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PHILOSOPHICAL

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.

• Refers to “Basic Education.”

• Essentialism believe in teaching the basic subject skills.This


philosopy advocates training the mind.
ESSENTIALISM BELIEFS
• -Essentialism tries to instill all students with the most basic knowledge,skills, and
• character development.

- Essentialism believe that student should be taught to be a model citizen.

- 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

- Impart essential knowledge.


- Direct focused tasks
TEACHING STRATEGIES
• Use instructional strategies • Homework
• Lecture • Teacher and subject centered
• Memorization • Mastery
ROLE OF THE • Student should be passive
STUDENT and be ready to learn what
the teacher present to
them.
LISTEN AND LEARN
 TRUST THAT THE TEACHER
KNOWS BEST.
CURRICULUM
• Strong emphasis on basic skills in elementary schools and on
disciplined knowledge and scholastic achievement in secondary
school.
• There should be a common core curriculum that is taught to all
student.
• Essentialists believed that the core knowledge could change.
REASON WHY WE NEED
ESSENTIALISM IN THE
EDUCATION SYSTEM
For the sudent to acquire basic knowledge,skills and values.

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.
THANK YOU!

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