EDUC 1301 CH.

7: PHILOSOPHIES OF EDUCATION

ESSENTIALISM: EMPHASIS ON ACADEMICS PROMOTION BASED ON MASTERY OF MATERIAL ACADEMICALLY RIGOROUS CURRICULUM DETERMINED BY ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS

PERENNIALISM: FOCUS ON CLASSIC IDEAS DEVELOP REASON AND MORAL QUALITIES EMPHASIS ON HUMANITIES AND THE GREAT BOOKS TEACHERS SET CURRICULUM LITTLE FLEXIBILITY IN CURRICULUM FOCUS ON CONCEPTS RATHER THAN FACTS EMPHASIS ON LEARNING FOR LEARNINGS SAKE PROGRESSIVISM: EDUCATION BASED ON NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF STUDENTS STUDENTS LEARN BY DOING AS WELL AS FROM TEXTBOOKS TEACHING THROUGH FIELD TRIPS AND GAMES EMPHASIS ON NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING GROUPING BY INTEREST AND ABILITIES SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTIONISM: PHYSICAL WORLD AS THE BASIS OF REALITY LEARN FROM MEANINGFUL SOCIAL EXPERIENCES FOCUS ON SOCIAL, POLITICAL, & ECONOMIC NEEDS LEARN BY RECONSTRUCTING SOCIETY BECOME INTELLIGENT PROBLEM SOLVERS, ENJOY LEARNING, LIVE COMFORTABLY IN AND RESHAPE THE WORLD