ACTIVITY NO.

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Let’s check for Understanding

Make a table summary of the philosophies of education.

Philosopher Philosophy on Aims and Method/s of Classroom /School

Education Application
John Locke -The Empiricist Educator A pupil starts learning alphabet
-acquire knowledge through the senses- letters from A-Z and their
learning by doing and by interacting with sounds, and then later on after
the environment. observing and familiarizing it,
-proponent of the Tabula Rasa “Blank they can now combine it from
Slate”. two or more letters in order to
-Simple ideas become more complex- the make words. Then step by step
inductive method they can read words easily.

-Utilitarian Education Students graded according to

Herbert Spencer -Survival of the Fittest their performances through
- Human development had gone through participation, their examination
evolutionary series of stage from simple grades and extra curriculum. In
to the complex, from the uniform to the school you must be a kind of
specialized kind of activity (specialized competitive students in order for
education). you to survive. Focus your study,
and read all notes so that you
can answer easily the questions
provided in a test paper.
Through this you’re physically
and emotionally environment
safe.
John Dewey -Learning through Experience A teacher discussing about the
- Learners have a “genuine situation of volcanic eruption. In order for
experience”. the student to realize of what
-schools for the people and by the really happens in volcanic
people eruption, the teacher will
provide a video clips about
volcanic eruption either in
animated or true happenings.
Through this, the student will
able to understand and learn
more about the volcanic
eruption.
George Counts -Building a New social Order In our school, we are applying
- teacher are agent for change for ISO registration. In order to
- improve our facilities, teaching
 methods and other services.
Same with teachers, a teacher
should be fair in all of his/her
decision-making especially to the
students. A teacher should poses
a good example and lead the
students in a right path. A
teacher should participate or
lead social activities and bring
the students to the society like
conducting a coastal clean-up in
barangays, extensions, and other
bayanihans for the sake of the
community improvements. Thus,
teachers also teach the students
about the social activities.
Theodore Brameld -Social Reconstructionism We are now in 21st century; we
-the reformation of society are surrounded by different
-education is designed “to awaken technologies because of the
student”consciousness evolution process. An example
-to committed to equality or equity in for this, a teacher is no longer
both society and education. use books or any obsolete way
of teaching, instead he/she
applies the new ways of
teaching. By using internets,
visual medias, powepoints and
projectors. Another example is
the BISU Candijay provides the
school maps where all facilities
and its location are detailed. Also
the school provides flow charts
on how to transact your
documents in all respective
offices inside the campuses.
Paulo Freire -Critical Pedagogy In a history subjects, a teacher
-education and literacy are vehicles for discussing about the former late
social change President Ferdinand E. Marcos
-teachers and students must have a achievements. A moment later, a
democratic relationship student raises her right hand and
-a problem –posing education asks the teacher if President
-Dialogue is the basis for critical and Marcos is the best president
problem-posing pedadogy. ever in the Philippines? Then
the teacher replied, “No because
in Marcos regime, He declared a
Martial Law. Many people were
died and people have no
freedom. They were ruled by a
dictatorian.