Philosophical Roots of Education
Metaphysics
Seeks to understand what is real
disciplines, experiences and skills reflect what society says is real
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Realism
Idealism
Existentialism
Epistemology
addresses what knowledge is & how we acquire it
Is knowledge just what we believe?
Axiology
concerned with ethics & aesthetics
how we decide what is beautiful & morally good
the concept of there being an ideal world of perfect ideas ( containing all truths)
Trace to Plato
emphasize perspective
Traced back to Aristotle
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reality could be perceived with one's senses & one could abstract concepts from those experiences
Education helps learners develop abstract concepts
Emphasizes personal responsibility for ones choices & living an authentic life
bein true to one self regardless of external pressures
Rejects the idea of order
Pragmatism
knowledge is constructed by individuals & groups to solve problems they encounter.
Very connected to what is going on in the world
Perennialism
believes great truths are universal & unchanging
drawn from realism & idealism
focus on the classics
Essentialism
"back to the basics"
basic skills & subjects/ orderly & efficient
Conservatism
resists rapid change
endorses basic skills, academic structure
Progressivism
child centered philosophy - problem solving
focuses more on curiosity & creative self - expression
Social Reconstructionism
maintains that teachers & schools should be change agents in creating a new and more equitable social order