Teaching Development Progressive Education Question Bank

done Self Test-5 Total Questions - 29

• question_answer1)
  Who is remembered as the father of progressive education?
  A)
  John Dewey       done clear
  B)
  Pestalozzi done clear
  C)
  Mahatma Gandhi           done clear
  D)
  Rousseau done clear
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• question_answer2)
  Dewey's emphasis on the importance of -------- relationships in the classroom setting necessarily shifted the focus of educational theory from the institution of the school to the needs of the students.
  A)
  Liberal   done clear
  B)
  Democratic done clear
  C)
  Directive            done clear
  D)
  Authoritative done clear
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• question_answer3)
  ----- were among the first to coherently opine that the process of education should be concerned with educating the "whole child".
  A)
  Froebel and Pestalozzi done clear
  B)
  Montessori and Rousseau done clear
  C)
  Aurobindo and Tagore done clear
  D)
  Froebel and Rousseau done clear
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• question_answer4)
  The cardinal principles of learner centered education are ..........
  A)
  Learning by doing           done clear
  B)
  Learning by living done clear
  C)
  Both                 done clear
  D)
  None of these done clear
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• question_answer5)
  Who popularized the pedagogical method of object teaching, wherein a teacher began with an object related to the child's world in order to initiate the child into the world of education?
  A)
  Rousseau           done clear
  B)
  Pestalozzi done clear
  C)
  Dewey               done clear
  D)
  Vygotsky done clear
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• question_answer6)
  Which type of learning focuses more on the needs of the students, his abilities, interests, and learning styles with the teacher as a facilitator
  A)
  Subject-centered done clear
  B)
  Child-centered done clear
  C)
  Learning by rote done clear
  D)
  Play-way done clear
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• question_answer7)
  Whose contribution was the School and Society?
  A)
  Arthur Miller       done clear
  B)
  John Dewey done clear
  C)
  Michael Apple    done clear
  D)
  Michael Young done clear
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• question_answer8)
  Rousseau's principal contribution to education was the 1762 novel
  A)
  Emile done clear
  B)
  Agatha done clear
  C)
  Oscar    done clear
  D)
  My pedagogic creed done clear
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• question_answer9)
  The theory that Rousseau primarily attacked in his philosophy of education was that of
  A)
  child depravity    done clear
  B)
  child abuse done clear
  C)
  child play           done clear
  D)
  child rights done clear
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• question_answer10)
  Froebel's philosophy of education was based on
  A)
  Naturalism         done clear
  B)
  Realism done clear
  C)
  Idealism     done clear
  D)
  Existentialism done clear
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• question_answer11)
  ----- was of the view that mothers and KG teachers needed to be fully educated about the child's development stages.
  A)
  Tagore   done clear
  B)
  Vivekananda done clear
  C)
  Mahatma Gandhi           done clear
  D)
  Froebel done clear
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• question_answer12)
  The kindergarten designed by Froebel had a lot of
  A)
  gifts and occupations done clear
  B)
  books and diaries done clear
  C)
  plants and animals done clear
  D)
  songs and dances done clear
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• question_answer13)
  Who stated that in nature we allow plants and animals space and time to grow because their internal laws suggest they will develop properly only in this manner.
  A)
  Froebel     done clear
  B)
  Montessori done clear
  C)
  Dewey               done clear
  D)
  Rousseau done clear
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• question_answer14)
  Who said, "Education has two aspects: the teacher was to clear all obstacles to the self- development or "self-activity" of the child, but he was also to correct deviations from right and best"
  A)
  Swami Vivekananda done clear
  B)
  Rabindranath Tagore done clear
  C)
  Mahatma Gandhi done clear
  D)
  Friedrich Froebel done clear
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• question_answer15)
  "The hand is the chief teacher of the child" was stated by
  A)
  Mahatma Gandhi           done clear
  B)
  Friedrich Froebel done clear
  C)
  Maria Montessori done clear
  D)
  Adam Smith done clear
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• question_answer16)
  NCF - 2005 was framed by -
  A)
  NCERT    done clear
  B)
  SCERT done clear
  C)
  NOTE               done clear
  D)
  MHRD done clear
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• question_answer17)
  Main objective of NCF 2005 is-
  A)
  construction of knowledge done clear
  B)
  to memorize the lessons done clear
  C)
  emphasize on calculations done clear
  D)
  emphasize on discipline done clear
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• question_answer18)
  Main objective of RTEA 2009 is -
  A)
  Free and compulsory education for children of 6 -14 years done clear
  B)
  Education for all till 5th class done clear
  C)
  Education for all in Govt. school done clear
  D)
  Free and compulsory education for children of 0-14 years done clear
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• question_answer19)
  Computer-assisted instruction (CAI) is an educational technology that incorporates features consistent with principle of
  A)
  Classical conditioning done clear
  B)
  Instrumental conditioning done clear
  C)
  Operant conditioning done clear
  D)
  Cognitive conditioning done clear
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• question_answer20)
  Which organization accords recognition to teacher training institutions?
  A)
  NCTE     done clear
  B)
  NCERT done clear
  C)
  AICTE               done clear
  D)
  SCERT done clear
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• question_answer21)
  Which ministry in the central government looks after education?
  A)
  Education ministry done clear
  B)
  Education and cultural ministry done clear
  C)
  Ministry of science and education done clear
  D)
  Ministry of human resource development done clear
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• question_answer22)
  Which institution develops national curriculum framework for school education?
  A)
  NCERT  done clear
  B)
  CBSE done clear
  C)
  SCERT              done clear
  D)
  DIET done clear
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• question_answer23)
  'John Dewey', an educationist, belonged to -
  A)
  Pragmatism done clear
  B)
  Idealism done clear
  C)
  Proressivism       done clear
  D)
  Naturalism done clear
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• question_answer24)
  District Institute of Education of Training (Diets), have been set up to improve the quality of
  A)
  Pre-primary education done clear
  B)
  Elementary education done clear
  C)
  Primary Education done clear
  D)
  Senior secondary education. done clear
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• question_answer25)
  The project method is based on
  A)
  The principle of selection done clear
  B)
  The principle of learning by doing done clear
  C)
  The principle of regulation done clear
  D)
  The principle of inspiration done clear
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• question_answer26)
  The basic education policy was based on this view that a child :
  A)
  Learns from the co-operation of the society. done clear
  B)
  can achieve knowledge by reading books. done clear
  C)
  can get education by doing any purposeful activity. done clear
  D)
  cannot learn anything without financial incentive done clear
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• question_answer27)
  Navodaya Vidhalayas .are for :
  A)
  Rural children done clear
  B)
  Urban children done clear
  C)
  Brilliant children of both rural and urban. done clear
  D)
  The children who want to become soldiers. done clear
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• question_answer28)
  Modern education system -
  A)
  Makes the students professional done clear
  B)
  Make the students social done clear
  C)
  Does not give practical knowledge done clear
  D)
  Makes the students spiritual done clear
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• question_answer29)
  Concept of Curriculum flexibility was introduced to benefit
  A)
  disabled children done clear
  B)
  Madarsas and Maktabs done clear
  C)
  Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Others Backward Sections done clear
  D)
  All of the above done clear
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