Paper 1 · Teaching Aptitude
UGC NET December 2021 June 2022 (12.10.2022) Shift-II
Given below are two statements. Statement I: Dewey equated schools to communities and education to a social process. Statement II: Chomsky expressed that the ultimate aim of education is the production of individuals who are different from each other in terms of quality. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- Statement I: Dewey equated schools to communities and education to a social process.
- Statement II: Chomsky expressed that the ultimate aim of education is producing individuals who differ from each other in quality.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
CStatement I is true but Statement II is false ✓ Correct
DStatement I is false but Statement II is true
Correct answer: (C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false — The answer is that Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
Explanation
★The answer is that Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
★Dewey did view schools as communities and education as a social process.
★So Statement I is true.
★The idea about producing individuals who differ in quality is drawn from Dewey's own thought, not Chomsky.
★So attributing it to Chomsky is wrong, making Statement II false.
★Thus only the first statement holds.
★So the answer is that Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
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