The document discusses different philosophical perspectives on education and their implications for the teaching and learning process. It describes approaches suggested by idealism, pragmatism, realism, naturalism, materialism, and essentialism. Idealism views the classroom as a place for spiritual learning through reading, lecturing, discussion, and imitation. Pragmatism emphasizes learning by doing through methods like project-based and experimental learning. Realism and naturalism both suggest learning should go from simple to complex and concrete to abstract, incorporating hands-on methods. Materialism and essentialism involve teacher-guided methods like presentations and lectures.
2. Educational implication of
basic philosophical ideas on:
Process of Education
Idealism
Pragmatism
Realism
Naturalism
Materialism
Essentialism
3. A series of actions,
techniques or
steps taken in
order to achieve a
particular
educational
objective.
Process of Education
4. According to idealism, class-room is a
temple of spiritual learning, a meeting
place of human minds- a place for self
education.
Teaching-learning process:
Learning through reading
Teaching through lecturing
Learning through discussion
Learning through imitation
The process will student oriented.
Idealism
5. Pragmatism
Teaching-learning process:
The whole emphasis of method of teaching in Pragmatism is on child, not
the book, or the teacher, or the subject.
The duty of the teacher to teach his pupils to do, rather than to know.
Pragmatist’s suggests Project method, consisting of purposeful activity
carried out in a social environment, pupils learns by doing.
Methods like problem solving, play-way, experimental, project and
laboratory techniques which follows the principles of learning by doing.
Pragmatism regards teacher as a helper, guide and philosopher.
In the pragmatism process the teaching-learning process will joyful.
6. Realism
Teaching-learning process:
Education should proceed from simple to complex and
from concrete to abstract.
Realist suggest learning by doing.
Examples of teaching will reflect our daily life.
Students to be taught to analyze rather than to construct.
Teaching methods will select with the view of Realism
like- problem solving, analyze, synthesize, presentation,
inductive, deductive etc.
7. Naturalism
Teaching-learning process:
Students will learn according to their capability, age
and experience.
Teaching methods will student oriented.
Methods will enjoyable like co-curricular activities.
Students gain natural knowledge by learning by
doing.
Education should proceed from simple to complex
and from concrete to abstract.
8. Materialism
Teaching-learning process:
Methods have to be logical.
Materialist regards teacher as a helper and guide.
Examples will reflect real life situation.
Methods will student oriented.
Techniques that related to real environment are
use like- presentation, role play, case study,
problem solving etc.
9. Essentialism
Essentialism ensures that the accumulated wisdom
of our civilization as taught in the traditional
academic disciplines is passed on from teacher to
student.
Teaching-learning process:
The teacher must interpret essentials of the
learning process, take the leadership position and
set the tone of the classroom
Methods like lecture, presentation, discussion are
use.