PERENNIALISM

PERENNIALISM
- Everlasting.
One should teach the things
that one deems to be of
everlasting pertinence to all
people everywhere.
PERENNIALISM
Perennialists suggests that
the focus of education
should be the ideas that
have lasted over centuries.
Robert Hutchins
“The object of education is
to prepare the young to
educate themselves
throughout their lives.”
Robert Hutchins
and
Mortimer Adler
- Two of the biggest
proponent of perennialism
 Perennial
-lasting for an indefinitely long
time.
• Perennialism values knowledge that
transcends time.
• Perennialists are primarily concerned with the
importance of mastery of the content; these are
the universal truth that are:
Ageless
Eternal
Unchanged
 Aims of
Perennialism
 AIMS OF
PERENNIALISM

To prepare students for It pushed to call to

life by developing return to older ways of
intellectual and moral learning and
qualities. instructions.
CURRICULUM
• It is a teacher-centered
curriculum.
• The teacher is not
interested in the
students’ interest.
WHAT SUBJECTS ARE TAUGHT?
ENGLISH HISTORY READING

NATURAL
MATHEMATICS WRITING
SCIENCES

LANGUAGES FINE ARTS ARITHMETIC

ROLES OF THE SCHOOL

To provide students with a place to safely learn.

To provide students and teachers with proper tools and resources.

A place to train the mind with timeless information.

 ROLES OF THE
TEACHER
The teacher is the main actor.

Delivers clear lectures.

Acts as the coach of intellect, guides and mentors.

Leads the discussion.

Treats all the students the same way.

ROLES OF THE STUDENTS

Active thinkers/learners

Spends most of their time mastering the three 3rs .

Receivers of information.
METHODS AND STRATEGIES

• Lecture
• Reading
 STRENGTH OF
PERENNIALISM
Students will acquire the basic
universal knowledge.
 LIMITATIONS

Learners’ interests are not The knowledge

identified. imparted solely depends
on the quality of the
teacher.
 LISTENING
AND PARTICIPATING
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