Group 1

Philosophical Roots of
Education
 What is
Philosophy?
 A set of ideas that answer question about
the nature of reality and about the meaning
of life.
 It is originated in Ancient Greek word Philo
which means love and Sophia which means
wisdom.
 Love of wisdom
Branches of Philosophy

•Metaphysics
•Epistemology
•Axiology
 Metaphysics

“Meta” and “Physika” meaning after

physics.
It addresses reality.
The study of what is really real.
 Categories of Metaphysics
Ontology
It examines issues related to nature,
existence or being.
Ontology
It is related to nature and origin of the
universe.
 Epistemology
It is the study of nature, scope, and limits of
human knowledge.
How we come to know about things, or how
we acquire knowledge.
We acquire knowledge through our senses,
intuition, observation and logic, and use of
scientific method.
 Axiology
It is the study of value.

Ethics
Study of morality
Aesthetics
It is concerned with beauty.
 Pragmatism
• PRAGMATISM evaluates the truth and
meaning of ideas according to their physical
consequences and practical value. It
emphasizes the need to test the validity of
these ideas by acting on them.
• For Pragmatists, if something works, it is
true.
JOHN DEWEY
 He believes that the function of education
was to enhance human potential to be able
to adapt to a constantly changing world.

 Students should be trained to construct

knowledge as they interact in the world.
 PRAGMATIST TEACHERS:
 Believe that education is an experimental process – a
method of solving problems that challenges people as
they interact with the world.
 Believe that children should learn how to make difficult
decisions by considering the consequences of their actions
on others.
 Believe that education should focus on real-life problems
to be prepared to live fully and effectively in society.
 Believes that students should learn the
process of problem-solving rather than by
being passive learners as knowledge is being
transmitted to them.
 Believe in collaborative learning where
students share their interests and problems.
 Believe that interdisciplinary education is
better than departmentalized curriculum in
education.
 Believe in taking risk to education to achieve
their goal.
 Believe in values-clarification rather than
blindly accepting inherited values.
 Believe that communication technologies
such as e-mails and internet provide
opportunities to share ideas, insights, and
experiences.
Linguistic Philosophy
 It is a unique approach towards
understanding languages and philosophy.

 It is a methodical and analytical study a

language and understand it better and
includes the analysis of its structure.