Name:Lea Abejero

Course:CPE ED2(The Teaching Profession)

Time:Tuesday 4:00Pm-7:00Pm
Prof: Nelson Sepato

Activity 1:
Directions: Answer each with a YES or NO. If your answer is No, explain your answer in a
sentence.

Note: Please as honestly as possible

Essentialism

1, Do essentialists aim to teach students to reconstruct society>

Answer​: No,because Teachers teach to inspire the students to keep going no matter what their
struggle is and rather than teaching on how to reconstruct the society,teachers mold the
students to become model citizens instead.
2. Is the model citizen of the essentialist the citizen who contributes to the re-building of
society?
Answer​: No,The one who shows mastery of basic skills and the one who lives by traditional
moral values is the model citizen.
3. Do the essentialist teachers give up teaching the basics if the students are not interested?
Answer​:No,They still teach.Essentialist teachers are more subject oriented than student
oriented.
4. Do the essentialist teachers frown on long academic calendar and core requirements?
Answer​: No, they need to master the requirements for basic skills that is why they need a long
academic calendar.

Progressivism

1. Do the progressivist teachers look at education as a preparation for adult life?

Answer​: No because they look at education as life.
2. Are the students’ interests and needs considered in a progressivist curriculum?
Answer​: Yes
3. Does the progressivist curriculum focus mainly on facts and concepts?
Answer​: No,more on problem solving skills.
4. Do the progressivist teachers strive to stimulate in the classroom life in the outside world?
Answer​: Yes
Perennialism

1. Are the perennialist teachers concerned with the students’ mastery of the fundamental
skills?
Answer​: No because they are more concerned with the study of the Great books.
2. Do the perennialist teachers see the wisdom of ancient, medieval and modern times?
Answer​: Yes
3. Is the perennialist curriculum geared towards specialization?
Answer​:
4. Do the perennialist teachers sacrifice subject matter for the sake of students’ interests?
Answer:​No,Like the essentialist,subject matter is the top for perrennialist.

Bahaviorism

1. Are behaviorist concerned with the modification of students’ behavior?

Answer​:Yes
2. Do behaviorist teachers spend their time teaching their students on how to respond
favorably to various environmental stimuli?
Answer​:Yes
3. Do behaviorist teachers believe they have control over some variables that affect learning?
Answer​:Yes
4. Do behaviorist teachers believe that students are a product of their environment?
Answer​:Yes

Linguistic Philosophy

1. Do linguistic philosophers promote the study of language?

Answer​:Yes
2. Is the communication that linguistic philosophers encourage limited to verbal language only?
Answer​:No, non verbal,para-verbal and verbal.
3. Do linguistic philosophers prefer the teacher who dominates discussion to save time to a
teacher who encourages dialogue?
Answer​:No.Teacher is the one who facilitates dialogue among learners and between students.
4. Is the curriculum of the linguistic philosopher open to the learning of as many languages, like
Mother Tongue, as possible?
Answer:​Yes

Constructivist
1. Does the constructivist agree to a teaching methodology of “telling”?
Answer​:No.It applies the method of constructing.
2. Do constructivists believe that students can construct knowledge?
Answer​:Yes
3. Do constructivists approve of teaching learners the skill to learn?
Answer​:Yes
4. Do constructivists believe that meaning can be imposed?
Answer​:No,because knowledge is not a thing that can be easily put on empty minds but rather
constructed by learners through active,mental development process.