ASSUMPTION COLLEGE OF NABUNTURAN

P-1 Poblacion Nabunturan, Compostela Valley 8800

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GRADUATE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

Determine your Educational Philosophy Direction: Find out to which philosophy you
adhere.
To what extent does each statement apply to you? Rate yourself 4 if you agree with the
statement always, 3 if you agree but not always, 2 if you agree sometimes, and 1 if you
do not agree at all.
Statement 1. There is no substitute for concrete experience in learning
2. The focus of education should be the ideas that are as relevant today as when they
were first conceived
3. Teachers must not force their students to learn the subject matter if it does not
interest them
4. Schools must develop students’ capacity to reason by stressing on the humanities
5. In the classroom, students must be encouraged to interact with one another to
develop social virtues such as cooperation and respect
6. Students should read and analyze the Great Books, the creative works of history’s
finest thinkers and writers 1 2 3 4 ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ ____ ___
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7. Teachers must help students expand their knowledge by helping them apply their
previous experiences in solving new problems
8. Our course of study should be general, not specialized; liberal, not vocational;
humanistic, not technical.
9. There is no universal, inborn human nature. We are born and exist and then we
ourselves freely determine our essence
10.Human beings are shaped by their environment
11.Schools should stress on the teaching of basic skills.
12.Change of environment can change a person
13.Curriculum should emphasize on the traditional disciplines such as math, natural
science, history, grammar, literature
14.Teacher cannot impose meaning; students make meaning of what they are taught
15.Schools should help individuals accept themselves as unique individuals and accept
responsibility for their thoughts, feelings, and actions
16.Learners produce new knowledge based on their experiences.
17.For the learner to acquire the basic skills, s/he must go through the rigor
18.The teacher and the school head must prescribe what is most important for the
students to learn ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ ____ ___
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19.The truth shines in an atmosphere of genuine dialogue
20.A learner must be allowed to learn at his/her own pace
21.The learner is not a blank slate but brings past experiences and cultural factors to
the learning situation
22.The classroom is not a place where teachers pour knowledge into empty minds of
students
23.The learner must be taught how to communicate his ideas and feelings
24.To understand the message from his/her students, the teacher must listen not only to
what his/her students are saying but also to what they are not saying.
25.An individual is what he/she chooses to become not dictated by his/her environment.
Interpreting your Score: If you have 2 answers of 2/4 in numbers: 1,3,5,7
______________ you are more of progressivist 2,4,6,8 ______________ you are more
of a perennialist 9,15,20,25 ______________ you are more of an existentialist 10,12
______________ you are more of a behaviorist 11,13,17,18 ______________ you are
more of an essentialist 14,16,21,22 ______________ you are more of a constructivist
19,23,24 ______________ you are more of a linguistic philosopher If you have 2 scores
of 4 in several of the 7 clusters, you have an eclectic philosophy which means you put
the philosophies together. If your scores are less than 4, this means that you are not
very definite in your philosophy. Or if your scores are less than 3 in most of the items,
this means your philosophy is quite vague.