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Philosophical Foundations of American Education - Coggle Diagram
Philosophical Foundations of American Education
Foundations of Philosophy (pg. 275)
Existence
Reasoning and Questioning
Epistemology
The nature of truth, knowledge and knowing
Metaphysics (pg 276)
Reality
Religious Logic
Schools of Education Philosophy (pg. 281)
Subject Centered Philosophies (pg. 283)
Perennialism
Knowledge is constant, objective, unchanging (classics)
Essentialism
Teach "critical core truths" to generally prepare students for civil lives
Child Centered Philosophies (pg. 288)
Romanticism
Individual needs of students, self- fulfillment
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Progressivism
Education is in flux, ever changing. Assist students in developing strategies to solve problems.
Eclecticism (pg. 301)
Using multiple philosophies to better serve students
Most popular, easily to become confusing and cause lazy thinking
Influence of Two Psychological Theories (pg. 295)
Behaviorism
B.F. Skinner
Using standard methods and reptation to instill certain behaviors in students
Cognitive
Constructivism
Information isn't transmitted it's contracted by learners and later reconstructed as new information becomes available
Interpreting clues and patterns
Using research on the human brain to better understand human learning and memory