Philosophies of Education Flashcards
WHAT IS EDUCATION?
- Acquisition of Knowledge
- A discipline to intellect
- A preparation for life
- Development
- Growth
- Transmission of Culture
AIMS OF PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
All round development consists of all the aspects - physical, mental, moral, social, emotional, and spiritual.
Education consists in the development of all the capacities in the individual.
Determining the aspects of education:
- Aims of education
- Curriculum
- Methods of teaching
- Teacher & Student
- Administration
FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY
a. Determining the aspects of education
b. Harmonizing old and new traditions in the field of education.
c. Providing the educational planners, administrators and educators with the progressive vision to achieve educational
d. Preparing the young generation to face the challenges of the modern time development
is concerned with the nature and purposes of education as well as the philosophical issues that arise from educational theory and practice.
Philosophy of Education
This philosophy aims to create independent, intrinsically motivated learners with the necessary learning skills to construct and interpret information.
Constructivism
This philosophy teaches students to become informed, intelligent, and responsible members of a democratic society. Instead of preparing them for adulthood, they teach them to live life to the fullest.
Progressivism
Students are active learners as opposed to passive learners. The teacher is a facilitator rather than the center of the educational process.
Progressivism
base their teachings on reason, logic, and analytical thought. Only information that stood the test of time is relevant. The classes most likely to be considered under this approach would be history, science, math, and religion classes
Perennialism
Teachers impart the traditional moral ideals and academic information that students need to become role-model citizens, not to alter society.
Essentialism
This philosophy acknowledges the fundamental goal to enable students to recognize and value themselves as distinctive individuals who accept full responsibility for their feelings, thoughts, and deeds fundamentally.
Existentialism
This philosophy focuses on modifying and forming students’ behavior by creating a supportive environment. It acknowledges that students are products of their surroundings.
Behaviorism
believe in rewards and punishments as an approach to controlling the teaching environment due to their belief in the intrinsic nature of humans to react to internal or external stimuli.
Behaviorists
This student-centered philosophy strives to instill a desire to make the world a better place. It places a focus on controversial world issues and uses current events as a springboard for the thinking process.
Reconstructionism
