The document discusses the philosophies of several prominent education philosophers including John Locke, Herbert Spencer, John Dewey, George Counts, Theodore Brameld, and Paulo Freire. It provides a table summarizing each philosopher's views on the aims and methods of education as well as potential classroom or school applications of their philosophies.
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EDUC 3a ACTIVITY 1
The document discusses the philosophies of several prominent education philosophers including John Locke, Herbert Spencer, John Dewey, George Counts, Theodore Brameld, and Paulo Freire. It provides a table summarizing each philosopher's views on the aims and methods of education as well as potential classroom or school applications of their philosophies.
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Name: CAGSAWA, JERRALYN C.
Course/ Years: BSEd-MATGEMATICS 3
Subject: EDUC 3 (The Teacher and the Community School Culture and rganizational Leadership)
ACTIVITY 1. Make it a table summary of the philosophies of education
Philosopher Philosophy on Aims & Methods of Classroom/School Application
Educatio
Locke believed the purpose of
education was to produce an individual with a sound mind in a John Locke sound body so as to better serve his Field Trip and Physical country. Locke thought that the Activities content of education ought to depend upon one's station in life. The common man only required moral, social, and vocational knowledge.
Also to produce virtues and useful
men and women, whatevertheir situation in life. Education must be practical, and, of course that will vary depending on the pupil.
"The great aim of education is not
knowledge, but action." Herbert Spencer Debates and Competition Education should be directed to self- preservation, care of offspring, preparing adults to enjoy nature, literature, fine arts, prepare to be good citizens;
Knowledge of science worth more
than any other knowledge;
Train the memory, cultivate
judgment, impart an admirable moral and religious discipline;
Advocacy of instruction in public
and private hygiene.
Survival of the fittest students
should compete with each other to create progress
Social Efficiency
John Dewey Education is Life Learning should take place
both in and out of the Education is Experience classroom. Education should Combine Theory and Practice
Education is life, Education is
experience, Education should combined theory and practice
Counts believed that education He wanted Teachers to go
should strive to promote the fullest beyond abstract, George Counts and most thorough understanding philosophical conceptions, of of the world. He also believed that democracy and teach facts should not be suppressed or explicitly about power and distorted. One of his quotes said, injustice. He wantedteachers "All education contains a large and student to count among element of imposition, a case which their primarygoals the is inevitable and in the existence building ofa better social and evolution of society, educators order have a major professional obligation".
He believed that Education should
strived to promote the fullest and most throughout understanding of the world. He believed that facts should not be suppressed or distorted
He believed the creation of a new Learning should take place in
social order through education and out of the classroom. would fulfill the basic values of According to Brameld, “the Theodore Brameld society and harmonize. wheel” curriculum should be central core of the school program
He aims to a liberate people. In
order to achieve this aim, he offers problem-posing education. According to this method, design as He believed that a classroom an alternative to traditional was a place in social change education models, education should could take place. Freire like Paulo Freire not be provided through one sided Dewey believed that each imposition by teachers. student.