Libon Community College

Libon, Albay
SY 2018-2019

Discussant: Group 3
Jessame Sayritan
Haze Boncayao
Liezel Dimayuga
Jeffrey James Ragodon
Niren Bautista
Course: BEED-3
Instructor: Aurora Rosaros
Perrinnialism

Why Teach
We are all rational animals. Schools should therefore, develop the student the student’s
rational and moral powers. According to Aristotle, if we neglect the student’s reasoning skills,
we deprive them of the ability to use their higher faculties to control their passions and
appetites.

What to teach
The perennialist curriculum is a universal one on the view that all human beings possess
the same essential nature. It is not a specialist curriculum but rather a general one. There is less
emphasis on vocational and technical education. Philosopher Mortimer Adler claims that the
‘Great Books of ancient and medieval as well as modern times are repository of knowledge and
wisdom, tradition of culture which must initiate each generation”.

How to teach
The perennialist classrooms are “centered around teacher’”. The teachers do not allow
the students interest or experiences to substantially dictate what they teach. They apply
whatever creative techniques and other tried and true methods which are believed to be most
conducive to disciplining the students’ minds. Students engaged in Socratic dialogues, or
manual inquiry sessions to develop an understanding of history’s most timeless concepts”.