Realism, sometimes called naturalism, in the arts is generally the attempt to represent subject matter truthfully, without artificiality and avoiding artistic conventions, or implausible, exotic, and supernatural elements.
2. Introduction
Ideology of Realism
What we canperceiveusingoursenseorgansis
real
It startedfrom16th centuryanddevelopedin17th
century
Realism –philosophy of commonsenseand
philosophy of science
3. Meaningof Realism
The word ‘Real’— object which can
be perceived
This conceptwhich is related with the
existence of thoughts concernedwiththings
The knowledge gained by sense organsalone
is true,which is physicallypresentbefore our
eyes
5. 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. Aim
Preparingthe students for apracticallife
Knowledgeof nature andsociety
Vocationalguidance
Happy and successfullife
Mental andphysicalabilities
Trainingof senseorgans
8. Merits
Education should be practical and
utilitarian
Gave importance to scientificsubjects
Inductive heuristicexperimentalmethods
Impressionistic and emancipatory
discipline is accepte
Emphasized on objectivity
Systematic organization of teaching and
learning
Use of standardized test
9. 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
10. Conclusion
Twomain contributionsof education
It triedto removethe gulf between the lifeandeducation
It propounded the principleofexperimentation
andobservationin education
It wasrealismthat first introducedthe thoughtthat the
organsare the doorway of knowledgeandthe knowledge
canbegainedthroughthe inductivemethod
Realeducation– bringsabout unionbetweennature
andsocietybaseduponone’sown experience