ANSWER KEY to Assignment No.

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KEY TO CORRECTION.
Assignment 1: Review the items below and be ready for a quiz on
Sept. 19
TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PHILOSOPHIES
Essentialism Question and Answer
1. Do essentialists aim to teach students to reconstruct society? No.
They aim to transmit the traditional moral values and intellectual
knowledge that students need to become model citizens.
2. Is the model citizen of the essentialist the citizen who contributes
to the re-building of society? No. The model student is the one who
show mastery of the basic skills and that one who lives by traditional
moral values.
3. Do the essentialist teachers give up teaching the basics if the
students are not interested? No. They teach subject matter even if the
students are not interested. They are more subject matter-oriented
than student-centered.
4. Do the essentialist teachers frown on long academic calendar and
core requirements? No. They need long academic calendar and core
requirements for mastery of basic skills.
Progressivism
1. Do the progressivist teachers look at education as a preparation for
adult life? No. They look at education as life.
2. Are the students’ interests and needs considered in a progressivist
curriculum? Yes.
3. Does the progressivist curriculum focus mainly on facts and
concepts? No. They focus more on problem-solving skills.
4. Do the progressivist teachers strive to stimulate in the classroom
life in the outside world? Yes.
Perennialism
1. Do the perennialism teachers concerned with the students’ mastery
of the fundamental skills? No. They are more concerned with the
study of the Great Books.
2. Do the perennialism teachers see the wisdom of ancient, medieval
and modern times? Yes.
3. Is the perennialism curriculum geared towards specialization? No. It
is geared towards general or liberal education.
4. Do the perennialism teachers sacrifice subject matter for the sake
of students’ interests? No. Like the essentialist, subject matter is
foremost to the perennialism.
Existentialism
1. Is the existentialist teacher after students becoming specialists in
order to contribute to society? No. They are more concerned in
helping students appreciate themselves as unique individuals who
accept responsibility over the thoughts, actions and life.
2. Is the existentialist concerned with the education of the whole
person? Yes.
3. Is the course of study imposed on students in the existentialist
curriculum? No. Students are given a choice.
4. Does the existentialist teacher make heavy use of the individualized
approach? Yes, to allow each student to learn at his own pace.
Behaviorism
1. Are behaviorists concerned with the modifications of students’
behavior? Yes.
2. Do the behaviorists teachers spend their time teaching their
students on how to respond favorably to various environmental
stimuli? Yes.
3. Do behaviorists teachers believe they have control over some
variables that affect learning? Yes.
4. Do behaviorists teachers believe that students are a product of
their environment? Yes.
Linguistic Philosophy
1. Do linguistic philosophers promote the study of language? Yes.
2. Is the communication that linguistic philosophers encourage limited
to verbal language only? No.
3. Do linguistic philosophers prefer the teacher who dominates
discussion to save time to a teacher who encourages dialogue? No.
4. Is the curriculum of the linguistic philosopher open to the learning
of as many languages, like other Tongue, as possible? Yes.
Constructivism
1. Does the constructivist agree to a teaching methodology of
“telling”? No
2. Do constructivists believe that students can construct knowledge?
Yes.
3. Do constructivists approve of teaching learners the skill to learn?
Yes.
4. Do constructivists believe that meaning can be imposed? No