Educational Philosophies The Pros and Cons 12/3/2013 The five main philosophies of education are Essentialism‚ Perennialism‚ Progressivism‚ Social Reconstructionism‚ and Existentialism. Many heated and widely controversial debates have been discussed with famous historical representations on just which of these philosophies best serve our students. All philosophies‚ like many debated subjects‚ have their pros and cons when implemented towards student’s curriculum‚ teaching and assessment
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Personal Philosophy To begin a personal philosophy is a way of life‚ a frame of mind which sets your perspective on all things in life (Answers). Everyone needs to have a personal philosophy because that is what makes them who they are. Having a personal philosophy of education makes you the teacher that you want to be and not what the rest of the world is. Becoming a teacher is not an easy task it is something that you have to have passion‚ energy‚ enthusiasm and patience for. I have always
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Historical Perspective of the Philippine Educational System Education in the Philippines has undergone several stages of development from the pre-Spanish times to the present. In meeting the needs of the society‚ education serves as focus of emphases/priorities of the leadership at certain periods/epochs in our national struggle as a race. As early as in pre-Magellanic times‚ education was informal‚ unstructured‚ and devoid of methods. Children were provided more vocational
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Music: Its Expressive Qualities and the Arousal of Emotion Within its Listeners By Zachary M. Matook Imagine standing amongst a concert crowd‚ the lights have just have been dimmed to darkness during the buildup in your favorite song‚ and the guitar gradually becomes louder and louder as if it were coming from the distance. You see the silhouettes of the band members; you may not even know the person next to you‚ yet you both share in this energy filling the room. Then boom‚ the sound shakes the
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9:30 T/Thu Philosophy In Russell’s discussion “The Value of Philosophy‚” he asserted that the true goal of Philosophy wasn’t a tangible‚ or even reachable‚ goal. He says that Philosophy won’t lead us to any definite answers‚ because once you acquire solid knowledge of a subject‚ it instantly becomes another science. Instead that the greatest value of this study comes from the mental freedom you get when you begin to question the status quo and not just accepting things as they are. He also says
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A teaching philosophy is a personal statement for teachers and anyone committing them in teaching. I already see myself as a teacher with my teaching philosophy anchored to mould my students as “plants are fashioned by cultivation‚ men by education” (Rousseau‚ 2013‚ pp. 8). It is important to believe in a philosophy to be able practice adequately. My beliefs and teaching philosophies revolve around the philosophy and thoughts of great philosophers like Aristotle‚ Dewey‚ Freire‚ Noddings and Plato
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Leadership Philosophy Paper Part B Taking ENES 317 has exposed me to lot of knowledge such as one leadership/Management skills‚ personality types‚ approaches to problems and decision making. In the past‚ I believed that leadership was a quality that could be learned and taught‚ but I also thought that leadership would best fit people with some personal trait such as charisma or personality of an extrovert people. With the knowledge gained from this leadership course‚ I came up with an individual
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teaching philosophy is most closely steeped in progressivism. According to the progressivism philosophy it is crucial that a teacher make all the lessons meaningful to the students. It is also vital that the teacher meets the needs of their students. Progressivism also states that students will learn more effectively in social settings. In the progressivism philosophy it is essential to teach subjects not in isolation but as a blend of several subjects combined. The progressivism philosophy points
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In philosophy‚ the “self” is used to refer to the ultimate locus of personal identity‚ the agent and the knower involved in each person’s actions and cognitions. The notion of the self has traditionally raised several philosophical questions. First‚ there are questions about the nature and very existence of the self. Is the self a material or immaterial thing? Is the self even a real thing or rather a merely nominal object? Second‚ is the self the object of a peculiar form of introspective knowledge
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In philosophy‚ free will is “the power of self-determination” (Vaughn 219). If we have free will that would mean that we are free to make decisions about our lives and our future. We can decide all kinds of things from if we are going to get out of bed in the morning to if we are going to worship God. These decisions are not just what we are going to do‚ but also what we are going to think and what we are going to believe or disbelieve. In addition‚ in philosophy‚ there is the doctrine of determinism
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