also “men” in general‚ the human race taken as a unit. Most philosophers defined as any human being endowed with reason. What man is the ultimate metaphysical question. Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to save it. -Jean Jacques Rousseau VALUES When your values are clear to you‚ making decisions becomes easier. --Roy E. Disney Values – Beliefs of a person or social group‚ a set of emotional rules that people follow to help make the right decisions in life‚ to decide what is right
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have the same goal‚ and the goal is to provide students with the best education possible. The following is a list of educational philosophies and their basic ideas. 1.Perennialism- is a teacher centered philosophy that focuses on the values associated with reason. It considers knowledge as enduring‚ seeks everlasting truths‚ and views principles of existence as constant or unchanging. For Perennialists‚ the aim of education is to ensure that students acquire understandings about the great ideas
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Subsumption Theory (David Ausubel) Ausubel’s theory is concerned with how individuals learn large amounts of meaningful material from verbal/textual presentations in a school setting (in contrast to theories developed in the context of laboratory experiments). According to Ausubel‚ learning is based upon the kinds of superordinate‚ representational‚ and combinatorial processes that occur during the reception of information. A primary process in learning is subsumption in which new material is related
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should always give and protect our rights. However‚ the Enlightenment thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau‚ feels we protect our own rights by working together. In class we discussed how his belief is similar to the phrase: If we all have superpowers the no one has superpowers. We considered this phrase because if everyone were to have superpowers‚ then we wouldn’t wish to have them anymore since everyone has them. Rousseau also stated we must use reason to give the individual rights of life‚ liberty‚ and property
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Introduction My personal philosophy of education is to develop life-long learners with reflective skills in discussing my personal philosophy of education; I will elaborate on the aim of education‚ address the role of the teacher and the learner and explain the method of classroom practices. Justification of my personal philosophy will be provided with references to four theorists- Mathew Lipman‚ Paulo Freire‚ John Dewey‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau. It will also be demonstrated that my personal philosophy
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used the ideals from John Locke and Rousseau to ensure equality‚ popular sovereignty‚ and freedom‚ which had so often been denied
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Historical Philosophies of Education The following‚ summarized from Gutek‚ G. L. (1997). Philosophical and ideological perspectives on education (2nd ed.). New York: Allyn & Bacon‚ is an overview of the major philosophical principles underlying education. The purpose of schooling in the colonial era was to promote religious beliefs and ethics. After the American Revolution‚ schools trained political leaders and developed a national culture. Horace Mann believed schools should instill common political
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I agree with Rousseau’s statement. Rousseau’s statement suggests that humans are not born selfish and he believed that democracy was merely a reflection of our basic sense of fairness and equality. I mainly disagree with Hobbes’ statement because there is a discrepancy in what he is saying. He suggests that all people are born selfish‚ yet we are enforced by a supreme ruler to avoid chaos. Using his logic‚ wouldn’t a supreme leader be born equally selfish? Why would we expect him to teach us obedience
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Online Education vs. Traditional Online Education vs. Traditional Education There are different ways to access higher education‚ either through online education or traditional education. For centuries‚ online education could not compare to traditional education. Today‚ online education competes with traditional education in many ways. Though online education has become very popular‚ how does one know which is best for him or her? Identifying the pros and cons through flexibility‚ communication
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Disadvantage and Advantage of Education Choices Students today have so many options to enhance their education. While traditional education has advantages for the students‚ online education can have the same components and techniques just in a different method of teaching. Online education better prepares a colleague for their future by offering smaller student to teacher ratios and tailoring materials to the student’s specific interests; however‚ traditional school education prepares a colleague to
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