Teaching Profession Practice Test 2

During his lesson on violins, Teacher Joseph brought his own violin so that his students can practice. This is faithful to this philosophy.

Until now, Teacher Paola believes that the artworks from the Renaissance Period remain relevant material for teaching. Thus, she tries to include them as examples when she teaches her students. She seems to be a follower of this philosophy.

In order to lessen the likelihood of students disarranging chairs and to ensure there is no litter on the floor, Teacher Coleen makes sure the classroom is clean and orderly. On which school of thought is her action based?

During lunch, Teacher Rose allows her pupils to go and use the restroom. However, to manage the pupils, she makes them form a line and raises her rand to count from one to five. At first, she had to say “one – arms forward,” but in time, upon raising “one,” her pupils automatically said “arms forward.” She performed an act related to this philosophy.

Teacher Dakila claims to be an essentialist. This is to be expected in his classroom.

“Specialization knows more and more about less and less. Then, it is better to be a generalist,” claims Teacher Cris. Which philosophy will best agree with Teacher Cris’s opinion?

Your students are more interested in a topic that is not part of your lesson, so you drop your original lesson in favor of what they like. Which philosophy governs your decision?

This kind of teacher believes that teaching is not just about dumping knowledge into the empty minds of learners. Instead, it is about helping students create knowledge and meaning.

Who subscribe/s to the thought that values are subjective, meaning, certain people may subscribe to one value while others may not?

I. Relativists

II. Pragmatists

III. Essentialists

Principal Erika decided to forego the requirement of a strict dress code. Instead, she allowed her students to wear anything they wanted as long as these do not disobey laws on public decency. She did this for a better and freer expression of identity. This move is aligned with this philosophy.