Aed 200 Week 5 Checkpoint Educational Philosophies Table

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Appendix C

Fill in the table below by classifying each philosophy as either teacher-centered or student-centered authority. Next, identify the main characteristics of that philosophy. (The first one is completed for you as an example.) Once you have completed the table, answer the questions below.

Educational Philosophies Table

|Philosophy |Teacher- or Student-Centered |Characteristics |
| |Authority | |
| | | |
|Perennialism |Teacher-centered |Knowledge is enduring, seeks everlasting truths, views |
| | |principles of existence as constant or unchanging, values the |
| | |ability to reason, associated with idealism |
|Progressivism |Student-centered |Education should be dependent on humans that gains knowledge |
| | |best in genuine existence action with others. Thoughts that are |
| | |of knowledge being entrenched by questions and answers are a |
| | |hypothesis. |
|Reconstructionism |Student-Centered |To be trained to examine the world’s incidents and discover |
| | |divisive problems while establishing a vision for a fresh