PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION

OF EDUCATION

PRESENTED BY:
 MODERN PHILOSOPHIES
OF EDUCATION

 HUMANISM  IDEALISM
 REALISM  PRAGMATISM
 DISCIPLINISM  PROGRESSIVISM
 RATIONALISM  EXISTENTIALISM
 NATURALISM  ESSENTIALISM
HUMANISM

 emphasizes people’s intrinsic

capacities for personal growth

 and their abilities and desires

to control their own destinies
2 basic components of learning

(1) the acquisition of information

(2) the individual’s personalization

and internalization of that
information
REALISM

 Objects exist whether or not

the human mind perceives it.

 Knowledge comes via the

senses.
DISCIPLINISM

• Moral development
• Formation of desirable
habits
RATIONALISM

Human reason was the sole

source of knowledge and
the sole determiner
whether things or actions
were acceptable or not.
NATURALISM

 focuses on natural
development of children’s
abilities
NATURAL STAGES
OF DEVELOPMENT
EMILE
(Jean Jacques Rosseau)

 education of boys and girls

 Underlined the importance of

each gender’s roles in the
society
“Man, as a natural being,
has innate goodness; but
became evil through
contact with society.”
(Jean Jacques Rosseau)
IDEALISM

 Much of its thrust is to

preserve cultural traditions

 Education is largely a matter

of passing on to the young
the nation’s cultural heritage.
There is great concern for morality
and character development.

1. The first rule to be learned is order.

2. Students must conform to rules and
regulations and repress everything that
interferes with the function of the
school.
3. Pupils must have their lessons ready on
time, rise and sit at a given signal,
learn habits of silence and cleanliness.
(docility, conformity and subservience)
PRAGMATISM

• favors practicality and literal

truth

• practical consequences are the

criteria of knowledge and
meaning and value
FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE

• Knowledge is what works.

PROGRESSIVISM

• to provide the learner

the necessary skills to
be able to interact with
his ever changing
environment.
PROGRESSIVISTS’ PRINCIPLES

Knowledge leads to
growth and development
of life-long learners who
actively learn by doing.
EXISTENTIALISM

 focuses on the existence of

the individual

 People are responsible for

defining themselves.
“Existence
precedes essence.”
John-Paul Sartre
ESSENTIALISM

• focuses on what is
essential

• back to basics
(3Rs)
Thank you for listening
and participating!