THE TEN EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHIES AND EDUCATIONAL THEORISTS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS
THE TEN EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHIES AND EDUCATIONAL THEORISTS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS
ANDRES SORIANO COLLEGE
MANGAGOY BISLIG CITY
SUBMITTED TO
PROF.RADIGUNDA HAGANUS, Ph.D
SUBMITTED BY
JESSEL L. LUSANTA
DECEMBER 2013
THE TEN EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHIES
1. Social Reconstructionism
Social reconstructionism is a philosophy that emphasizes the addressing of social questions and a quest to create a better society and worldwide democracy. Reconstructionist educators focus on a curriculum that highlights social reform as the aim of education. Rather than "teaching as banking," in which the educator deposits information into students' heads, social reconstructionism saw teaching and learning as a process of inquiry in which the child must invent and reinvent the world. For social reconstructionists and critical theorists, curriculum focuses on student experience and taking social action on real problems, such as violence, hunger, international terrorism, inflation, and inequality. Strategies for dealing with controversial issues (particularly in social studies and literature), inquiry, dialogue, and multiple perspectives are the focus. Community-based learning and bringing the world into the classroom are also strategies.
2. Existentialism Existentialism is often described as the belief in "existence before essence" -- that is, that before any structure or form that dictates the nature of the world and humanity, we exist. Existentialists examine what it means to exist as a human being in the world, and existentialists believe that understanding who we are as human beings is the key to understanding the world. The term existentialism is a broad one; the diverse forms it takes generally have some common themes:
Existentialists think about and try to answer the question that Walker Percy asks, "Who am I and why am I here?" I do exist, and what does that mean, if anything? Do I have a
ANDRES SORIANO COLLEGE
MANGAGOY BISLIG CITY
SUBMITTED TO
PROF.RADIGUNDA HAGANUS, Ph.D
SUBMITTED BY
JESSEL L. LUSANTA
DECEMBER 2013
THE TEN EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHIES
1. Social Reconstructionism
Social reconstructionism is a philosophy that emphasizes the addressing of social questions and a quest to create a better society and worldwide democracy. Reconstructionist educators focus on a curriculum that highlights social reform as the aim of education. Rather than "teaching as banking," in which the educator deposits information into students' heads, social reconstructionism saw teaching and learning as a process of inquiry in which the child must invent and reinvent the world. For social reconstructionists and critical theorists, curriculum focuses on student experience and taking social action on real problems, such as violence, hunger, international terrorism, inflation, and inequality. Strategies for dealing with controversial issues (particularly in social studies and literature), inquiry, dialogue, and multiple perspectives are the focus. Community-based learning and bringing the world into the classroom are also strategies.
2. Existentialism Existentialism is often described as the belief in "existence before essence" -- that is, that before any structure or form that dictates the nature of the world and humanity, we exist. Existentialists examine what it means to exist as a human being in the world, and existentialists believe that understanding who we are as human beings is the key to understanding the world. The term existentialism is a broad one; the diverse forms it takes generally have some common themes:
Existentialists think about and try to answer the question that Walker Percy asks, "Who am I and why am I here?" I do exist, and what does that mean, if anything? Do I have a