PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHTS ON

EDUCATION

THE MODERN CONCEPTIONS

OF EDUCATION
 MODERN CONCEPTIONS OF
EDUCATION
Modern Concept of Education is learner-centered.
q The learner occupies the central place in the education
process.
q Modern concept of education means to develop the inherent
capacities of the learner in the social environment in the
best possible manner.
q The old curriculum was subject centered whereas the
modern concept of curriculum is activity centered because it
emphasizes development of a total personality i.e., physical,
intellectual, emotional and social aspects of personality of
the learner.
q School was the only agency of education according to old
concept but according to modern concept of education, all
formal and informal agencies are the base of education.
1. Education for Rich, Full Life
q Aim/s.
Italian: Development of a liberal man who would be able to
appreciate the past as well as enjoy the present.
Northern: Rich and full life for the society as a whole.
q Types :Literary , Esthetic, Practical, Social, Moral, Religious,
q Contents:
3 things of the world (World of the past
Subjective world of grammar, rhetoric and mathematics.)
Biblical Literature
q Agencies
Secondary Schools, Grammar Schools, University
q Organization
Boys Attend school while girls study at home under tutors.
q Methods
Text Study to replace lecture
Written Themes replaced oral disposition
Self-Expression
Double translation
2. Literary Realism
A literary movement thatt depicts reality as it is in actual life by depicting ordinary,
everyday occurances. It typhycally depicts the middle and lower classes of society, with
familiar people, places and tales. Instead of dramatizing or romanticizing a narrative, literacy
realism strives to present it as realitically as possible.
Aim/s
To have a complete knowledge and understanding of the human society.
q Types
Literary
Practical
Liberal
q Contents
Encyclopedic
q Agencies
Family (Vives)
Private teacher (Rabelais)
Academy (Milton)
q Method
Individual Difference (Vives)
Incidental Study ways to be made pleasant & attractive
3. Social Realism

Reactions against a type of education that produces scholars and

professional men to the neglect of the man of practice.

q Aim/s
To prepare the aristocratic youth for the life of a gentlemen in the
world of affairs.
q Types : Practical, Social, Physical, Moral, Intellectual
q Contents : History, Philosophy, Language
q Agencies
Academy
Private Tutorial System
q Organization
Direct Social Contacts
Emphasized understanding and
judgement.
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4 Sense Realism
Sense Realism was based on the fundamental belief that
knowledge comes primarily through the senses.
q Aim/s
To prepare the young for the concrete duties of actual and
practical living in the material of the universe.
q Types
Practical, Scientific, Liberal, Democratic
q Content
Comprehensive Curriculum
q Agencies
-Comenius School
-School of Mother’s knees (Infancy)
-Vernacular School (sensory training) 7-12 Yrs.
-Latin School (for understanding and
organization of information) 13-18 yrs.
-University or tertiary education 19-24 yrs.
q Method
Inductive method
Things thought-words
Nature Method
5. Education as formal Discipline
Education as Training of Faculties. ... In the phrase "formal discipline" as applied to
this conception, "discipline" refers both to the outcome of trained power and to
the method of training through repeated exercise
q Aim/s
To train mind through rigorous exercise in order to develop intellectual
capacities and form specific habits.
q Types
Physical Vigor of the body, Intellectual-mental power, Moral and wise conduct
q Contents
Drill Subjects: Spelling, arithmetic, and grammar
q Agencies
Elementary, Secondary
q Organization
Tutorial System
q Method
Law of habit formation
3 distinct steps: sensation, memory, reasoning
Drill
Praise and censure
6. Rationalism
Rationalism is the philosophical view that knowledge is acquired through
reason, without the aid of the senses.

