Synthesis Template

PRINCESS MIKA N. MANLIGUEZ SYNTHESIS OF LESSONS 1 to 3

MA VALUES EDUCATION SECTION 3

Keywords Discussion

In Lesson 1 (Defining Philosophy), our

Professor had presented the different
definitions of Philosophy.

Philosophy is a discipline and practice, and

Philosophy of Education is an application of
discipline and practice in the branch of
education.

Plato’s “Republic” was also discussed. Plato

wants teachers to be philosopher-teachers
and that is what is happening today.

Lesson 2 is a continuation of the discussions

in lesson 1 only that this time, the relevance
of philosophy was discussed further,
especially in terms of the goal of education in
which teachers play the major role. The
different approaches in teaching philosophy
were also discussed.
 Philosophy for Education was introduced in
lesson 3 (P4C).

There are 4C’s in Philosophy for children:

collaborative, creative, caring and critical.

Reflection The idea of philosophy is not new to me since

it has been discussed during my
undergraduate course. I have met familiar
words like the different known philosophies
such as realism, pragmatism, and many
more. But what is new to me is the
Philosophy of Children. This is the first time I
heard of that. I am aware that the
philosophies I have learned during college
are for children but I am amazed by the idea
of P4C because it looks like it is the major
philosophy used by the Department of
Education. It has everything that our
department wanted. Most especially the 4Cs,
collaborative, creative, caring and critical.
Collaborative because we know that learners
love doing things with their peers; creative
because as teachers, we are taught to
unleash our learners creativity and at the
same time be creative in teaching; caring
because we teach learners to be maka-tao
and we teachers treat every learner as our
own; and critical because we let them use
their brains by giving them critical questions
that would develop their critical thinking.

Question With all the philosophies being taught, what is

the most effective for teachers to adapt?