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What is Philosophy of education?
is understood as “the study of education and its problems” or “the attempt to bring the insights and methods of philosophy to bear on the educational enterprise”
Epistemology
Students learn best through memorization and recitation. What branch of philosophy would this statement fall under?
Epistemology
Which philosopher is responsible for the progressivism theory?
John Dewey (1859-1935)
What is Marxism?
A very basic principle of the Marxist theory is the theory of class division of society and class struggle.
Define formal and informal learning
formal learning takes place at institution such as schools while informal learning takes place via everyday life, home etc.
What is the meaning of back to basic movement?
A movement that emphasizes teaching the basic subjects of reading, writing, and mathematics and de-emphasizes critical thinking.
Progressive teachers develop teaching styles and methods that emphasized students own interest and needs, would you say that this is a student centered approach or teacher-centered? Justify your claim.
Student-centered as the progressive theory focuses on learn by doing to promote students own interest and allow them to have practical exposure to the content provided.
How did classism and colorism affected the education system in 1940s?
classes were kept small to maintain class, only persons with wealth were able to attend school, there were british teachers who frowned upon JC etc.
List 4 education philosophy and how you would use one in the classroom?
Perennialism • Essentialism • Progressivism • Reconstructionism
What is the meaning of Existentialism?
this simple means that each person's reality is different. It is what each person perceives it as.
Postmodernism is primarily about?
Power
Name 4 initiatives that have been taken to reform the educational system.
PEP/NSC – Primary Exit Profile/National Standards Curriculum HEART Trust/NTA – Human Employment and Resource Training
CAP- Career Advancement Program
STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
Axiology can be broken up into 2 subgroups, name them
Ethics and Aesthetics
What is the difference between Idealism and Realism?
Idealism is based in ideas, knowledge is mental or spiritual while realism studies that reality is physical and constant, knowledge is that which can be proven.
List 3 branches of Philosophy?
Epistemology
Metaphysics
Axiology
What are 2 major laws that affects children of Jamaica?
Child care and protection act
The adoption act
Does God exist? What philosophy would this question fall under?
Metaphysics
After the abolition of slavery a dual system of education was created which allowed for?
equal educational opportunities for all
Traditionalist believes teacher centred; teacher directed classes Subject-centred Memorization, drill, and continual practice are necessary to acquire knowledge. True or false?
True.
What is the meaning of power in Education?
This is the power to acquire knowledge through which persons can completely control his/her life by this empowerment.
Which philosophy is mostly associated with the "back to basics" movement?
Essentialism
What are 3 factors that affected Jamaican education system after the abolition of slavery?
Education was a privilege that was granted based on three factors – race, gender and status. As such, children of many slaves and daughters of colonists did not receive any formal education.
What is the meaning of Ethics and aesthetics?
The study of right and wrong and the study about beauty and ugly
List one of the major part of curricular reform since the 1990s?
A major part of curricular reform since the 1990s has been related to the provision of textbooks.
the first is that these texts were written from the perspective of the highly industrialized societies that produced them and did not reflect many aspects of the life and values of Jamaicans or West Indians.