2. 1. THE
SIGNIFICANCE,
NATURE AND ROLE
OF PHILOSOPHY
OF
EDUCATION

3. Philosophy in
Relation to
Education

4. PHILOSOPHY
Is defined as the science of
all things studied from the
viewpoint of their ultimate
causes, reasons, or
principles by the light of
human reason alone.

5.  Is also seen as a reflective
technique applied to lived
experience.
 It a science which verifies all
things in one
weltanschauung (world-view)

6. All men, by
nature, desire
to know
There is in man a
philosophical drive to want to
know and explanation of all
that he has.

7. *HE REFLECTS ON UPON
HIS EXPERIENCE AND ASKS
QUESTIONS OF HIMSELF.
*HE ASKS ABOUT THE
ULTIMATE MEANING THAT
CAN BE GIVEN TO HUMAN
EXPERIENCE.
*THE METHOD IS
REFLECTION
Man as
a
“thinkin
g man”

8. Science is
in the
pursuit of
truth
Philosophy
is in the
pursuit of
meaning.

9. NEW AGE
High priority concern for
development.
95% of the greatest scientists
live in this age.
Thus, there is an inevitable
knowledge explosion which
carries with it the power of
development and the power
of destruction.

10. Mans knowledge is,
therefore, ambivalent.
Ambivalent –
unsure: having mixed,
uncertain, or conflicting
feelings about
something.

11. TECHNOLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC AGE
automation
computer
cybernetics
This
phenome
non
places
tremendo
us power
in the
hands of
MAN.

12. Modern man is called SECULAR MAN.
Man’s reputation as a sacred being created
after
God’s image and likeness has been challenged
And reduced because of the event of the
Scientific revolution. He is supposed to be a
steward of the creation but has fallen short of
his stewardship.

13. Philosophy of education and the Science of
Education must go in hand. Philosophy of Education
without the science of education is empty: on the
other hand, science of education without philosophy
of education is blind. There is no sense of direction,
there is no compass, no guiding star. A Philosophy
of education provides the guiding principles
received from general philosophy. The science of
education gathers from the data of experimental
psychology of the details which go together to form
the mosaic of concrete reality. Together, they form a
complete picture of the ends and means of
education. Divorced from one another, they will
inevitably end in sweeping contradictions of each
other. Separating them will do violence to their
nature.