Educational Philosophy
Educational Philosophies
Philosophy
Behaviorism
Philosophers
Beliefs
Key Thought
BF Skinner
Conservatism
Edmund Burke
Human nature is the product of one's environment. Change the environment to change the behavior. Reinforce good behavior, punish bad behavior
Conservation of cultural heritage preserves the wisdom of the achievements of humankind.
Behavior evolves within the conditioning influence of the institutional system, tradition is the repository of a collective social intelligence.
Constructivism is an educational methodology which asserts that learners should be taught in a way that allows them to construct their own understandings about a subject. The purpose of the teacher is not to cover material but to help the child "uncover" the facts and ideas in a subject area.
Essentialists believe that children should learn traditional basic subjects. (Reading, Writing,
Literature, Foreign Languages, History, Math, Science, Art, and Music. ) Generally teaches children progressively, from less complex skills to more complex. Schools should transmit the traditional moral values and intellectual knowledge that students need to become model citizens.
Focus is on basic skills.
Existentialism rejects the existence of any source of objective, authoritative truth about metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. Do not accept any predetermined creed or philosophical system and from that try to define who we are. Aim for the progressing of humanity. Use independent thinking. It engages the student in central questions of defiming life and who we are. Answers imposed from the outside may not be real answers. The only real answers are the ones that come from inside each person, that are authentically his or her own. For the existentialist, there exists no universal form of human nature; each of us has the free will to develop as we see fit.
“Stimulate learners to achieve a more vital and fuller identification with the Absolute Mind or the Macrocosm... Students come into a
Philosophy
Behaviorism
Philosophers
Beliefs
Key Thought
BF Skinner
Conservatism
Edmund Burke
Human nature is the product of one's environment. Change the environment to change the behavior. Reinforce good behavior, punish bad behavior
Conservation of cultural heritage preserves the wisdom of the achievements of humankind.
Behavior evolves within the conditioning influence of the institutional system, tradition is the repository of a collective social intelligence.
Constructivism is an educational methodology which asserts that learners should be taught in a way that allows them to construct their own understandings about a subject. The purpose of the teacher is not to cover material but to help the child "uncover" the facts and ideas in a subject area.
Essentialists believe that children should learn traditional basic subjects. (Reading, Writing,
Literature, Foreign Languages, History, Math, Science, Art, and Music. ) Generally teaches children progressively, from less complex skills to more complex. Schools should transmit the traditional moral values and intellectual knowledge that students need to become model citizens.
Focus is on basic skills.
Existentialism rejects the existence of any source of objective, authoritative truth about metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. Do not accept any predetermined creed or philosophical system and from that try to define who we are. Aim for the progressing of humanity. Use independent thinking. It engages the student in central questions of defiming life and who we are. Answers imposed from the outside may not be real answers. The only real answers are the ones that come from inside each person, that are authentically his or her own. For the existentialist, there exists no universal form of human nature; each of us has the free will to develop as we see fit.
“Stimulate learners to achieve a more vital and fuller identification with the Absolute Mind or the Macrocosm... Students come into a