i don't just live..i explore.. -b'lue. water advertisement..
_this line shows progressivism..

Hope is a waking dream- by Aristotle

 _Realism

Comparison Chart: Historical Foundations of Philosophies in Education

Student-Centered Philosophy

	Main Concepts	Aim of Education	Role of Teachers	Methodology/ Strategy in Education
Progressivism	Progressivism is a general political philosophy advocating or favoring social, political and economic reform or changes usually in opposition to conservative ideologies.	Progressivist believed that the curriculum should be based on the needs of the students. It is a student-centered philosophy. The students should learn meaningfully.	Progressivist teacher provides the experiences to the students for them to learn by their doings. It is learning by doing.	The scientific method is used by progressivist educators for the students to learn from their own experiences.
Existentialism	Existentialism are concerned with how these things are educationally significant within the lived experiences of individuals.  It emphasis on self-discovery. The experience of the individual with the chair is the ultimate truth. .	This philosophy focuses of letting the students to work with their own creativity with his/her own ability. Should focus on the needs of individuals, include the non- rational as well as rational, the notion of possibility.	The existentialist teachers’ role is to help the students explain their own essence by exposing them to different ways they can take in their own lives. They should understand their own lived world and help students to understand their world.	Existentialist methods focus on the individual. Learning is self-paced, self-directed and includes a great deal of individual contact with the teacher, who relates to each student openly and honestly.
Social Reconstructionism	This philosophy is concerned to change the systems to overcome oppression and improve human conditions. It emphasizes the addressing of social questions and a quest to create a better society and worldwide democracy.	Curriculum highlights social reform. Focuses on students experience and taking social action on real problems, such as violence, hunger, international terrorism, inflation and inequality.	The reconstructionist educators focus on a curriculum that highlights social reform as the aim of education.	Strategies for dealing with controversial issues (particularly on social studies and literature) inquiry, dialogue and multiple perspectives are the focus. Community-based learning and bringing the world into the classroom are also used.

Historical Comparison Chart of Formal Education

        This chart shows the important people who contributed to the foundation of the different philosophies of education from different time periods.

	Person 1	Perso2	Person
Name	St. Thomas Aquinas	Benjamin Franklin	Socrates
Time/ place	1224- March 7, 1274 Roccasecca, Italy	Jan. 17,1706- Aug. 17,1790 Boston, Massachusetts	circa 470 BC,  in Athens, Greece
Characteristics of the period	Middle Ages	Renaissance Period	Idealism
Cultural beliefs about education	He believed that revelation could guide reason and prevent it from making mistakes, while reason could clarify and demystify faith.	He believed that the problem of human life can all be solved by science. Knowledge are came from experimentation, and observation.	He believed that we learned through questioning. People will naturally do what is good, if they know what is right.
Who received an education?	Children	Formal education reserved for the males in secondary and colleges while the females are not educated outside the home.	Children
What were the prevailing attitudes towards children?	Children will be more knowledgeable in discovering. The teacher is called a secondary and instrumental- helpful but not indispensible.	Franklin believes that self-education is important. It has a significance in the learning of the students.	He believed that, the truly wise man will know what is right, do what is good, and therefore be happy. Evil or bad actions are the result of ignorance.
What was the person’s contribution to the field of education?	The best method of teaching is Discovery.	For him, the students should not depend on the language they are using. The students should learn more another language for him/her to use it in the future for his/her career selected. It very useful for the students to communicate with the other country easily.	The best method is the Socratic method(questioning).
How was the person a reflection of his or her times?	He was a preacher, educator, writer and a public speaker.	He was a writer and a journalist in his time.	He was an educator, and a father of Philosophy.
How did the person change the education for future generations?	He is remembered until now because his discovery method is very effective in teaching process. Developed the confidence of the students to learn from their own discovery. It is being used until this generation.	He believed that every student should be taught an English language to provide knowledge that the students will be prepared to make any contributions to the society. Students would be aware of the relationship between learning and the environment around their learning process.  Education needs a school that is equipped with all the materials needed of the students to learn and more productive.	He believed that self-knowledge is necessary for success and inherently an essential good. Self-aware person will act completely within their capabilities to their pinnacle, while an ignorance person will flounder and encounter difficulty.

Comparison Chart: Historical Foundations of Philosophies in Education

This table shows the different Philosophies of Education, the main concept,aims of education, role of teachers and methodology used in specific philosophy.

The Educational Philosophies of Secondary Teachers in Dapa National High School and Siargao National Science High School

Researcher: Kristi Venna J. Conte
Respondents: SecondaryTeachers
School: Dapa National High School & Siargao National Science High School.


          An educator has different points of view on different philosophies in education. The kind of Philosophy he or she possesses affects the methods and strategies that influences the learners in teaching process of the teacher.
          The table below shows the number of teachers with different philosophies in education.

Educational Philosophy	No. of Respondents	Percentage %
Perennialism	0	0
Essentialism	3	30%
Progressivism	6	60%
Social Reconstructionism	1	10%
Total	10	100%

          This evaluation aims to determine the stand of the teacher in educational philosophy. the respondents must answer to the given statements connected to their work with the scale of 5 as the highest.

          Based on the result of the survey, 60% of the respondents are progressivist. The educator believes that learners should be participative and explore or experiment to learn. Through their experiences they can learn from it.
          Next to progressivism is the essentialism, which indicates that the knowledge to be transfered should be in systematic and very disciplined way.
          Reconstructionist got 10% emphasiz adderes the addressing of social questions and a quest to create a better society and worldwide democracy.

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