Pragmatism bases education on two principles: that education should have a social function and provide real-life experience. The curriculum considers principles of utility, interest, experience, and integration. Instructional methods include the project method, learning by doing, providing real-life situations, and experimentation. All aim to integrate knowledge through purposeful, experiential activities.

1. PRAGMATISM:
CURRICULUM AND METHODS
OF INSTRUCTION
EFD 501- Advanced Philosophy in Education
DAWN AGUADERA MAEd-LT

2. Pragmatism
According to pragmatism the theory
and practice of education is based on
two main principles, viz:
(1) Education should have a social
function
(2) Education should provide real-life
experience to the child.

3. Curriculum in
Pragmatism
The four (4) principles below are being considered in the crafting
of a curriculum under Pragmatism:
Principle of Utility
Principles of Interest
Principle of Experience
Principle of Integration

4. The curriculum should provide only that information
which is beneficial to the pupils. The subject should
impart practical knowledge and useful skills to the
students. These skills should also prepare them for
future life.
PRINCIPLE OF UTILITY

5. The child’s own interests play an important part in the
process of learning. According to John Dewey, these
interests are of four varieties namely (1) Interest in
conversation, (2) Interest in investigation, (3) Interest
in construction, and (4) Interest in creative expression.
PRINCIPLE OF INTEREST

6. Pragmatists value experience over all else. Students can
learn abstract things all day, but unless they experience
those things, they may never truly learn. Teachers should
therefore create a lot of project-based, experimental and
experiential lessons that help children ‘learn by doing’.
PRINCIPLE OF EXPERIENCE

7. Curriculum content is not separate. Mathematics, science
and creative arts are not three different lessons. Instead,
the pragmatic teacher links the curriculum content
together through a process we call ‘integration’.
PRINCIPLE OF INTEGRATION

8. Methods of Instruction
in Pragmatism
Principle of Integration
Project Method
Principle of Action or Learning by Doing
Principle of providing Real-life situation
Experimental Method

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In the whole learning process, the principle of
integration is highly needed. The human mind itself
is a unity and there is no water-tight compartment
in it. Therefore, pragmatists are of the view that
integration will be possible if knowledge and skills
are learner through activities that are purposeful.
PRINCIPLE NO. 1
Principle of Integration

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Through this method, a problem is posed and a
situation is created. When this method of teaching
is applied, children can develop their insight,
foresight, and various skills. This project is carried
in social development. It teaches the student
cooperation, mutual help and sympathy.
PRINCIPLE NO. 2
Project Method

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Pragmatism believes in action and actual
participation of the child in situations. Every
learning process has some experience at the base.
Teacher should create a problem solving attitude
in his students.
PRINCIPLE NO. 3
Principle of Action or Learnig by Doing

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This principle is based upon the interest, desires,
and inclinations of the child. Pragmatists believe
that methods of teaching should not be
dogmatically accepted but thy should be forged a
fresh in the light of real life situation.
PRINCIPLE NO. 4
Principle of Providing Real-life Situation

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This method holds that knowledge is gained after
experimentation. Hence, pragmatists consider the
school as a pattern of social action and its entire
emphasis in the instrumental techniques on the
child not on the book or not in the teacher of the
subject.
PRINCIPLE NO. 5
Experimental Method

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