teacher’s personal philosophy of education is an essential part of his/her approach to guiding students in their educational experience. There are several distinctive philosophies in the field of education‚ the most influential being essentialism‚ perennialism‚ progressivism‚ existentialism and behaviorism. Each belief system offers valuable insights for anyone in the field of education and my educational philosophy is a mixture of various aspects of each philosophy. In my opinion‚ creativity‚ knowledge
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ary Summary/Discussions in Curriculum: Foundations‚ Principles‚ and Issues By Allan C. Ornstein and Francis P. Hunkins Curriculum and Instruction 411 – Curriculum Dr. Adel T. AL-Bataineh Date: May 22‚ 2002 Larry Pahl larrypahl@aol.com cell: 630-400-5132 home: 630-483-9970 [pic] Chapter 1 Overview. View of Curriculum PART I Foundations of Curriculum Chapter 2. Philosophical Foundations of Curriculum Chapter 3. Historical Foundations of Curriculum Chapter 4. Psychological Foundations
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Overview Philosophy means "love of wisdom." It is made up of two Greek words‚ philo‚ meaning love‚ and sophos‚ meaning wisdom. Philosophy helps teachers to reflect on key issues and concepts in education‚ usually through such questions as: What is being educated? What is the good life? What is knowledge? What is the nature of learning? And What is teaching? Philosophers think about the meaning of things and interpretation of that meaning. Even simple statements‚ such as "What should be learned? Or
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Running Head: Philosophy Statement Personal Curriculum/Educational Philosophy Statement Abstract In this paper I have written regarding my educational philosophy. It answers the questions: Why I teach? Also indicating what personal philosophies I follow. How I teach? Which states the approach towards curriculum that I believe in. Lastly‚ What I teach? Which connects more to my personal belief in the classroom. Teaching is not for everyone but when you love
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Idealism Idealism is the metaphysical and epistemological doctrine that ideas or thoughts make up fundamental reality. Essentially‚ it is any philosophy which argues that the only thing actually knowable is consciousness (or the contents of consciousness)‚ whereas we never can be sure that matter or anything in the outside world really exists. Thus‚ the only real things are mental entities‚ not physical things (which exist only in the sense that they are perceived) Progressivism Progressivist believes
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Myra Munroe Education 311 Article reflection 3 Accessible Family Involvement in Early Childhood TEP outcome 6. Communicating and collaborating with families and communities for the benefit of ALL students February 26‚ 2017 The very first thing the article asks us is “What strategies enable families to be full and active participants in their young children’s education?” Talk about a loaded statement. So why is this so important? Research over the years has found a correlation between positive parental
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A Personal Teaching Philosophy A Personal Teaching Philosophy A statement of beliefs and attitudes relative to: purpose of education & role of teacher definition of teaching nature of pedagogy – inquiry – constructivism – lab work -- expository -- cooperative -- discussion -- skills -- engagement -- competitive -- lab work -- home work -- enrichment -- dispositions -- disabilities -- cooperative student learning & assessment – knowledge – management – individualistic
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after day. In order to keep their attention and to keep them interested in the subject matter teachers need to use different methods of teaching such as field trips‚ debates‚ and cooperative learning activities. Of the five major philosophies (Perennialism‚ Essentialism‚ Progressivism‚ Existentialism and Reconstructionism) I relate most to the Existentialism Philosophy. In my opinion this is the most important approach in teaching students in today’s society. I believe that students understanding
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Four General or World Philosophies The term metaphysics literally means "beyond the physical." This area of philosophy focuses on the nature of reality. Metaphysics attempts to find unity across the domains of experience and thought. At the metaphysical level‚ there are four* broad philosophical schools of thought that apply to education today. They are idealism‚ realism‚ pragmatism (sometimes called experientialism)‚ and existentialism. Each will be explained shortly. These four general frameworks
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1.)Curriculum From Different Points of View Traditional Points of View: Curriculum is a body of subjects or subject matter prepared by the teachers for the students to learn. A "course of study" and "syllabus." It is a field of study. It is made up of its foundations (philosophical‚ historical‚ psychological and social foundations; domains‚ of knowledge as well as its research and principles. (Give other views of curriculum as expounded by Robert M. Hutchins‚ Joseph Schwab and Arthur Bestor)
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