NORTHERN LUZON ADVENTIST COLLEGE

Philosophy of Adventist Education

Prelim Examination
September14, 2022 1st Semester

Name________________________________________ Score______________
Professor_____________________________________

PART 1; IDENDENTIFY 20 POINTS

1. G_________________________ is the Creator and Sustainer of the entire universe—animate and inanimate
2. E_________________________ is the most important and most noble of human endeavors.
3. P_________________________ “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
4. T_________________________ has to do with the whole being.
5. B_________________________ is the primary source of all learning.
6. G_________________________ they are diverting the mind from study; they are not helping to prepare the youth for practical earnest work in
life.
7. H_________________________ declared that character, the moral end of life, should be the central aim of education.
8. A_________________________ He concluded that education should be based on three principles: (1) the golden mean, (2) the possible,
and(3) the becoming.
9. L_________________________ has wisely pointed out, that without proper religious and moral instruction every form of intellectual culture
will be injurious.
10. F________________________ This Philosophy focuses on social and political reforms calling for educators to generate.

Answers for the above

Games, Bible, God, Hebart, True education, Proverb 22:6, Aristotle, Futurism, Education, Leo XIII,

PART 2– TRUE OR FALSE 30 points

Write “T”, if the STATEMENT IS TRUE. Write “F”, if the STATEMENT IS FALSE. And WRITE THE LETTER of your choice IN THE BLANK next to the
number if you believe that, a) the STATEMENT IS BOTH TRUE and or b) if the statement is both false or, c) if the FIRST STATEMENT IS TRUE, and
the 2nd statement is false or, d) if the first statement is is false and 2nd statement is true. Follow the bonus example below.

___a___1. (1st statement)- God is the Creator and Sustainer of the entire universe—animate and inanimate. ___T____
(2nd statement)- God created perfect human beings in His own image with power to think, to choose, and to do. __T____ Bonus
sample
a. Both statements are true c. First statement is true, 2 nd statement is false
b. Both statements are false d. First statement is false,2 nd statement is true

______2. (1st )-“ God is the source of all that is true, good, and beautiful,_______
(2nd)-“Humans, by their own choice, rebelled against God and fell into a state of sin _______
a. Both statements are true c. First statement is true, 2 nd statement is false
b. Both statements are false d. First statement is false,2 nd statement is true

______3. (1st)- In spite of this, the world and human beings still reveal, albeit dimly, the goodness and beauty _____
(2nd)- The Godhead met the problem of sin through the plan of redemption _____
a. Both statements are true c. First statement is true, 2 nd statement is false
b. Both statements are false d. First statement is false,2 nd statement is true

______4. (1st)- God invites us to choose His plan of restoration______

(2nd)- The Seventh-day Adventist philosophy of education is Christ-centered______
a. Both statements are true c. First statement is true, 2 nd statement is false
b. Both statements are false d. First statement is false,2 nd statement is true

______5. (1st)- the ultimate task of a Christian teacher is developed in the student a personal relationship with Jesus ______
(2nd)- ‘In 1853 Martha Byington became the First Seventh-day Adventist Teacher at Buck’s Bridge, NY ______
a. Both statements are true c. First statement is true, 2 nd statement is false
b. Both statements are false d. First statement is false,2 nd statement is true

______6. (1st)- The Christian teacher should develop in their student the spirit of competition. ______.
(2nd)-Competent or competence means the student of teacher should have the ability to defeat the opponent_______.
a. Both statements are true c. First statement is true, 2 nd statement is false
b. Both statements are false d. First statement is false,2 nd statement is true

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______7. (1st)- Adventists believe that, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the student can reach the goal of academic excellence. _______
(2nd)-the goal of Adventist Christian education is to develop in the student the competitive spirit______.
a. Both statements are true c. First statement is true, 2 nd statement is false
b. Both statements are false d. First statement is false,2 nd statement is true

