foundation 101

1. DIFFERENT
EDUCATIONAL
PHILOSOPHIES

2. PHILOSOPHY
WISDOM
KNOWLEDGE
LOGIC
CONCEPTS
THEORIES
PRINCIPLES

3. Importance of Philosophy to Students of Education
Aim : is to provide the students the basis of
philosophical understanding which enables
them to arrive at a logical and systematic
theory of education.
IMPORTANCE:
 The study of philosophy serves to develop
intellectual abilities and skills required for any
particular profession.

4.  It cultivates the capacities and
appetite for self-expression and
reflection, for exchange and debate of
ideas, for life -long learning, and for
dealing with problems for which there
are no easy answers.
 It also helps to prepare one for the
tasks of citizenship. A good
philosophical education enhances the
capacity to participate responsibly and
intelligently in public life.

5. “ IT IS AN ACCEPTED FACT THAT THE
INTELLECTUAL HORIZON IS DEVELOPED
THROUGH PHILOSOPHICAL EXPERIENCE
ENGAGED
IN THE STUDY OF MAN, TRUTH, AND VALUES. ”

7. • Knowledge is independent of sense experience. Man
knows some truths by reasoning logically in the
relationship between values.
• Idealists start with the idea and ends with thing. Idea
is the real thing.
• Idealist believes that the mind exist, and that our
sense of the external world (physical reality) is simply
a construction of the mind.

8.  Idealist deny that thinking is the product of the
human brain, they claim that thinking is the
activity of minds and souls.
 Idealists deny that matter even exist. Matter,
they claim , is simply an illusion . Things aren’t
materials but groups of ideas or sensations that
exist in our minds or in the mind of God.
IDEALISM

9.  EXAMPLES:
1. Crime, for example, is said to exist because some
people are sinful or evil, and not because of
poverty, unemployment and other real material
condition.
2. A doctor who maintained that evil spirits were
the real cause of disease.
3. Reject the theory of evolution in favor of biblical
mythology.
IDEALISM

10.  To the idealist the purpose of education is to assist
in the development of the spirit and self of the
pupil/ student.
 Education assists in the development of the good
and abundant life.
 The school must emphasize the development the
development of the following areas of life:
Intellectual activities
Self -realization
Moral judgment
Individual freedom
Aesthetic appreciation
Individual Responsibility
Self –discipline or control

11.  Realism is an attempt to portray life as it
is.
 The realist believes that the world is
made of real, substantial material
entities.
 Thing is more important than the idea.

12. Contrasting Idealism and Realism
IDEALISM
- SUPERNATURE
- MYSTIC/FAITH;
PURE REASON
- MIND/ SPIRIT
VALUES ONLY
- DUTY/ OBLIGATION
REALISM
- NATURE
-SENSES and REASON-
EMPIRICAL
- MIND AND BODY
VALUES BOTH
- Happiness /Liberty

13.  Importance of subconscious mind
 The role of the racial minorities in society
 Man’s search for value in a hostile world.

14. IMAGE OF REALITY

21.  Recognizes the right of individual to an
education based upon his nature.
 Provides man with the essential knowledge
he needs to survive in nature.
 To the Realist education exists for the
following reason:
 1. To transmit culture
 2. To develop thinking and reasoning
 3. To develop the ability to live a life a life of reason
 4. To learn to live a life in a higher place.

22. HUMANISM
HUMAN
HUMANE
HUMANITY
HUMANITARIAN
HUMAN RACE
HUMAN RIGHTS

23.  “ IT IS EASY TO BE HUMAN,
BUT
IT IS HARD TO BE
HUMANE”
 Humanism is a rational philosophy based on
belief in the dignity of man, informed by
Science and motivated by human hope and
compassion.
 Humanism bases its values on human needs
and aspirations. It’s similar to a moral
philosophy.
* Humanism centers on humans and their
values, capacities, and worth .

24. Examples:
1. The right of Liberty
2. Freedom of speech
3. Rights to vote
4. Demand improvement
5. Justice for the species as a whole
 Modern Humanism now states ‘Education is a
right, not a privilege’.

26. humanism.lnk

33.  In general the philosophy of pragmatism is
grouped under the general term
Experimentalism. In other words,
Experimentalism and Pragmatism are closely
related.
 Concepts :
1. Both believe reality is determined by
individual experiences.

34.  Concepts :
2. All that can be known is dependent upon
experience.
3. This experience of phenomena determines
knowledge.
4. Dr. John Dewey is considered as
experimentalist because he insists that ideas
must always be tested by experiment.

35.  5. Pragmatist also believes that an idea is
true if it works and false if it does not.
Example:
If an idea does what it intends as plan of
action, it is true. If it falls, it is false.
Implication to Education:
1. Education must be problem centered and it
must be felt by the learners and should be
centered upon his abilities, needs and
interests.

36.  2. The curriculum of the school must be formulated in
terms of activities or projects relevant to the students’
abilities and community needs.
 3. Teaching must be stressing learning by
doing and living.
PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION 101 July 14, 2012
Prepared by: NOEL L . SAGAYCA
MAED Student
Submitted to : DR. GLORIA YAN
Professor