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1. The concept of pragmatism in educational philosophy says that education should be about




2. The idea of practical learning means education should apply to the




3. An aspect of pragmatism is experiential learning, which says, education should come through




4. According to Aristotle, virtue is a/an __________ state between excess and deficiency.




5. In case of spending money, the virtue is __________ between wastefulness and stringiness.




6. The concept of perennialism in education means school curricula should focus on what is




7. According to John Dewey, children should experience __________in school to make them better citizens.




8. Progressivism believes that education comes from the experience of the




9. The idea of teaching the whole child in the philosophy of pragmatism in education means teaching students to be good




10. Progressivism believes that children learn in a/an




11. A normal human being has __________ senses.




12. Which from the following is NOT among the five senses?




13. The application of ideas, knowledge and skills to achieve the desired results is called




14. According to Socrates of Meno, virtue is




15. The curriculum of educational institutes should be based on




16. The new curriculum should be introduced




17. Evaluation of the process of curriculum development should be made




18. Curriculum revision should be a/an __________ process.




19. The term heuristic means __________ in decision making.




20. Robert Sternberg, a famous psychologist, argued that creativity requires __________ different types of intelligence.




21. According to Robert Sternberg, the three different types of required intelligence for creativity are




22. A common technique to help people begin the creative process is




23. According to Plato, the highest goal in all of education is knowledge of the




24. Plato argued that __________ are fit to rule.




25. The book A Brief History of Time is written by




26. The branch of philosophy focuses on the nature of reality is




27. Idealism is a philosophical approach that argues that __________are the only true reality, and the only thing worth knowing.




28. Realism is a philosophical approach that argues that ultimate reality is the world of




29. Who is called the father of both Realism and the scientific method?




30. The philosopher who is called the father of Idealism is




31. The philosopher who for the first time taught logic as a formal discipline was




32. The advocators of philosophy of Pragmatism believe that reality is




33. The psychologist who for the first time proposed the concept of connectionism in learning was




34. According to Edward Thorndike, learning is about responding to




35. Anything that causes a reaction is called




36. The connection between stimulus and response is called




37. The __________ the stimulus-response bond (S-R bond), the better a person has learned the lesson.




38. There are __________ laws of connectionism.




39. The three laws of connectionism are the laws of




40. According to the law of effect, if a stimulus results in a positive outcome, the S-R bond is




41. According to the law of effect, if a stimulus results in a negative outcome, the S-R bond is




42. According to the __________, the more you do something, the better you are at it.




43. According to the __________, S-R bonds are stronger if an individual is ready to learn.




44. The __________ says, we are motivated to gain rewards and avoid punishments.




45. The Law of Effect can be effectively used in




46. The satiation technique of classroom management is a technique where instead of punishing negative behaviors, the teacher might decide to actually __________ the negative behavior.




47. The extinction technique of classroom management is a technique where teacher __________ any negative behavior.




48. The use of a physical punishment for class management is called




49. The technique of classroom management where the teacher punishes negative behaviors by removing an unruly student from the rest of the class is called




50. The study of the physical, social and mental aspects of aging is called