EDM 202

THURSDAY, APRIL 25 , 2019

Agenda:
 Introduction
 Multimedia presentation
 Historical Foundations of Education
 brief lecture
 Multimedia presentation

 Student Output
 group presentation
 individual report
FOUNDATIONS OF
EDUCATION
 COURSE GOAL
To understand the value and
worth of the
historical
philosophical, and
sociological
disciplines and their influence
on framing the perspective of
education.
 LEARNING OUTCOMES
Students will be able to:
• differentiate among the
various schools of thought that
have influenced education on
the whole and education in the
Philippines in particular
• explain the idea of education
and the historical, social and
philosophical influences on it
MEANING OF FOUNDATION
 Foundations
are essentially
basic ways of
thinking about
schooling and
the formal
processes of
education.
(Naqvi, 2012)
MEANING OF FOUNDATION
Foundation is the
base upon which any
structure or system
stands
A strong foundation
makes the structure
firmly established and
strong enough to be
able to serve its
purpose and to
survive calamitous
events.
(Calderon, 1998)
ETYMOLOGY OF EDUCATION
MEANING OF EDUCATION
MEANING OF EDUCATION
Is the acquisition
of knowledge,
skills, and
attitudes that make
man do better.
It is not a
preparation for life
but it is life itself.
(Calderon, 1998)
MEANING OF EDUCATION
 Foundations
are essentially
basic ways of
thinking
about
schooling and
the formal
processes of
education.
(Naqvi, 2012)
MEANING OF EDUCATION
 Foundations
are essentially
basic ways of
thinking
about
schooling and
the formal
processes of
education.
(Naqvi, 2012)
 FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION
•refers to a broadly-conceived
field of educational study that
derives its character and methods
from a number of academic
disciplines, combinations of
disciplines, and area studies,
including:
• history, philosophy, sociology,
anthropology, religion, political
science, economics, psychology,
cultural studies, gender studies,
comparative and international
education, educational studies, and
educational policy studies.

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 FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION
• are those systems or
sciences upon which
education stands and has
its roots, origins, or
bases
• are those from which
education arose and
came into being
•They are the factors
that affected education
so much, particularly
curriculum content
http://www.unm.edu/~jka/csfe/standard_I.html
 SIX FOUNDATIONS OF
EDUCATION

• Psychological
• Sociological
• Anthropological
• Historical
• Philosophical
• Legal

http://www.unm.edu/~jka/csfe/standard_I.html
SIX FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION
• Psychological
•Human behavior
• Sociological
•Human beings living in groups
• Anthropological
•Civilizations and cultures
• Historical
•Past events
• Philosophical
•Systematized truth or principle
• Legal
•Conformity to the laws of the State
HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS

Aims of Content of Methods of

education curriculum instruction
HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS

Ancient
Medieval

Modern

EDUCATION
ANCIENT ERA
ANCIENT ERA
 Includes the work of Greek and Roman
thinkers
 Influenced by ideas much earlier in
Egypt and Mesopotamia
 Most creative was the Greek
educational philosophy
 Pre-Socratics
 Socrates
 Plato
 Aristotle
MEDIEVAL PERIOD
MEDIEVAL PERIOD
Most heavily influenced by
Christianity
Began with St. Augustine in
the 4th century
Ended in the 15th century
MEDIEVAL PERIOD
early 4th century
Christianity became the
dominant religion of the Roman
Empire
Dominated philosophy and

tolerated little opposition for

the next 1000 years
MEDIEVAL PERIOD
The chief philosophers where
churchmen and teachers of
theology
Platonism and Neoplatonism were
used by Christian teachers and
blended with biblical doctrine
Begins with Augustine and ends
with Aquinas
MODERN PERIOD
 15OO

 Educational philosophy took so

many twists and turns
 Ideas of Plato , Aristotle and
others had to be dealt with in
relation to practical thinking
 Many schools of thought denied
the validity of metaphysics
MODERN PERIOD
After 1500
 Educational philosophy found
itself in a world characterized by
growth of cities
the appearance of new inventions

refusal to accept God or supernatural

explanations for reality
inventions of printing to spread ideas
MODERN PERIOD
After 1500
emergence of a new economic system
called Capitalism the voyages of
discovery to the New World
the Reformation that split Western
Christendom
a great fascination with the natural

world
human abilities to exploit and
understand it
MODERN PERIOD
A break with thought from
Christianity
A great increase in scientific
investigation
Philosophy was broken down
into many different subjects
taught in school today
MODERN PERIOD
Foundations for the development
of the philosophy since 1500
 The Renaissance
 Rise of Humanism
 The Enlightenment
HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS