20 questions
Do essentialists aim to teach students to reconstruct society?
Yes
No
Is the model citizen of the essentialist the citizen who contributes to the re-building of society?
Yes
No
Do the essentialist teachers give up teaching the basics if the students are not interested?
Yes
No
Do the essentialist teachers frown on long academic calendar and core requirements?
Yes
No
Do the progressivist teachers look at education as a preparation for adult life?
Yes
No
Are the students’ interests and needs considered in a progressivist curriculum?
Yes
No
Does the progressivist curriculum focus mainly on facts and concepts?
Yes
No
Do the progressivist teachers strive to simulate in the classroom life in the outside world?
Yes
No
Are the perennialist teachers concerned with the students’ mastery of the fundamental skills?
Yes
No
Do the perennialist teachers see the wisdom of ancient, medieval, and modern times?
Yes
No
Is the perennialist curriculum geared towards specialization?
Yes
No
Do the perennialist teachers sacrifice subject matter for the students’ interests?
Yes
No
Is the existentialist teacher after students becoming specialist in order to contribute to society?
Yes
No
Is the existentialist concerned with the education of the whole person?
Yes
No
Is the course of study imposed on students in the existentialist classroom?
Yes
No
Does the existentialist teacher make heavy use of the individualized approach?
Yes
No
Are behaviorists concerned with the modification of students’ behavior?
Yes
No
Do behaviorist teachers spend their time teaching their students on how to respond favorably to various environmental stimuli?
Yes
No
Do behaviorist teachers believe that they have control over some variables that affect learning?
Yes
No
Do behaviorist teachers believe that students are a product of their environment?
Yes
No