1.0 Educational Philosophy 1.1 Introduction There are five main philosophical schools of thought in education which are essentialism‚ perennialism‚ progressivism‚ existentialism and reconstructionism. However‚ here I have only chosen the philosophies which believe in student-centred approach. There are three philosophies that hold the similarity of being less authoritarian and placing the students as the centre in learning process. These three philosophies reject essentialism and do not agree with
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Jean Piaget was born in Neuchâtel‚ Switzerland on August 9‚ 1896. He was the first child of Arthur and Rebecca Piaget. Jean began showing an interest in the natural sciences at a very early age. By age 11‚ he had already started his career as a researcher by writing a short paper on an albino sparrow. He was also very interested in mollusks and by the time he was a teen‚ his papers on mollusks were being widely published. He continued to study the natural sciences and received his Ph.D. in Zoology
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Developmental Paper There are many competing theoretical accounts of how children think and learn. For the purposes of this essay we will be focusing on two of the most dominant theorists of the domain‚ Jean Piaget and L.S Vygotsky. In order to put the discussion in context‚ it will be useful to establish some background information to provide us with an insight into their respective sources of interest in children and how this has directed and influenced their theories. Piaget’s ideas have only
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Educational Philosophies of Rabindra Nath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi- a comparative Study Anita Rani Assistant Professor ( CT College of Education ‚ Jalandhar) Education is derived from the Latin word’ Educare’ which means ‘to bring up’ and Latin word ‘Educere’ which means ‘to bring forth’. It was Latin author ‘Varro’ who said ‘Educit Oberix‚ Educat‚ Nutrix institut Padagogogus‚ Docet‚ Magister’ which means ‘the mid- wife brings forth‚ and nurse bring up‚ the tutor trains and the master teaches.’
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REGGIO EMILIA APPROACH A EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY I fully support the Reggio Emilia Approach model which was found by Loris Malaguzzi. This model became associated with mainstream educational practices in 1945 when the first parent-run preschool of the common people opened in Reggio Emilia‚ Italy. The Reggio Emilia Approach is an educational philosophy focused on preschool and primary education. The destruction from the war‚ parents believed‚ necessitated a new‚ quick approach to teaching
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Essay on Educational Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi Education‚ to Gandhiji‚ was a means to achieve perfection of individuality on the one hand and an instrument of service to the nation on the other. Thus‚ individual and social both the aims of education were considered by him equally important. "By education mean an all-round drawing out of the best in child and man-body‚ and spirit"‚ he said. This in other words meant development of whole child‚ the whole personality of the child. Harmonious
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Jean Piaget (1896-1980) His view of how children’s minds work and develop has been enormously influential‚ particularly in educational theory. His particular insight was the role of maturation in children’s increasing capacity to understand their world: they cannot undertake certain tasks until they are psychologically mature enough to do so. He proposed that children’s thinking does not develop entirely smoothly: instead‚ there are certain points at which it “takes off” and moves into completely
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Jean Piaget Jean Piaget (1896 - 1980) was employed at the Binet Institute in the 1920s‚ where his job was to develop French versions of questions on English intelligence tests. He became intrigued with the reasons children gave for their wrong answers on the questions that required logical thinking. He believed that these incorrect answers revealed important differences between the thinking of adults and children. Piaget (1936) was the first psychologist to make a systematic study of cognitive
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Educational Psychology Essay Topic 5: Explain the Vygotskian notion of the zone of proximal development. Evaluate the efficacy of approaches to teaching and learning [eg. reciprocal teaching‚ cognitive apprenticeships‚ and communities of learners] which incorporate this notion. Many theorists throughout the century have developed concepts that have analysed and explained how a child learns during their schooling years. Educational theorist Lev Vygotsky produced the social development theory of
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MY PROFESSIONAL EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY I believe that education is a need in the society; therefore‚ every person should be given all the chances and privileges to be in school and learn. No one must be deprived with one of the aims of the government especially the Education for All (EFA). I believe that every child has a unique character in the diversity of learning towards growth and development. And I am certain that as a would-be teacher‚ there’s so much reward which I can
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