Educational Philosophy Questions and Answers
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What are some reasons why students should not choose the topics they learn in class?
I would think that the most evident point would be that some students simply are not ready to make the choices to understand the scope and sequence of all that is needed to be successful. Students...
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Discuss the following quote: "All educational questions are ultimately questions of philosophy."
This is an interesting concept. Educational and philosophical questions both attempt to get at a more complete understanding of human nature and the universe. Consider that the specific aim of...
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Why should a student be assessed?
Students should be assessed in order to ensure they are getting a quality education. Assessments help teachers measure a student's progress through the course as well as their understanding and...
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What is the importance of the operant conditioning in humans?
Operant conditioning is a method of behavior modification using positive and negative reinforcement. B. F. Skinner is the behaviorist who first discovered and employed this type of conditioning; it...
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"All educational questions are philosophical questions." Discuss.
Freire‘s ideas about education had a deeply philosophical origin. He believed, for instance, that the purpose of education was to help mankind recover its “lost” humanity and that education was a...
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What are the elements of a lesson plan?
It is fitting that you place this question in the educational philosophy group, because how you write a lesson plan as a teacher depends quite a bit on your philosophy. Here is a common lesson...
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What is the educational philosophy that best supports the idea of Reconstructionism?
I think that you are looking for an educational philosophy that stresses the transformative nature of learning and reality if one is embracing Reconstructionism. Consider that the idea of...
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When observing student behavior, what are some things educators should think about or consider before, during, and...
If you are observing a student, it would be good to get a sense of the student. Look at his or her academic performance and written evaluations. If you have the ability you should also look at his...
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What are some similarities between John Dewey's and Paulo Freire's theories of education?
Both educators strongly believed in the value of the student in the educational process. Neither one favored a model of the teacher's role as an all-knowing, all-powerful influencer who imparts...
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Why are classroom rules imperative and should be reinforced for toddlers and school age children? Why are classroom...
On the other hand, social historian Page Smith (formerly of the University of California, Santa Cruz) posits the idea that young children who are "pampered" and treated with the utmost respect are...
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Explain the changes in American education from elementary to the college level?
I think that one particular avenue in answering the question might come down to the basic idea of how children learn and how teachers teach. In many educational settings, from Kindergarten to 8th...
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What does / should professionalism mean to a teacher?
I think that a teacher needs to have the best interests of the students in mind, but also not get too involved. The idea of emotional distance is terribly hard for teachers. How can you not be...
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Would Montessori have agreed with psychologist from the behaviorist school of psychology?
The Montessori method is based mostly on student's self-directed learning. According to Maria Montessori, she found the true nature of childhood, and she claimed that the natural tendency of...
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What positive and negative effect does technology have on a student's development of learning?
One enormous effect that I have seen in the classroom, in terms of writing, is the decline of a student's ability to write using complete sentences and complete words. Using shorthand language...
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What is the importance of teacher assessments of students?
Assessing students can be crucial in helping to develop effective ways of "reaching" particular students. I will never forget the first time I taught. I was the "preceptor" of a discussion...
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Discuss the implications of distance education.
I think that distance education is a very compelling topic with profound implications. The idea of continuing one's education or engaging in education in a distance format simply means that...
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Give an explanation of learning as a self-regulated process that builds on learners’ existing knowledge, in which...
Consider the process of learning how to ride a bicycle. In the beginning, a learner becomes familiar with the sensation of balancing on the seat, using the handlebars to steer the bike, learning...
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What are five major classroom rules for toddlers and elementary school age children?
Whole Brain teaching implements an entire classroom management plan that explains the 5 rules that cover every possible behavior issue you could encounter and how to deal with it. The rules are:...
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Why is it important not to neglect the following content areas: art, music, and play when educating children? Why is...
I agree with all the posts already made. Art, music, and play can also be means of healthy socialization during school and afterwards. People who are involved in (or even just interested in) these...
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How is Skinner's programmed instruction theory similar to Montessori's beliefs?
Skinner's operant conditioning theory offers that behavior can be achieved through a series of processes that involve motivation, reinforcement, and feedback until the behavior can be achieved...
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"The teleological argument fails its attempt to prove the existence of god." Analyse this statement.
What is a teleological argument: A teleological argument explains a thing or event (phenomena) by the purpose or function it serves as its reason for being. This is opposed to explaining phenomena...
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How do the educational theories of Vygotsky affect present day classroom instruction?
Vygotsky's main philosophy is based on social learning. In his theoretical framework, he offers that cognitive development occurs with a combination of dynamics, and that the most important one is...
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Why is education in the United States inferior to that of other industrialized countries?
One thing is that in other countries, comprehensive examinations of both the written and verbal type are still administered. Another is that exams are graded within a collective framework, for...
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Why is higher level thinking so important?
Higher ordered thinking is extremely important for a couple of reasons. I think that one reason why higher ordered thinking is important is because it helps to keep the focus of classroom teaching...
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What defect is inherent in a purely classical education?
I assume that by classical education you mean a type of literary education that is based on a curriculum devoted to the authors of the Greek and Latin Classicism with maybe some major canonical...
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Why is Howard Gardner's work on multiple intelligences so important in our educational system?
