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PHILOSOPHY MISC exam review solved solution docs 2020 • Question 1 6 out of 6 points What philosophical term represents the study of the nature of truth and how we come to know truth? ... • Question 2 Needs Grading BRIEF ESSAY: Select one of the critical issues from the list we discussed in class and address the following four aspects. (1) Explain why this issue is of importance and (2) what you believe to be the best approach for this particular issue. (3) What lens did you use in evaluating the issue? Explain how. Finally, (4) identify how the problem could be addressed from a different philosophical/theoretical lens than the one you used. * . • Question 3 Needs Grading FULL ESSAY: trtruthHowever, it must include a description of Pearcey's main ideas, a critical analysis of those ideas, and an evaluation from your perspective. • Question 4 0 out of 6 points Which traditional philosophy holds that reality is found through a combination of faith and reason? • Question 5 Needs Grading BRIEF ESSAY: From the educational thinker presentations in class, (1) Which educational thinker's ideas MOST represent your own personal ideas? (2) In what ways are your personal ideas similar to that educational thinker's ideas? Explain why you agree with this thinker. (3) Which educational thinker's ideas LEAST represent your own personal ideas? (4) How are the ideas of that educational thinker different from your own ideas? Explain why you do not agree with this thinker as much as with the others.*Please number the four parts of your answer to indicate clearly that you've covered all four aspects. • Question 6 7.5 out of 9 points Select the best school of philosophy for each statement. Some may be used more than once. o Question Individual students give life the only meaning it will ever have. What matters most is how students learn to solve life's problems through trial and error. Students need meaningful experiences that will help them contribute to a democratic society. Teachers need to maximize student freedom by creating a learning environment that offers as many choices as possible. Students will be completely educated only when they explore classical themes that build their reasoning skills. The three R's in elementary school lay a foundation for secondary teachers to teach the ever-changing skills needed in the work world. • Question 7 6 out of 6 points Which philosopher presented the allegory of the cave in order to represent what he perceived as ultimate reality? (One word only.) • Question 8 6 out of 6 points What philosophical term represents the study of values/ethics and beauty/aesthetics? • Question 9 0 out of 6 points Which traditional philosophy holds that ultimate reality transcends the physical world? • Question 10 4.5 out of 4.5 points This philosophy claims that free will is "king." There is no meaning in life except for what students give it themselves. • Question 11 6 out of 6 points What philosophical term represents the study of ultimate reality? • Question 12 6 out of 6 points Which traditional philosophy holds that truth is found in the material world? • Question 13 4.5 out of 4.5 points This modern philosophy holds that truth is what works and that we come to know truth through problem-solving/experimentation. • Question 14 6 out of 6 points Which traditional philosopher proclaimed that truth could best be known by integrating faith and reason? • Question 15 Needs Grading BRIEF ESSAY: From the group presentations assignment and PPTs, compare your school's educational ideas with others you heard. (1) In what ways were the ideas similar to your school? (2) How were they different? (3) What philosophies or educational theories that we studied were represented among those schools you viewed? Explain how those philosophies/theories were represented. * • Question 16 4.5 out of 4.5 points Which learning theory holds that students have no free will or inner self, that they learn only through stimulus and response? • Question 17 0 out of 4.5 points George S. Counts, author of Dare the Schools Build a New Social Order?, is a name commonly associated with this educational theory. • Question 18 6 out of 6 points Who is known as the "Father of American Common/Public Education"? • Question 19 6 out of 6 points What pragmatist was the inspiration behind the progressive education movement of the 1930s? [Show More]

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