PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION

Graduate School/LCUP
WRITTEN RECITATION
egvalcos/51918

1. Explain and explore this statement: Globalization as externally driven changes in

education. Among the reasons for this change include the assertion that vision provides
direction and an opportunity to engage in developing and introducing innovations in the
provisions of education, and affords institutions to gain forward momentum as current
status of institutions and programs needs are assessed and carried forward to the future.
In the light of these changes in education, what are the different philosophies that
influence globalization and why? The process of envisioning involves among others
brainstorming and free discussion of philosophical ideas, beliefs, theories and scenarios
in education: programs, students, teachers, curriculum, teaching-learning processes,
graduates, assessment, among others. This also includes discussions on school’s core
values, guiding principles, and institutional beliefs. The whole point of this exercise is to
establish shared beliefs that will constitute the philosophical foundation of education and
the future of institution or program.

Your own ideas, beliefs, theories and scenarios in education and/or program are crucial
toward building that philosophical foundation. For this exercise, you are given the
opportunity to clarify these and have them counted as integral part of the school’s or
program’s future. (25 pts.)

Extend your discussion to include narratives of the scenarios as individually informed by

different philosophical theories vis-à-vis: design of curriculum, teaching and learning
designs, design of assessment and use of the results, students’ learning experiences, and
the knowledge that students will gain from such teaching and learning experiences.

2. What are the emerging images of educational reforms as discussed from the different
philosophies of education? 20 pts

3. What is your personal assessment about the emerging image of globalization in

education. 10 pts

4. Suppose for the sake of argument we grant that the failure to produce the ideal citizen is
not solely a problem of formal education, that it could be a political failure, a cultural
failure, or whatever: still we can ask what is the failing of formal education in this
process. There are all sorts of possible reasons for educational failure: poor teachers,
poor students, poor courses, poor sequence of courses, too many students per teacher,
etc. 20 pts

[Notes: Again, do some additional library works, refresh your foundations courses in
education, your old notes from your previous courses, and most importantly reflect on your
own professional experiences as educator, administrator, or an engaged faculty. Reflect,
theorize, and/or hypothesize to get to your professional response. Write your own response
independently.
 Part 2

For each term or phrase, provide a short paragraph or statement explaining what these
terms/phrase mean. Differentiate them. Be specific and clear, answers need not be long. Choose
5 out 12 items. (5 pts each)

1. Realism & Idealism

2. Rationalism vs. Empiricism
3. Social Stratification and Social Control
4. Metaphysics and Epistemology
5. Values and Ethics
6. Methods and Methodology
7. Pragmatism and Idealism
8. Progressivism and Traditionalism
9. Sociological vs. Psychological Foundation of Education
10. Plato and St. Thomas Aquinas
11. Essentialism vs. Traditionalism
12. Absolutism vs. Experimentalism”

Note:
PLEASE PROVIDE A FOLDER WITH A MINIMUM OF 6 PAGES BUT NOT MORE THAN 10
PAGES FOR BOTH PART 1 AND 2 ( FONT 12, ARIAL, 1.5 SPACE) USE SHORT BOND PAPER
ONLY.
SUBMISSION OF THIS WRITTEN RECITATION WILL BE ON May 19, 2018. THANK YOU AND
GOOD LUCK.

DR. ED G. VALCOS
05/19/18