment for human beings and animals including biological needs, drives, and instincts. Match the terms of List - I with that of List - II select the correct option using the codes given below :
List – I List – II (a) Idealism (i) Individual experience determine what is true. (b) Realism (ii) Individual learns the truth through experiences. (c) Pragmatism (iii) Science reveals the truth. (d) Existentialism (iv) Truth and values are absolute and universally shared. Codes :
- Match the items of List – I with that of List – II and select the appropriate code.
List – I (Points of accent) List – II (Schools of Philosophy) (a) Education for eternal values (i) Idealism (b) Education for democracy (ii) Realism (c) Emphasis on mass production (iii) Naturalism (d) Scientific method (iv) Pragmatism (v) Existentialism (vi) Marxism
Which sequence is correct ?
(a) (b) (c) (d)
