PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS

OF CURRICULUM

PRAGMATISM
By: Joan Arreola
 Pragmatism

John Dewey, Charles Pierce

Greek word: to do, to make

Experienced and useful = TRUE

Thoughts must produce actions.

Actions are more important than thoughts.

What are the Educational
Implications of Pragmatism?
Learning from Experience

experience is the source of knowledge, it is also a source of education

learn by doing

experience must be productive, i.e., produce growth

Educational Aim: Develop Learners’ Ability
to Deal with Future Problems
That is, to develop intelligence to solve problems.
According to Dewey, the process involves:

identifying the problem,

formatting a hypothesis(es),

gathering or collecting data and tools to solve the problem,

testing each hypothesis, and

storing the unity of knowledge for use in some similar situations.

CURRICULUM
Pragmatists propose a curriculum based on problems that arise out of daily living.

Methods of Study

These should include:

problem-solving,

activity

projects, and

group involvement.

Teachers should be a resource and guide; thus a motivator.

Teaching must be child-centered.
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