q Aim/s
To free the individual intellect from all repression
q Types
Intellectual
Social
q Contents
Philosophy, science, art, social refinement
Ethics morality
q Agencies
Self-Education
q Methods
Sensationalism and Disciplinism
Critical analysis
7. Education in Harmony with Nature
Naturalism in education stands for the doctrine of “follow nature” in education.
It wants all education to be in strict conformity with the nature of the child. It
stands for complete freedom to be given to the child in learning.
q Aim/s
To develop the individual in accordance with the laws of nature/human
development.
q Types : Holistic Education
q Contents :Nature phenomena consisted of the budding
activities and interests of the pupil’s own nature
q Agencies :Family, Tutors
q Organization
Infancy or savage stage- birth to 5 yrs.
Childhood or stage of savory - 5 to 12 yrs.
Boyhood or stage of solitude – 12 to 15 yrs.
Adolescence or social being – 15 -20 yrs. And onwards
q Methods
Modern principles of teaching: group activity and individuality
Order of Nature: need, activity experience, knowledge
8. Education for Patriotic Citizenship
Refers to educational programmes/curricula for and about nationalism, aiming
at cultivating people's knowledge about the nation state and instilling a sense
of national identity, patriotism and loyalty to the nation state.
q Aim/s
To develop military preparedness and aggressiveness for the
preservation and glorification of the state.
q Types
Secular, Civic, Physical health training, Vocational, Universal,
Compulsory, Free common
q Contents
Social Studies
q Agencies
Public school
q Organization
3 level system
Centralized
Comprehensive
q Methods
Adopted all methods tested and proven safe, practical and efficient
9. Education as Psychological Development
Involves the study of how people learn,including teaching methods,
instructional process, and individual differences in learning.
q Aims
To direct and control growth and development through appropriate
educational procedures.
q Types
Intellectual, Moral, Industrial, Creative, Dynamic
q Contents
3R’s science, play, drawing, etc.
q Agencies
All existing institutions
q Organization
Kinder Garten, Primary, High school, College
q Methods
Principles of: pupil activity, interest, apperception,
concentration, correlation, self-activity, socialization,
recapitulation, readiness, exercise and effect.
10. Education as a scientifically Determined Process
It is a strategy or process for studying and learning about the world through science
inquiry, as well as improving teaching learning for students in order to provide a high
quality educational experience that motivates them.
q Aims
To make education a science. Science education that enable individual to use
scientific process skills, define problems to analysis, to hypothesis, to experiment, to
conclude, to generalized and to apply the information.
q Types
Utilitarian, Liberal/cultural, Universal/democratic
q Contents
Science (core subject)
q Agencies
Elementary, Secondary, Technical
q Organizations
Provision for individual differences
q Method
Experimental problem solving
Scientific method
Research
11. Social Traditionalism
It involves respecting and upholding gtraditional values, mkorality,norms, and
practices of one’s own social group. also includes active resistance to changing
traditional values, morality, norms, and practices.See education as an important ,but
morals and values are more important.
q Aims
To give insights into one’s social inheritance, into the ideals,
institutions, conditions and customs of society.
q Types
Social, Vocational, Recreational, Sex education/parental education,
Universal, Compulsory
q Contents : Social Studies, Co-curricular Activities
q Agencies: Schools, PTA, NGO’s ,
Public lectures, motion pictures and programs
q Organization :
Centralized, supported and supervised by the
government
q Methods
Social Communication, cooperation and service
Social Groupings
Socialized school management
12. Social Experimentalism

q Aim/s
To prepare for a progressive rebuilding of social order
q Types
Intellectual, Civic, Vocational
q Contents
Social Studies
q Agencies
Free public school system
q Organization
Democratic School organization
Faculty and student councils
q Methods
Social guidance
Recognition of rights of others
 GROUP 3
MEMBERS
Eddie Mark Sulan Menjelyn Estabillo
Rutchelle Dologmanding Ed Shayne Advincula
Habiba Salgan Airuz Pastellero
Delia Tandi Rizza Mae Rodriguez
Cristine Mission Charles Patrick Quinto
Van Ruby Estocado Danica Abellar

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