PROF ED 3: THE TEACHING PROFESSION

PERENNIALISM
 THE TEAM

Gladys delos Santos Elrine Vergara

OVERVIEW
01 02 03
Definition of Perennialism Aim of Education Educational Method

04 05 06
Cuririculum Features Teachers' Role Learners' Role

07 08 09
Learning Assessment Classroom Atmosphere Pros & Cons
 OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

✓ define what is Perennialism;

✓ identify the various features of Perennialism, and;
Presentations are communication
tools that can be used as

✓ determine how this philosophy could affect you as

demonstrations, lectures.

future educator.
 INTRODUCTION
Perennialism is identified as a very conservative
theory of education. Rooted in the following schools
of thought: idealism, realism, and neo-Thomism, the
educational focus of perennialism is on finding
universal truths and absolutes associated with
reason and faith. According to this theory of
education, truth is universal and does not change.
Perennialism Rooted from the
philosophy of Idealism

Key Words:
everlasting
Cousin of Essentialism
persisting
enduring over time
Aim of Education

✓ develop the highest distinguishing characteristic

of human which is reasoning.

✓ educate rational learners, so they can deal with

intellectual concept of life.
Curriculum Features

✓ Perrenialists assert that the Great books or the

classic are valuable repositories of knowledge and
wisdom.

✓ Great books according to Mortimer Adler (1939)

are the respiratory of knowledge and wisdom, a
tradition of culture which must initiate each
generation.
Significant Role of Teachers

✓ "sages on stage"
✓ Perrenialist teachers take an active role in the
classroom than the learners.
Role of the Learners

✓ Learners under perennialism are taught to

become recipients of pre-given knowledge.

✓ They stay in the classroom to receive information

like" empty vessels or empty containers "
Role of the Learners
Master Basic Education such as:

• numeracy
• literal arts
• language skills (reading, speaking, writing, and
listening)
Learning Assessment

✓ Reading, Writing, Recitation, and Computation

are emphasized in the assessment of learners.
✓ Focuses on periodic testing, grade level
achievement, ability grouping, and standardized
teaching.
Classroom Atmosphere

The classroom atmosphere of Perennialism is

teacher dominated, making the learners to master
substantial subject content. It is believed that with
this classroom ambiance, learners develop a broad
range of rational powers.
Advantages

Maximize the learners' ability to:

✓ infer
✓ speculate
✓ ultimately their assessment on humanity
Advantages

✓ Give simple and clear direction to Education.

✓ Transform every learners into an educated and
rational being.
✓ Teachers can take full control of the classroom
activities.
Disadvantages

✓ Perennialism has been criticized as advocating

"intellectual giantism."

✓ Great books that are referred to as the source of

everlasting and enduring knowledge is just western
civilization.
Disadvantages
✓ The teacher - led teaching and learning exposed by
perennialism makes teaching process boring for the
learners.

✓Learners are not allowed to express themselves, direct

their own learning and thus, making their
communication skills suffer.
MERCI BEAUCOUP