Questions and Topics We Can Help You Answering; 

Please answer the following 3 questions in essay format. Please do not include the questions in your word count. 

1. Discuss ideas for order and control in the schools as recommended by William T. Harris. How do these recommendations accurately reflect idealist philosophy? Do these ideas have merit in today's schools? Explain your position.

2. Augustine maintains that we must believe in order to know, and that faith must transcend reason in order to enter the realm of true ideas. What are the implications of having to believe something in order to know it? How does this conflict with our current ways of teaching?

3. Some observers argue that the realist position makes a strong plea for facts and basic subject matter. Discuss whether realism does promote this view. How sufficient is the realist approach on this issue for education today?