History and Philosophy of Education (EDU111)
Higher Technical Teacher Training College (HTTTC/ENSET)
Semester: First Semester
Level: 200
Year: 2015
THE UNIVERSITY OF BAMENDA
HIGHER TECHNICAL TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGE (HTTTC BAMBILI)
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE OF EDUCATION
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION (Level 100)
Course Title: HISTORY AND PHILOSOPY OF EDUCATION
COURSE CODE: EDU 111
Answer all questions. Time: 1 Hr
SECTION A
Write ONLY the right letter corresponding to the right answer
(PUT YOUR QUESTION SHEET INSIDE THE ANSWER BOOKLET AT THE END OF THE EXAMINATION)
1. The passing on of culture from one generation to the next is known as (1mk)
A) Civilization B) Cultural Heritage C) Cultural values D) Enculturation
2. The learning of social values and behavior is called (1mk)
A) Social learning B) Social Relationship C) Socialization D) Behavior pattern
3. Sociologists often call informal education (1mk)
A) Classroom education B) Hidden curriculum C) Environmental Education D) After-
school Education
4. Most of human history lies in (1mk)
A) Pre-history B) Observation C) Medieval history D) Modern history
5. Formal Education can be best described as follows (1mk)
A) What students are taught from the syllabus B) Training received from institutions
C) All of the above D) Norms acquired from the school environment
6. In pre-literate society Education was achieved (1mk)
A) Through reading and writing B) By the use of cane C) orally and through observation
D) In the classroom
7. Pre-history was a period before (1mk)
A) The age of literacy B) The use of writing C) All of the above D) None of the above
8. The goal of Roman education was to produce good citizens and good citizens means (1mk)
A) A teacher of Roman Law B) An educated person C) Effective speaker D) A and B
9. Education in the 5
th
Century could have regressed to primitive education but survived
because of (1mk)
A) The middle ages church B) The medieval church C) A and B D) Non of the above
10. Which humanist educator was particularly influential during renaissance (1mk)
A) The pope B) The Sophists C) Desiderius Erasmus D) John Locke
11. Why should future teachers study the history and philodophy of Education (1mk)
A) Because we want to tell stories of the past B) Because it is one of the courses to be studied
C) Because knowledge of the past is necessary in understanding the present and future D)
Because it will guide us to teach well
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12. During the enlightenment, educators believed people could improve their lives and society
by using (1mk)
A) Arms to destroy those blocking their progress B) Democratic means to govern C) Reason
in the right way to solve their problems D) Persuasive means to convince the people
13. What was the foremost among the ideas of enlightenment (1mk)
A) Supremacy of reason B) Natural Education C) Church Dogmas D) None of the above
14. What dominated medieval education? (1mk)
A) Philosophy B) Church Doctrine C) Military Training D) Women Education
15. What from the following can make a good definition of the formal system of education?
(1mk)
A) The study of past events B) The study of the formal system of learning C) The
philosophical study of theories, methods administration of schools and other agencies of
information from prehistory to present D) An appreciation of educational policies
SECTION B
Write only the right Answer
1. Which education refers to the procedure by which teachers instruct students in courses of
study within institutions (1mk)
2. Give four questions on education that you know (2mks)
3. What is informal education (1mk)
4. One of the most influential Enlightenment French thinkers was? (1mk)
5. What do sociologists call “hidden curriculum”? (1mk)
6. What does the question ‘why educate’ seek to examine? (1mk)
7. The answer in (6) above depends on a number of factors. Name four (2mks)
8. Give two reasons why you think the history and philosophy of education is important to
prospective teachers (1mk)
9. What was the goal of education in Greek city state of Athens (1mk)
10. What made a body of knowledge for the medieval schools? (1mk)
11. Which philosophical and educational movement of the middle ages used both human
reason and revelations in the attainment of knowledge (1mk)
12. The proponents of the Protestant Reformation concerned themselves with three main
questions. Give two (1mk)
13. What was their stance on the nature of knowledge (1mk)
14. Name the four pioneers of education you know (2mks)
15. Give one proponent of the educational theories in the 19
th
Century (1mk)
16. Give two concepts that were common during the enlightenment (2mks)
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