VILLAMOR CHARLENE F TC 324 10:30-11:30 BSED MATH 3 2/27/23 THEIR PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHTS ON EDUCATION + Acquire knowledge about the world through the senses — learning by doing and by interacting with the environment. + Simple ideas become more complex through comparison, reflection and generalization ~ the inductive method. + Opposed the “divine right of kings” theory which held that the monarch has the right to be an unquestioned and absolute ruler over his subjects. + Civic education is necessary. + People should be educated to govern themselves intelligently and responsibly. | + Spencer's concept of “survival of the fittest” means that human development had gone | through an evolutionary series of stages from the simple and the complex and from the | uniform to the more specialized kind of activity. | + Curriculum should emphasize the practical and scientific subjects that helped human kind | master the environment. \ | Cy Coy rd pes * Was not inclined to rote leaming; schooling must be related to life and the activities needed to earn alliving. * Curriculum must be arranged according to their contribution to human survival and progress. * Individual Spppettin leads to social progress. He who is fittest survives, * Education 5 social process and so school is intimately related to the society it ves, yo socially active human beings who rani Spee ie ema in id Ontrol over it. Vithin this eXperience the leamer has a “genuine proble in Ned thinking * The learner Has a “genuine situation of experience” invalvel an activity in which he/she is\interested. JOHN DEWEY Brit asd oes if Cote iy ty, schools should cope with roo Ty Ee fy Deg Chg Situtiohs and cna as jan ener serving the status quo. + Schools ought to provide students.