PAITON, ROLALEN JOYCE C.

MSCIED – Physics
EDUC – 201N

1. What do you understand by Philosophy applied to Education?

Philosophy means "love of wisdom." It is made up of two Greek words, philo,

meaning love, and sophos, meaning wisdom. The philosophy of education seeks to
study the process and discipline of education in order to understand how it works,
improve its methods and perfect its purposes in today’s society. Every school
district, instructor, and administrator has a set of correlated beliefs that influences
what/how students are educated. How this is done is determined by how well the
learner internalizes the concepts of the discipline taught by the educator. Educational
philosophies differ among all individuals in education. With individual educators,
some choose a teacher-centered philosophy and others choose a student-centered
philosophy. It appears that both realms of philosophy play an important role in
education inside the typical high school. It is personally believed that progressivism
and existentialism are the key philosophies that should be taught inside every
individual classroom. Progressivism states that lessons must be relevant to the
students in order for them to properly learn. Existentialism states that individuals
need to shape their own futures. Combining these two philosophies allows the
students to become the central focus of all classroom activities, strengthens their
education, and prepares them for the future.

Educators have a tremendous responsibility not only to prepare students for

their lives ahead, but also to contribute to the evolution of knowledge for future
generations. Each generation not only educates the next but also improves our way
of thinking. Ideally, every teacher has a philosophy of education setting a certain
tone in the classroom and establishes a goal to see whether or not the expectations
of students’ performances are being reached.

In today’s society, every student needs a positive role model. As a teacher,

you take on the responsibility of implementing empathy, respect, confidence, and
motivation within each classroom environment. By fostering a “2nd home” type of
atmosphere, I believe that students will translate a feeling of acceptance into a
desire to succeed in both their academic and personal lives. The combination of
nurture and discipline will give each student the foundation needed to achieve their
goals. Driving a student to realize their potential is an important task that only
dedicated teachers can instill.

2. How are metaphysics, epistemology and ethics applied in your class

lessons?

Philosophy encompasses a vast range of topics and every person, place,

thing, and idea has its roots embedded in it. Epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics
serve as the building blocks for studying and teaching philosophy. Metaphysics is the
branch of philosophy that considers the physical universe and the nature of ultimate
reality. It asks questions like, What is real? What is the origin of the world? What is
beyond the stars? Your consideration of reality as an external creation or an internal
construct can influence your metaphysical beliefs and perspectives and your
teaching. Regardless of your definition of reality, the exploration and categorization
of the physical universe form the foundation of several school subjects

Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that considers how people come to

learn what they know. Derived from the Greek word episteme, meaning knowledge
or understanding, epistemology refers to the nature and origin of knowledge and
truth. Epistemology proposes that there are four main bases of knowledge: divine
revelation, experience, logic and reason, and intuition. These influence how
teaching, learning, and understanding come about in the classroom. Lastly, ethics
are well founded standards that make the actions right and wrong. It helps
categorize different values such as integrity discipline and honesty among others
and apply them in daily lives. Ethics influences behavior and allows an individual to
make the right choices. Ethics in education are essential as they help run the system
smoothly. It sets the standards of what's acceptable and what's not hence protecting
the interests of both the educators and the learners. While it's the teacher's job to
make the students aware about these ethics the school management often takes it
upon them to familiarize the instructors with the ethics that are relevant to their
profession.
3. How do you consider your learner as you understand what is human
nature?

We don’t teach students, or grade levels, or subjects, we teach humans. As I

learned what human nature is I came to understand that it is very important to
consider the individual differences of the learners. Human nature has profound
implications in different practice in the classroom. How do we as a teacher deal with
the problems inside the classroom depends on which theoretical approach one has a
preset toward one is likely to deal with the situation very differently. For example,
dealing with a problem child who can’t behave properly in the classroom in
addressing this problem we put ourselves in the framework of the reductive
materialist way of thinking about human nature. The reductive materialist would then
say that the problem of the child is a physical problem. It’s material problem so the
reductive materialist would engage in a material solution. In contrast, duelist would
diagnose the problem by saying that the child knows what he’s supposed to be
doing but his body is not doing what his body should be doing. The child is
disobeying and can’t stay focus; therefore, it’s not primarily a physical problem but
rather a psychological problem. This can be solve by integrating some form of
punishment as a motivation. I learned that the general approach to this situation is
to diagnose which approach we will apply to address the problem, work through it
and if it’s not working proceed to the other approach.