Question

Philosophy of Education is a label applied to the study of the purpose, process, nature and ideals of education.

It can be considered a branch of both philosophy and education. Education can be defined as the teaching and

learning of specific skills, and the imparting of knowledge, judgment and wisdom, and is something broader

than the societal institution of education we often speak of.

Many educationalists consider it a weak and woolly field, too far removed from the practical applications of

the real world to be useful. But philosophers dating back to Plato and the Ancient Greeks have given the area

much thought and emphasis, and there is little doubt that their work has helped shape the practice of education

over the millennia.

Plato is the earliest important educational thinker, and education is an essential element in "The Republic" (his

most important work on philosophy and political theory, written around 360 B.C.). In it, he advocates some

rather extreme methods: removing children from their mothers' care and raising them as wards of the state,

and differentiating children suitable to the various castes, the highest receiving the most education, so that

they could act as guardians of the city and care for the less able. He believed that education should be holistic,

including facts, skills, physical discipline, music and art. Plato believed that talent and intelligence is not

distributed genetically and thus is be found in children born to all classes, although his proposed system of

selective public education for an educated minority of the population does not really follow a democratic

model.

Aristotle considered human nature, habit and reason to be equally important forces to be cultivated in

education, the ultimate aim of which should be to produce good and virtuous citizens. He proposed that

teachers lead their students systematically, and that repetition be used as a key tool to develop good habits,

unlike Socrates' emphasis on questioning his listeners to bring out their own ideas. He emphasized the

balancing of the theoretical and practical aspects of subjects taught, among which he explicitly mentionsreading, writing, mathematics, music, physical education, literature, history, and a wide range of sciences, as

well as play, which he also considered important.



On reading the above passage, answer the questions that follow: (5x1=5)



1. Philosophy of Education refers to the___________.


i. Study of purpose

ii. Study of process

iii. Study of purpose and process.

iv. Neither (i) nor (ii)



2. Plato advocates extreme methods like _______.

i. Raising children as wards of the state.

ii. Giving a chance to the underprivileged.

iii. Letting children explore on their own.

iv. Giving holistic education.



3. State which of the following statement is true.

i. Plato’s model follows democracy.

ii. Plato is not an educational thinker.

iii. Plato believed that talent and intelligence is not distributed genetically.

iv. Plato believed that education should be only facts.



4. Find the word form Para 1 that means ‘transmit’.

i. Learning

ii. Wisdom

iii. Philosophy

iv. Imparting



5. Choose the synonym of the word ‘virtuous’

i. Honest

ii. Good

iii. Humble

iv. Obliging

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Answer 1

Answer:

1 is iii study of purpose and process

2 is 4th giving holistic education

3 is 1st Plato's model follows democracy

4 is 3rd philosophy

5th is 4th obliging

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