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COURSE REQUIREMENTS IN EDU 200 (CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHIES AND THEORIES

EDUCATION)
Instructions: RETHINK, RECOUNT, REFLECT AND REACT!
You are tasked to answer the following philosophical questions
briefly, but substantially.
Format: Letter Size paper, Courier New-12, Single Spacing, Copy
my header, Indicate your:

Name: VENUS B. MACATUGGAL

Code and Section: (CODE: G359 (SECTION C)
Subject: Contemporary Philosophies and Theories Education
Course/Program: MST-Social Studies

(Requirement) Questions:
1. Explain Plato’s Allegory of the Cave incorporated to our
learning and teaching strategies.
2. Why is it important for us to study the process of
IDEOGENESIS? How does it epistemologically helps human to
acquire such knowledge?
3. Explain Peter Berger’s “SOCIETY shapes our IDENTITY.”
4. How did FR. LEONARDO MERCADO, SVD explained the philosophy
of Kapwa and Sarili?
5. Why is Intellectual Sensitivity and Neuroplasticity so
important to human being especially among Educators?

(Final Examination) Questions:

1. Choose your 4(four) best philosophers, psychologists, or
sociologists, etc. whom you think contributed much in the
field of education nowadays, provide a brief and substantial
explanation to support your chosen people:
LEV VYGOTSKY SIGMUND FREUD MARTIN BUBER
JEROME BRUNER VIRGILIO ENRIQUEZ CHARLES HORTON COOLEY
BENJAMIN SAMUEL GEORGE HERBERT JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU
BLOOM MEAD
HOWARD GARDNER ABRAHAM MASLOW FR. LEONARDO N. MERCADO,
SVD
ERIK ERICKSON JEAN PIAGET

ANSWER:

 BENJAMIN SAMUEL BLOOM

 He is known in developing instructional strategies
which is being utilized in making lesson plan,
test constructions and techniques in delivering
best instruction. The Bloom’s Taxonomy served as
guide in the developmental process of students’
level of understanding. Indeed, in our current
educational system the different levels of
understanding which are knowledge, comprehension
application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation
helps educators to develop and create activities
and assessments aligned in the level of knowledge
of every learner.

 ERIK ERICKSON
Erikson’s psychological theory in the classroom
help educators understands that every child is
unique. He suggested creating projects that allow
children to take charge of their learning progress
of the child. Moreover, he insisted to give
children many small choices within acceptable
limits and talk privately about their poor choices
for them to realize and accept that all
individuals naturally commit mistakes and
definitely can help them to improve better. Giving
rewards and recognition for their achievements
also encouraged to motivate the Childs to maintain
their progress.

 HOWARD GARDNER
He is considered one of the greatest philosopher
in the field for he developed the idea of
conceptualization of multiple intelligences. This
encouraged other philosophers to do further
researchers based from his idealistic principle.
His theory challenges also the educational system
that every child can learn in the same material
but definitely has different level of
understanding. Moreover, educators should take
into account the different type of learners they
have and should provide a multiple task that suits
to the ability of diverse learners.

 ABRAHAM MASLOW
Maslow conceptualized the theory of hierarchy of
needs which motivates educators to identify the
desired needs to be addressed. This will help us
understand the behavior of every child. It is
challenged on our part to attend the different
needs of our children. However, this challenge can
help us understand the behavior of every child and
ultimately gave us insights on how to help them
progress. In the real world of teaching we can
 never be like wonder woman who can give all the
needs of our children but in the end of the day we
can be a Wonder Ma’am who can help them building a
brighter future through quality education.

2. Insights with the Subject, CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHIES AND

THEORIES EDUCATION!

Note: Submit your answers to the created G-Drive Folder and

Please follow the File name Format: G359 (SECTION C) ERRO,
JEOJOMAR G
Gracias y Dios te bendiga!