branches, theories

1. Philosophical Foundations of
Education

2. What is Philosophy
• Philosophy means "love of wisdom." It is
made up of two Greek words, philo,
meaning love, and sophos, meaning
wisdom. Philosophers think about the
meaning of things and interpretation of
that meaning

3. What is Educational Philosophy”
• All professions have philosophical
underpinnings.
• Educational philosophy is one important aspect
of teacher’s professional knowledge.
• A teacher’s educational philosophy helps the
educator interpret, find meaning, and direct the
daily work of the classroom

4. BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY
PHILOSOPHY
Metaphysics ETHICS Aesthetics Epistemology Logic

5. BRANCHES of PHILOSOPHY
• Epistemology: What is knowledge? How do
we know what we know? How did we acquire
that knowledge? Only through Seeing,
hearing, touching, smelling? Prove it! =
Empiricism or through reasoning, logic
and philosophy that we maybe cannot
sense? = Rationalism

6. Elements of Philosophy
• Metaphysics is somewhat related to
epistemology and asks the question “What
is real?” What is the nature of reality?
• Are the things that are real only the things
that can be touched and measured?

7. Elements of Philosophy
• Axiology: influence of values, beliefs
and ethics on learning. What do we
value?
• Metaphysics:
• What is real? Is reality only composed of
matter that we can sense?

8. Purposes for Education
• Transmit the cultural
heritage
• Transform the culture
• Maximize human
potential

9. Basic Philosophies of EducationBasic Philosophies of Education
• Perennialism
• Essentialism
• Behaviorism
• Progressivism
• Existentialism
• Reconstructism
• Postmodernism
• Social Reconstructionism

10. Basic Philosophies of EducationBasic Philosophies of Education
• Perennialism
• Essentialism
• Behaviorism
• Progressivism
• Existentialism
• Reconstructism
• Postmodernism
• Social Reconstructionism