PPT

1. Modern college of professional
study

2. NAME – ABHISHEK KUMAR
FATHER NAME – TEJ SINGH
Class – M.Ed. ( 1st semester )
Subject – philosophy
Topic – Pragmatism

3. Introduction
PRAGMATISM
ACTION

4. DEFINITION
Pragmatism offers us a theory of meaning , a
theory of truth of knowledge , and a theory of
reality
- james B . Prett

5. Forms of pragmatism
• Humanistic pragmatism
• Experimental pragmatism
• Biological pragmatism

6. Humanist pragmatism
Those things or principles are true which
Satisfy the needs requirements aspirations
and objectives of human beings and cater
the welfare of mankind

7. Biological pragmatism
Power or capacity of a human being is
valuable and important which enables him to
adjust with the environment or which makes
him able to change his environment
according to his need and requirement.

8. Experimental pragmatism
According to this ideology that things or
principle is true which can be verified as
True by experiment .

9. Principles
• Experience in centre
• There is no absolute values of life
• Action is real and ideas are tools
• Past has little value
• Present and future are more important
• Man is an active being

10. Educational philosophy
• Society is the base for education .
• The education is child-centred .
• Practical knowledge is important .
• The belief is in positive education .

11. Educational objectives
• Social efficiency .
• To develop harmony .
• To make the present
life rich .
• To create values .
• To adjust with present .
• Its aim are dynamic .

12. Curriculum
Child centred
Practical subject

13. Teaching method
• Learning by doing
• Project method
• Experimental method
• Heuristic method
• Inductive method
• Deductive method

14. Teacher
Active
Resourceful
Alert
Friend
Guide
Philosopher

15. Merits of pragmatism
importance of child
Emphasis on activity
Faith in applied life
Social and democratic education
Progressive attitude
Construction of project method

16. Demerits of pragmatism
No pre determined aim of education
Opposition of ideal truths
Negation of spiritual values
Negation of past

17. Epistemology of pragmatism
• The ultimate knowledge is the knowledge
that works .
• No spiritual or ultimate value .

18. Axiology of pragmatism
• Values are not real existents .
• Values change according to time and
space .
• Man creates values by modifying
environment .

19. Metaphysics of pragmatism
• There is no ultimate reality .
• Reality is ever changing .
• Reality is not one but many .

20. Conclusion
• It keeps the children close to their
experiences .
• It has promoted the value of
experimentation in educational practice .
• The project method of learning is the most
important contribution of pragmatism to
educational practice .