______8. (1st)- the most important and most noble achievement of human endeavors is to excel in all aspect of educational endeavors_______
(2nd)- When we plan to build school it should be near the urban for the accessibility of all technology _______.
a. Both statements are true c. First statement is true, 2 nd statement is false
b. Both statements are false d. First statement is false,2 nd statement is true

______9. (1st)- True education focuses more in the development of the intellectual aspect of the person. ______
(2nd)- Christian Education focuses more on the formal education ______.
a. Both statements are true c. First statement is true, 2 nd statement is false
b. Both statements are false d. First statement is false,2 nd statement is true

_____10. (1st)- true education do away with the evolving traditions, structures, and social relations which are taken to constitute their
education” according to (Kleining, [1985]). _____.
(2nd)- Education is a not continuing voyage of discovery, not an everlasting quest to achieve the fullest wisdom and stature that God
meant for us. ______
a. Both statements are true c. First statement is true, 2 nd statement is false
b. Both statements are false d. First statement is false,2 nd statement is true

PART 3; FILLING THE BLANKS

Proverb 22:6
_______ up a ______ in the ______ that he should ____and when he/ she is old he/she will not _______ from it.

e___________ is the most i__________ and most n________of human endeavors.

It continues even in e__________.
It e__________ humans to a_________ their f_______ p_________, s__________, m_________, s________, and p___________ p__________.
It t____________ an individual and a________ her to effect c________ in her e______________
Education is a continuing v_________ of d___________, an everlasting q_______ to achieve the fullest wi_________ and s_________ that
G_______ meant for us.
It is a l_________ learning process that can take place in an i_________ variety of circumstances and contexts (George Knight)

ANSWERS TO THE ABOVE FILLING THE BLANKS

Spiritual, stature, depart, noble, eternity, go, Enables, Voyage, achieve, fullest, physical, personal, , mental, Lifelong, social, potentials.
Environment, Transforms, change, discovery, quest, child, allows wisdom, infinite, Education, important, train

Part 4: Multiple choices

1. Who am I? Why am I here? Who are all these other people, and what do they want of me? Are the 3 important questions
of;
a. Dewy c. Kergaard
b. James d. None of the above
2. Who am I? Why am I here? Who are all these other people, and what do they want of me? Are the 3 important questions
of;
a. Erik Berne’s c. Aristotle
b. Plato d. Socrates
3. First systematic philosophy in Western thought…
a. Idealism c. Pragmatism
b. Realism d. Neo Marxism
4. This Philosophy is a Radical critique of Capitalism;
a. Neo-Marxism c. Idealism
b. Pragmatism d. Realism
5. Education should focus on the needs of individuals, include the non-rational as well as rational, the notion of possibility
a. Existentialists c. Idealists
b. Realists d. Dewey

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 6. An American philosophy from the 19th century by,…Peirce, James, Dewey.
a. Pragmatism c. Adventism
b. Realism d. Pessimism
7. He was concerned with the search for “universal patterns”
a. Alfred North Whitehead c. Melton Miguel
b. Bertrand Russell d. Socrates
8. He use the Principia Mathematica…universal patterns could be verified and classified through mathematics;
a. Bertrand Russel c. Socrates
b. Alfred North White head d. Plato
9. developed induction, the scientific method…based on Aristotle, developed a method starting with observations, culminating in
generalization, tested in specific instances for the purpose of verification;
a. Frances Bacon c. Bertrand Russel
b. John Locke d. White Head
10. He was the proponent of Idealism.
a. Socrates and Plato c. White Head
b. Aristotle d. Dewey

Part 5 Matching type

j Aristotle a Principia Mathematica
C,i Plato b 3 important Question
ic Socrates c Idealism
g Dewey d Existentialis
a Bertrand Russel e General conflict theory…the
f Whitehead f Universal pattern
b Eric Berne’s g Pragmatism
h Radical critique h Neo-Marxism
e Marx i Idealism
d Kierkegaard j Realism

PART 6. ESSAY 30 POINTS

1. True Education
2. The ultimate task of a Christian Teacher
3. The goal and aim of Christian Education