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Essential Is M
Essential Is M
FOUNDATION IN
EDUCATION
ESSENTIALISM
DISCUSANT: MORECHO,NEONELS D.
BACHELOR OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
VERY BASIC
• ESSENTIALISM
BELIEFS
ATTITUDES
PHILOSOPHY
• Essentialism is an American philosophy of education which
began in the 1930s and 1940s.
- Essentialism believe that teacher should teach tradition moral values and virtues.
- Essentialism believe in mastery learning.
PURPOSE OF SCHOOLING
-Prepare students to be productive,contributing members of society.
- For essentialist,the aim of education is to teach the young the
essential they need to live well in the modern world.
- Essentialits teach the basic subject.
CURRICULUM OF ESSENTIALISM
SCIENCE
ENGLISH
MATHEMATICS
LITERATURE
HISTORY
TEACHER’S ROLES
Essentialism as a teacher-centered philosophy
• The teacher teaches discipline and hardwork.
• The teacher is an expert of content knowledge.
• The teacher is accountable for student learning.
As an expert
To hopefully transmit the traditional moral values and intellectual knowledge that
student need to become model citizens.
CRITICISM OF ESSENTIALISM
IN EDUCATION
POSITIVE NEGATIVE
• Stability of education. • Student take more on the passive
role on their education.
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