Randry, Jefta Yanuar Existentialism

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Existentialism proposes that education is an invaluable source of insight. It directly relates to the
important role of the teacher as one of education means. Mahini and Yahyei (2017) stated that the
teacher is the person who provides proper educational resources and environment and guides his
students without prescribing or imposing anything. In other words, the teacher stimulates,
encourages, and guides. In this part, the students will free to choose the most suitable way of
teaching them. Moreover, the curriculum in existentialism emphasizes on the students being
interested in the basic title of the plan and activity, students being free to choose to work in a group
or by themselves, establishing the curriculum based on instant and direct needs, and identifying
the individual differences in the experiences.

Existentialists believe that each child has a distinction in their opinion, character, desire, and
interest. This idea effect on how an existentialist educator in teaching the students. If I am an
existentialist teacher, I will apply different teaching methods in delivering curriculum content. It
is important to know that there are three types of students. They are visual, auditory, and
kinesthetic students. Therefore, diversity in education must be applied (Ozmon, 2011). In this
regard, I will apply various learning methods for each meeting. The students will be experiencing
various kinds of methods. Then, I will interview them individually to choose what is the most
suitable method that they like and enjoy. So, as an existentialist educator, it is so important to
provide various kinds of learning methods for each student.

REFERENCES

Mahini, F. & Yahyaei, D. (2017). The Influence of existentialism on teaching methods.

International Journal of Learning and Teaching. 9(3), 354-363.

Ozmon, H.A, & Craver, S.M (2011). Philosophical foundations of education. (9th ed.). New
Jersey: Pearson.