5. THREE FACTS OF ESSENTIALISM
BASICALLY ESSENTIALISM FOCUS ON THREE
FACTS
EVALUATION OF CARRICULUM
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ESSENTIAL AND NON
ESSENTIAL IN SCHOOL PROGRAMME
ESTABLISHMENT OF TEACHER’S AUTHORITY IN
CLASS ROOM.
6. Goals of education
IT EMPHASIZE INSTRUCTION IN NATURAL
SCIENCES RATHER THAN NON DESCIPLINES
SUCH AS PHILOSOPHY OR COMPARATIVE
RELIGION
ELEMENTRY STUDENTS RECEIVE INTRUCTION IN
SKILLS SUCH AS WRITING , READING, AND
COMPUTER
7. Goals of education
EVEN WHILE LEARNING ART AND MUSIC
SUBJECTS MOST OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVITY
THE STUDENT ARE REQUIRED TO MASTER A
BODY OF INFORMATION AND BASIC
TECHNIQUES GRADUALLY MOVING FROM LESS
TO MORE COMPLEX SKILLS AND DETAILED
KNOWLEDGE
8. TEACHER
THE TEACHER IS AN ORGANISER OF LEARNING
SITUATIONS WHO TRANSMIT ELEMENTS OF
CULTURE AND SCIENCE.
10. CLASS ROOM
ESSENTIALIST TEACHER FOCUS HEAVILY ON
ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES AS A MEAN OF
EVALUATING PROGRESS
ESSENTIALIST HOPES THAT WHEN STUDENT
LEAVE SCHOOL THEY WILL POSSESS:
BASIC SKILL
DISCIPLINED
PRACTICAL MIND
13. Perennialism
Allegiance to absolute principles
Permanence is more real than change and more
desirable as an ideal
Stability is the most important educational value.
18. Perennialism
People possess and share a common nature
that defines them as human beings
Follows Aristotle and Aquinas (Realism)
Rationality of human nature in all times and
places
All people may find universal truth and live
according to its values
Study classic literature and arts to discover
enduring truth and beauty
19. Perennialism
Education
School is an intellectual agency with a primary
purpose to develop human reason (greatest
happiness comes from exercising and applying
reason)
Education should be universal, leading students to
discover truth and make logical choices accordingly
Support a general curriculum, not a specialized one,
based on valuable skills and subject matter
Critical of “presentism” and specialization that
comes too early (general, liberal education should
come first)