Pedagogy MCQs (page 62 of 100)
Learning theories, child development, motivation, philosophy of education, teaching methods, curriculum and assessment, measurement and evaluation, classroom management, guidance and counselling, inclusive education, research, planning and school leadership, and Pakistan's education system. Includes applied, scenario-based questions in the style of recent FPSC SST (General) papers. For educator, SST, ESE, lecturer and other teaching posts.
1,997 questions. Select an option to check your answer, or open "Show answer". Showing 1221–1240.
- 1221.
Maria Montessori opened her first school, the Casa dei Bambini, in Rome in:
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Answer: B. 1907
Casa dei Bambini means "Children's House".
- 1222.
Montessori's specially designed learning materials are called:
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Answer: D. Didactic apparatus
The materials are self-correcting so children can learn independently.
- 1223.
In the Montessori method, the teacher is mainly a:
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Answer: B. Director or guide who observes and prepares the environment
Montessori called the teacher a "directress".
- 1224.
Montessori placed special emphasis on:
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Answer: C. Sense training and self-directed activity
Children learn through their senses in a prepared environment.
- 1225.
Who emphasised the harmonious development of "head, heart and hand"?
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Answer: A. Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Pestalozzi wanted to develop the intellectual, moral and practical powers together.
- 1226.
Pestalozzi is known for introducing:
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Answer: D. Object lessons
Children learned from real objects before words.
- 1227.
Herbart's five formal steps of teaching begin with:
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Answer: D. Preparation
The steps are preparation, presentation, association (comparison), generalisation and application.
- 1228.
The final step in Herbart's five formal steps is:
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Answer: B. Application
Learners apply the new rule or principle to fresh examples.
- 1229.
Herbart's theory that new ideas are understood through ideas already in the mind is called:
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Answer: C. Apperception
The "apperceptive mass" of existing ideas shapes how new ideas are received.
- 1230.
Who is known as the father of modern education and wrote "Didactica Magna"?
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Answer: B. John Amos Comenius
Comenius argued for universal education and teaching suited to the child.
- 1231.
"Orbis Pictus", one of the first illustrated textbooks for children, was written by:
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Answer: D. John Amos Comenius
Published in 1658, it paired pictures with words to teach children.
- 1232.
The Socratic method of teaching relies on:
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Answer: D. Questioning to draw out understanding
Socrates led learners to examine their beliefs through a series of questions.
- 1233.
Plato set out his views on education in:
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Answer: A. The Republic
Plato described an education system designed to produce philosopher-rulers.
- 1234.
Paulo Freire's best-known book is:
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Answer: D. Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Freire wrote it in 1968 and it was published in English in 1970.
- 1235.
Freire criticised traditional teaching as the "banking concept" of education, in which:
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Answer: A. Teachers deposit information into passive students
He proposed problem-posing education based on dialogue instead.
- 1236.
"Deschooling Society" was written by:
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Answer: C. Ivan Illich
Illich argued that institutional schooling should be replaced by learning networks.
- 1237.
Summerhill, a school known for giving children great freedom, was founded by:
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Answer: A. A. S. Neill
Neill founded Summerhill in 1921; lessons there are optional.
- 1238.
Ibn Khaldun discussed education and learning in his famous work:
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Answer: A. Muqaddimah
He wrote about gradual teaching, practice and the harm of harsh discipline.
- 1239.
"Ihya Ulum al-Din", which discusses the ethics of learning and teaching, was written by:
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Answer: B. Imam al-Ghazali
Al-Ghazali stressed moral and spiritual aims in education.
- 1240.
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan founded the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh in:
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Answer: B. 1875
It became Aligarh Muslim University in 1920.