Gardner's work on multiple intelligences is so important because it suggests that we ought to be thinking about intelligence and teaching in a different way than we have been. Generally, our...
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What is Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligence theory?
Gardner discovered through cognitive research that people learn in seven different ways. He said that each of us uses our strengths to learn because that is how our intelligence may first apply...
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How much higher level thinking can one see in a teacher's classroom?
This will be dependent on a variety of circumstances. I think that one can envision how a classroom that features higher leveled thinking can be constructed. In my mind, I think that a classroom...
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What is the importance of history? Why is history kept as a classrooom subject? What is the importance of history?...
This is a great question. It is easy to think that the study of history is not important. Why study facts that happened long ago? With that said, there are many reasons why we should study history....
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Is New Media in the classroom a good idea or bad one? I am currently enrolled in a class in New Media. We are using...
The most important aspect of any technology in the classroom is teacher training. Teachers have to know how to use the technology, but also how to use it effectively. The reason so many teachers...
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How does solving systems by graphing, substitution or elimination be related to a nursing career? i am doing this for...
This is a good question. How does algebra help me in the real world? There are several ways in which to answer this question. Let me give you two points. First, whenever you use your mind in...
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How could technology be used in a classroom using the educational approaches proposed by Vygotsky?
Vygotsky's theory of social interaction states that cognitive development will be optimal through student interaction, and students learning from each other. In the 21st century the technology is...
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How might one know that their strengths as a learner help one as a student?
If one believes the learning style model, one recognizes that its intrinsic value is to empower the student. The learning style model does this because the student can understand "the code" of...
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What is the difference between "No Child Left Behind ACT" & "No Child Left Behind ARTICLE?"
I have searched far and wide and can find no reference to anything but the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). This is, of course, legislature that was co-written by several politicians, including the...
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What strategies can teacher use to resolve conflict in the classroom?
Whatever strategies a teacher uses to resolve conflict in the classroom, there needs to be consistency. Without consistency, no strategy will work. With that said, let me suggestion a few ways in...
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Describe and explain the method that students should use during the first preliminary reading stage. no
To what level of students are you referring? The reading and comprehension level of your group will affect the method to be used, given that different methods may be more or less effective for...
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Do you feel that our current educational system has been overly feminized?
I am sure you will get much in way of argument or discussion out of this one. I guess I don't feel that our current approach to education is one of excessive feminizing. I would be interested to...
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In childhood education should all activities in the classroom be higher-level thinking? Why or Why not
While it is good to have at least some higher-order thinking activities in each lesson, it is not good to try to have all activities be only about higher-order thinking. Higher order thinking needs...
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How much higher level thinking can one include when planning and teaching lessons?
I am not certain that there is a "limit" to the amount of higher ordered thinking that one can feature in the design and execution of lessons. I think that much of this depends on several...
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What strategies have teachers used to successfully engage lower-income students with academics? What strategies have...
This is a good question. Teachers and educators have tried many things to encourage children in lower-income students. Let me mention of a few of them. First, some educators in the past have...
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How would you expect an administrator to support the implementation of a new reading program? Discuss
This is a great question. Most importantly, each situation will be different. So, everything needs to be tailored to the context. However, there are a few point that will help. First, it will be...
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What makes a literacy rich classroom? how can the teacher accommodate learning for all students in the same...
What a great question. As you probably know, this question is largely a matter of opinion. Literacy is an important part of a person's life and also for the well-being of society. For this reason,...
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What are the pros and cons of homeschooling? Are you for or against it? Estimates vary, but somewhere between 2.7%...
I am for the right to homeschool, but I don't believe that everyone has the ability to do it well. As a teacher, I have actually had more good experiences with homeschooled students who have...
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How could you incorporate an explicit expectation in one of your lessons?
One other way to make expectations explicit is to provide students with an exemplar. If you are assigning an essay, show them what a model essay looks like. Walk them through the requirements, and...
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How would you help a student get through the difficulty of the reading process?
This is an excellent question. There are several things that you can do to help students through the difficulties of reading. In light of this, let me give you a few examples. First, you can tell...
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What is the significance of classroom mangement for toddlers and elementary school age children?
The significance of classroom management is that, for better or worse, the behavior learned, developed, maintained within the classroom is the behavior that will dog the young child or young person...
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I need a basic outline of Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn.
Kohn's book focuses on the basic idea of how the temporary fix has supplanted a long term vision in our schooling and parenting of children. Kohn's beliefs is that our desire to provide immediate...
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Describe what collaboration looks like and the importance of collaboration in Early Childhood Education?
Collaboration among teachers as a team approach is an important tenet of the concept of Professional Learning Communities, or PLC's, as they are called in education circles. The idea of PLC's is...
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Would you be for or against your school announcing that students will be graded on effort instead of performance?
As a teacher, I would be appalled if my school were to grade solely on effort. I think that it is fine to base a little bit of a student's grade on performance, but not much of the grade and...
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Can the Indian Education be called a mimicry? In India, I see that most of the students are compeled to take a...
I think that a couple of point need to be stressed here. The first is that part of the "mimicry" that is perceived comes down to the manner of assessment. If higher education students are going...
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