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Determine Your Educational Philosophy.
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Understanding of the Seven Philosophies

TEST I:
ESSENTIALISM

1. NO. Teacher rather transmit traditional moral values and intellectual knowledge that
students needed to become moral citizens.
2. NO. The model citizens are the ones who show mastery of the basic traditional
disciplines and moral virtues.
3. NO. Essentialist teachers are expected to be intellectual and moral models to their
students so they do not easily give up teaching the basics but rather transmit traditional
moral values and intellectual knowledge because they are more subject matter-oriented
than student-centered.
4. NO. Essentialist teachers emphasize on the academic content such as reading, writing,
arithmetic and right conduct, they also need academic calendar and core requirements
for the concentration on mastery of basic skills.

PROGRESSIVISM

1. NO. They look at education as life and they believe it should improve the way of life of
our citizens through experiencing freedom and democracy in schools.
2. YES.
3. NO. They focus more on problem solving skills and making meaning through individual
experience in the physical and cultural context.
4. YES.
PERRENIALISM

1. NO. They are more concerned with the Great Books and they aim to ensure that
cultivation of the intellect is the highest priority.
2. YES.
3. NO. It is geared towards humanities on general and liberal education.
4. NO. Like the essentialist, subject matter is foremost to the perennialist and focuses on
teaching ideas that are everlasting.

EXISTENTIALISM

1. NO. They are more concerned with the students in knowing themselves as unique
individuals who accept complete responsibility for their thought, feelings and actions.
2. YES.
3. NO. Students are given variety of options of path they take in life and freely choose their
own preffered way.
4. YES.

BEHAVIORISM

1. YES.
2. YES.
3. YES.
4. YES.

LINGUISTIC PHILOSOPHY

1. YES.
2. NO. Linguistic philosophers encourage to develop the communication skills in 3 ways-
verbal, nonverbal, and paraverbal.
3. NO. It is obviously that linguistic philosophers prefer the teacher to facilitate dialogue
among learners and between him/her students because in the exchange of words
during the discussion, there is also exchange of ideas.
4. YES.

CONSTRUCTIVISM

1. NO. Constructivist provides students with data or experiences that allow them to know
how to learn by the method of constructing.
2. YES.
3. YES.
4. NO. Knowledge isn’t a thing that can be simply deposited into empty minds but rather
constructed by learners through active, mental process of development.

TEST II:

1. Behaviorism
2. Existentialism
3. Essentialism
4. Behaviorism
5. Existentialism
6. Behaviorism
7. Behaviorism
8. Perennialism
9. Perennialism
10. Existentialism
11. Progressivism
12. Linguistic Philosophy
 13. Constructivism
14. Constructivism

REFLECTION:

A.

Theory of
Methodology Goal of
what is
Philosophy Theory of truth to arrive at the teaching
valuable and
truth -learning
good
Progressivism The universe is We must Values differ To help
real and is in relate to the from place to develop
constant universe and place from students who
change interact with time to time can adjust to a
others from person changing world
intelligently, to person and live with
scientifically what is others in
and considered harmony
experientially. good for one
The curriculum may not be
stresses on good for
science and another
experiential
learning such
as hands-on-
minds on-
hearts on
learning
Linguistic Communication Learners Teachers To help the
Philosophy is the ability to should be teach students
articulate, to taught on how students to develop their
voice out the to communicate communication
meaning of communicate in skills.
things that clearly. experiential
one’s obtains. way.
Constructivism Learner are the The teacher The teacher To help the
builders and provides let the students
creators of interactive students to construct their
meaning and classroom with be able to own ideas and
knowledge, dialogues that construct knowledge
their minds are can let the ideas and through active
full of ideas learners create make and mental
that can will be their own meaning out processes.
facilitated by ideas. of them.
the teachers.
Essentialism Teachers teach Essentialist The teachers Teachers help
not to radically teachers must teach the the students to
reshape society their mastery students acquire basic
but rather to of subject what is most knowledge.
transmit the matter. important or
traditional what the
moral values students
 and intellectual need.
knowledge that
students need
to become
model citizens.
Existentialism Existentialists Provide Learning is To help the
focus upon the students with self-paced, students know
actions of vicarious self-directed. themselves
historical experiences Existentialist and their place
individuals. that will help focus on in the society.
unleash their individual.
own creativity
and self-
expression
Perennialism Perennialist Don’t neglect Perannialist Develop the
curriculum is a the students teachers student’s
universal one reasoning teach are rational and
on the view skills, because lifted from moral powers.
that all human we deprive the Great
beings possess them of the books.
the same ability to use
essential their higher
nature. faculties to
control their
passions and
appetites.
Behaviorism Behaviorist are Teachers Values are Develop
concerned with ought to also caught student’s
shaping of arrange (catch) not behavior.
students environmental only taught
behavior by conditions so (teach)
providing for a that students
favorable can make the
environment. responses to
stimuli.

B.

1. Progressivism
2. Existentialism
3. Essentialism
4. Behaviorism
5. Existentialism
6. Existentialism
7. Linguistic Philosophy
8. Linguistic Philosophy

LEARNING PORFOLIO:

C.

1. Essentialism
2. Essentialism
3. Perennialism
4. Behaviorism
5. Progressivism
6. Existentialism
7. Essentialism
8. Essentialism
9. Perennialism
10. Progressivism or Existentialism
11. Essentialism
12. Existentialism
13. Contructivism
14. Linguistic Philosophy
15. Constructivism