Kenzhekulov Maisalbek from International Relations Department of International Ataturk Alatoo University is talking about the REALISM .Subject: Political Science Lecturer: Dr. Ibrahim Koncak

1. REALISM
By Kenzhekulov
Maisalbek

2. Introduction
Introduction
Ideology of Realism
 What we can perceive using our sense organs is
real
 It started from 16th century and developed in 17th
century
 Realism – philosophy of common sense and
philosophy of science

3. Meaning of Realism
The word ‘Real’ — object which can
be perceived
 This concept which is related with the
existence of thoughts concerned with things
 The knowledge gained by sense organs alone
is true, which is physically present before our
eyes

4. Definition of Realism
“Realism is the reinforcement of our common acceptance
of this world as it appears to us”
Butler
“Realism means a belief or theory which looks upon
the world as it seems to be a mere phenomenon”
Swami Ram Tirth

5. Forms of Realism
Humanistic Realism
Social Realism
Sense Realism
Neo Realism

6. Basic principles
Man is a part of physical world
Sense organs as the entry points
Significance of practical life
 Opposition to idealism
Truth of phenomenal world
Emphasis on observation and experiment
Man is a part of material world
Everything that exists in the universe is a matter
of energy or matter in motion
Truth can be discovered by scientific methods
Age and ability decides the type of curriculum

7. Characteristics
Realism emphasize
 Useful and purposive education
 Scientific education
 Present life
 Opposition of bookish knowledge
 Limited freedom to the learner
 Training of since organs
 Significance to individual and scalability

8. Aim
Preparing the students for a practical life
Knowledge of nature and society
Vocational guidance
Happy and successful life
Mental and physical abilities
Training of sense organs

9. Merits
Education should be practical and utilitarian
 Gave importance to scientific subjects
 Inductive heuristic experimental methods
 Impressionistic and emancipatory discipline
is accepte
 Emphasized on objectivity
Systematic organization of teaching and learning
Use of standardized test
Multipurpose curriculum
Limited freedom to the students while keeping
decline effective and liberal

10. Demerits
Ignores imagination, feeling, emotion,
and sentiments
Neglects – study of arts, humanities,
and literature which are essential
for aesthetic development
Does not give importance to ideals and
values

11. Conclusion
 Two main contributions of education
 It tried to remove the gulf between the life and education
It propounded the principle of experimentation
and observation in education
 It was realism that first introduced the thought that the
organs are the door way of knowledge and the knowledge
can be gained through the inductive method
Real education – brings about union between nature
and society based upon one’s own experience

12. Thank you for
Listening
If you tell me, I will listen.
If you show me, I will see.
But if you let me experience,
I will learn.