Republic of the Philippines

PRESIDENT RAMON MAGSAYSAY STATE UNIVERSITY

(Formerly Ramon Magsaysay Technological University)
Iba, Zambales
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION

Name ___________________________________________________ Date Submitted:

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Curr. Yr. and Sec. ___________________
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APPLICATION: Let’s Apply What You Learned

I. Understanding the Philosophies. Answer each with a YES or NO. if your answer is No,
explain your answer in a sentence. (30 POINTS)

▪ Essentialism
________ 1. Do essentialists aim to teach students to reconstruct society?
_______ 2. Is the model citizen of the essentialist the citizen who contributes to the re-building of
society?
_______ 3. Do the essentialist teachers give up teaching the basics if the students are not
interested?
_______ 4. Do the essentialist teachers frown on long academic calendar and core requirements?

▪ Progressivism
_______ 1. Do the progressivist teachers look at education as a preparation for adult life?
_______ 2. Are the students' interests and needs considered in a progressivist curriculum?
_______ 3. Does the progressivist curriculum focus mainly on facts and concepts?
_______ 4. Do the progressivist teachers strive to simulate in the classroom life in the outside
world?
▪ Perennialism
_______ 1. Are the perennialist teachers concerned with the students' mastery of the fundamental
skills?
_______ 2. Do the perennialist teachers see the wisdom of ancient, medieval and modern times?
_______ 3. Is the perennialist curriculum geared towards specialization?
_______ 4. Do the perennialist teachers sacrifice subject matter for the sake of students' interests?

▪ Existentialism
_______ 1. Is the existentialist teacher after students becoming specialists in order to contribute to
society?
_______2. Is the existentialist concerned with the education of the whole person?
_______ 3. Is the course of study imposed on students in the existentialist classroom?
_______ 4. Does the existentialist teacher make heavy use of individualized approach?

▪ Behaviorism
_______ 1. Are behaviorists concerned with the modification of students' behavior?
_______ 2. Do behaviorist teachers spend their time teaching their students on how to respond
favorably to various environmental stimuli?
_______ 3. Do behaviorist teachers believe they have control over some variables that affect
learning?
_______ 4. Do behaviorist teachers believe that students are a product of their environment?

▪ Linguisticic Philosohy
_______ 1. Do linguistic philosophers promote the study of language?
_______ 2. Is the communication that linguistic philosophers encourage limited to verbal language
only?
_______ 3. Do linguistic philosophers prefer the teacher who dominates discussion to save time to
a teacher who encourages dialogue?
_______ 4. Is the curriculum of the linguistic philosopher open to the learning of as many
languages, like Mother Tongue, as possible?

▪ Constructivism
______ 1. Does the constructivist agree to a teaching methodology of ‘telling?”
________ 2. Do constructivists believe that students can construct knowledge?
________ 3. Do constructivists approve of teaching learners the skill to learn?
________ 4. Do constructivists believe that meaning can be imposed.?