Pioneers of Educational Philosophy
Philosophy Assignment 1 – Pioneers of Adult Educational Philosophy
Sameer Ahmed
Presented to: Dr. Terre Eversden
In partial fulfillment of requirements of
WED 486 – Adult Learning
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Author Note
A heartfelt thanks to Dr. Terre Eversden to have given me an opportunity to present a paper on the Pioneers of Educational Philosophy and their involvement in Adult Learning or Andragogy. The paper captures the relation of practices of pioneers with liberal, behaviorist, progressive, humanistic and radical educational philosophy. The presentation of paper was a great learning activity which helped me to relate these philosophies to the adult learners that I’ve handled during the course of my work experience.
Abstract
Philosophy of education is a field that examines the aims, forms, methods and results of education as both process and a field of study. They relate to philosophical treatments of education. A philosophy of education as a normative theory propounds views about: What education should be, what dispositions it should cultivate, why it ought to cultivate them, how and in whom it should do so, what forms it should take. These questions forms various perspectives of philosophies such as; Liberal, Behaviorist, Progressive, Humanistic and Radical. There are many scholars who have contributed to these perspectives of philosophies. Their practices forms the base to these perspectives. In this paper, I’ll discuss any one of the scholars in each perspective.
In the first section, I shall discuss of Socrates and his contribution to the Liberal Educational Philosophy. In the second section, I shall discuss of Edward Thorndike and his contribution to of Behaviorist Educational Philosophy. In the third section, I shall discuss of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi and his contribution to the Progressive Educational Philosophy. In the fourth section, I shall discuss of Abraham Maslow and his contribution to
Sameer Ahmed
Presented to: Dr. Terre Eversden
In partial fulfillment of requirements of
WED 486 – Adult Learning
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Author Note
A heartfelt thanks to Dr. Terre Eversden to have given me an opportunity to present a paper on the Pioneers of Educational Philosophy and their involvement in Adult Learning or Andragogy. The paper captures the relation of practices of pioneers with liberal, behaviorist, progressive, humanistic and radical educational philosophy. The presentation of paper was a great learning activity which helped me to relate these philosophies to the adult learners that I’ve handled during the course of my work experience.
Abstract
Philosophy of education is a field that examines the aims, forms, methods and results of education as both process and a field of study. They relate to philosophical treatments of education. A philosophy of education as a normative theory propounds views about: What education should be, what dispositions it should cultivate, why it ought to cultivate them, how and in whom it should do so, what forms it should take. These questions forms various perspectives of philosophies such as; Liberal, Behaviorist, Progressive, Humanistic and Radical. There are many scholars who have contributed to these perspectives of philosophies. Their practices forms the base to these perspectives. In this paper, I’ll discuss any one of the scholars in each perspective.
In the first section, I shall discuss of Socrates and his contribution to the Liberal Educational Philosophy. In the second section, I shall discuss of Edward Thorndike and his contribution to of Behaviorist Educational Philosophy. In the third section, I shall discuss of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi and his contribution to the Progressive Educational Philosophy. In the fourth section, I shall discuss of Abraham Maslow and his contribution to
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