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Instructional approaches determine how teachers present content, involve learners and achieve lesson objectives. Coverage includes lecture, discussion, demonstration, questioning, problem-solving, cooperative learning, project and activity methods, along with teacher-centred and learner-centred approaches. Method selection depends on the subject, learners, available resources and intended learning outcome.
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- A. Philosophical realist
- B. Philosophical naturalist
- C. Philosophical utopian
- D. Philosophical idealist
Explanation: Froebel’s educational philosophy was rooted in German idealism and the belief that an inner spiritual unity unfolds through development.
Correct answer: Philosophical idealist- A. Occupations
- B. Gifts
- C. Things
- D. Tools
Explanation: Froebel called the fixed-form materials, including spheres, cubes and cylinders, “gifts.” The related activities of using and transforming…
Correct answer: Gifts- A. 2
- B. 6
- C. 4
- D. 5
Explanation: Froebel’s educational philosophy is commonly summarized through four basic components, including self-activity, play, social participation…
Correct answer: 4264. In the CASA DEL BAMBINI school Montessori Fashioned which environment_________________________?
- A. Purely natural
- B. Specially prepared environment
- C. Real life situation
- D. None of these
Explanation: Montessori designed the Casa dei Bambini around a specially prepared environment containing child-sized furniture and carefully selected…
Correct answer: Specially prepared environment- A. Madam Curi
- B. Elizabeth
- C. Mary Shelley
- D. Maria Montessori
Explanation: Maria Montessori studied at the University of Rome and became one of the first women in Italy to qualify as a doctor of medicine.
Correct answer: Maria Montessori- A. Stage drama
- B. Lesson recitation
- C. Toys
- D. Occupations
Explanation: Froebel’s kindergarten used gifts, which were structured play materials, together with occupations, which involved practical and creative…
Correct answer: Occupations- A. Activity creative
- B. Learning by doing
- C. Imitation
- D. Self-explanatory
Explanation: Motor expression refers to expressing learning through physical activity and action, so it is closely represented by learning by doing.
Correct answer: Learning by doing- A. Tracing movable sand paper letters
- B. Reciting the alphabetical letters
- C. First read the write alphabet
- D. All of these
Explanation: Montessori introduced letters through tactile tracing of sandpaper letters, allowing children to connect the shape, sound, and hand…
Correct answer: Tracing movable sand paper letters- A. Horace Mann
- B. Willy Loman
- C. Abraham Lincoln
- D. George Washington
Explanation: Horace Mann promoted free common-school education and supported school-district libraries so that children could access books beyond their…
Correct answer: Horace Mann- A. 10
- B. 20
- C. 12
- D. 14
Explanation: Historical accounts commonly report that the number of normal schools in the United States had reached about twelve by 1860.
Correct answer: 12- A. Professors
- B. Directresses
- C. Instructors
- D. Peers
Explanation: Montessori educators are called directresses because their role is to direct and observe children’s activity rather than deliver…
Correct answer: Directresses- A. School management
- B. The art of teaching
- C. Proper virtues
- D. All of these
Explanation: The first normal schools prepared teachers in the art of teaching, school management, and the moral qualities expected of educators.
Correct answer: All of these- A. Common Schools
- B. University of Massachusetts
- C. Antioch College
- D. University of California
Explanation: In 1853 Horace Mann became the first president of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
Correct answer: Antioch College- A. Horace Mann
- B. J. H. Pestalozzi
- C. Maria Montessori
- D. John Dewey
Explanation: John Dewey developed experimental and pragmatic educational philosophy in response to major social, political, scientific, and…
Correct answer: John Dewey275. John Dewey saw knowledge not as mere information but as an instrument to__________________________?
- A. Change personality
- B. Help in learning
- C. Problematic
- D. Solve problems
Explanation: For Dewey, knowledge has practical value because it helps learners inquire into situations and solve problems.
Correct answer: Solve problems- A. Common School Journal
- B. The Nation Journal
- C. The Bloomsbury Journal
- D. None of these
Explanation: Horace Mann edited the Common School Journal, which he used to promote public education, teacher preparation, and school reform.
Correct answer: Common School Journal- A. Horace Mann
- B. J. H. Pestalozzi
- C. Julia Melville
- D. John Dewey
Explanation: John Dewey pioneered the Laboratory School at the University of Chicago, using it to test learning through activity and experience.
Correct answer: John Dewey- A. John Dewey
- B. J. J. Rousseau
- C. Helen Parkhurst
- D. Maria Montessori
Explanation: John Dewey made pragmatic philosophy the basis of children’s learning through activities, projects, and problem-solving.
Correct answer: John Dewey- A. Natural principles
- B. Genuine experience
- C. Genuine problems
- D. Dramatic situation
Explanation: Dewey believed meaningful learning grows from a genuine experience that engages the learner’s interests and leads to reflection.
Correct answer: Genuine experience- A. Personal growth
- B. Social growth
- C. Provide basic moral
- D. A&B
Explanation: Dewey viewed education as continuous growth of the individual within society, so it contributes to both personal and social growth.
Correct answer: A&B