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EDRHODG 2017 November Exam and Answers
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Nov 2017 paperQuestion 1
Indicate whether each of the following statements is true or false. Give a brief argument to
substantiate your choice.
a) All human beings are lifelong learners
True. No one knows everything and no one has all the answers. Therefore we must all
embrace the fact that there is always something more to learn and to understand, no mater
how old we are or how much we already know. Therefore we will spend our lives learning
and this makes us lifelong learners.
b) Elderly people can learn something from teenagers
True. Even though elderly people may be wise and may know a lot of things, there are stll
things that teenagers may know that elderly people do not and thus elderly people can learn
from teenagers. For example, teenagers can teach the elderly how they communicate on
cellphones using emotcons.
c) Research has no connection at all with argumentation
False. Research is about fnding informaton and weighing evidence and coming to a
conclusion. An argument is a statement about that conclusion, showing the evidence that
brought one to that conclusion. For example, you could argue that the earth is not fat
because the evidence of photographs of the earth from out of space show that it is not fat.
Thus, argumentaton is integral to research.
d) Research is causing problems for government
False. Research is about problem-solving. It is identfying a problem and fnding informaton
about how to solve it. Research also includes putng the solutons into practce. Therefore,
research can help the government solve problems rather than cause problems for the
government.
e) EDRHODG is based on the philosophy known as logical empiricism
False. EDRHODG is based on the theory of Critcal Ratonalism.
f) The philosophy of critical rationalism requires teachers and learners to conform to the
requirements of authority structures.
False. The philosophy of Critcal Ratonalism promotes the challenging of authority and the
questoning and knowledge. It is ant-dogmatc and ant-authoritarian.
g) Socrates was a bad teacher whose teaching methods have been criticised and discredited.
False. Socrates is a famous Greek Philosopher and educator who developed what we know
today as the Socratc Actvity of deep questoning to draw out underlying assumptons. He is
a celebrated historical fgure for this.
Question 2
The basic philosophy used in this module is critical rationalism. The key question that critical
rationalism asks is “how do we know this is true”p
a) What are the main ideas of critical rationalism
The main assumptons and principles of critcal ratonalism are to encourage people to
queston knowledge and assumptons and to falsify knowledge through trail and error.
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