2.1 PROPONENT OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION OF EDUCATION PLATO “THE IMPORTANT FUNCTION OF EDUCATION IS TO DETERMINE WHAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL IS BY NATURE CAPABLE AND FITTED OF DOING THINGS.” - PLATO IS ONE OF THE FIRST PHILOSOPHERS TO PROPOUND THE IDEALISM PERSPECTIVE OF PHIOSOPHY. -ACCORDING TO PLATO, THE HIGHEST GOAL OF EDUCATION IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD -HE BELIEVED THAT STUDENTS SHOULD LEARN TO REALIZE GOD BY PURSUING THE IDEALS OF TRUTH, BEAUTY, AND GOODNESS. -IN HIS DIALOGUE, THE REPUBLIC, HE MENTIONED THE EQUAITY AMONG MEN AND WOMEN. HE PROPOSED EQUAL EDUCATION FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO LEARN. -IN LINE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF IDEALISM, PLATO DIVIDED THE UNIVERSE INTO TWO THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL WORLD. AS PER HIM, THE SOUL OR THE THOUGHT IS ETERNAL AND UNCHANGEABLE HENCE THEY ARE THE TRUTH. RENE DESCARTES “IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO HAVE A GOOD MIND; THE MAIN THING IS TO USE IT WELL” -DESCARTES IS THE FATHER OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY AND ONE OF THE IDEALISTS OF PHILOSOPHY -DURING HIS TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD HE DISCOVERED AN EFFECTIVE METHODS TO GUIDE ALL OF HIS REASONS FOR HIS DISCOVERIES. -TWO OF THEM ARE THE DISCOURSE ON METHOD AND LE MONDE WHICH WERE FORMED WHILE DOUBTING THE TRUTH OF EVERYTHING. -HIS FAMOUS REASONING, “ITHINK, THEREFORE I AM”, IS INTENDED TO PERCEIVED ONE’S OWN REALITY AND EXPERIENCES. - HE CHARACTERIZED FOUR SIMPLE RULES FOR HIS METHODS. 1. ACCEPT AS TRUE ONLY WHAT IS CERTAIN AND INARGUABLE 2. DIVIDE EVERY QUATIONS INTO MANAGEABLE PARTS 3. BEGIN WITH THE SIMPLE ISSUES AND ASCEND TO THE MORE COMPLEX 4. REVIEW FREQUENTLY ENOUGH TO RETAIN THE WHOLE ARGUMENT AT ONCE ARISTOTLE “WE ARE WHAT WE REPEATEDLY DO, EXCELLENCE ,THEN, IS NOT AN ACT , BUT A HABIT.” -ARISTOTLE IS THE FATHER OF BOTH REALISM AND THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD, AND A STUDENT OF PLATO. -HE WAS THE FIRST TO TEACH LOGIC AND THE FIRST TO SHAPED THE SYSTEM OF REASONING. -HE BELIEVES THAT FOR LEARNING TO HAPPEN, WE HAVE TO “MOVE AWAY” OR TO EXPERIENCE. -ON THE CONTRAST OF HIS MENTOR’S PHILOSOPHY ABOUT REALITY, ARISTOTLE SAID THAT THOSE WHO REALLY EXISTS ARE THE TRUTH. -ARISTOTLE FOCUSES ON THE BODY, THE PHYSICAL OBJECT RATHER THAN THE MIND OR IDEAS. -ACCORDING TO HIM, REALITY EXISTS IN CONCRETE THINGS, IN THE WORLD WE VISIBLY SENSE. SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS “THE STUDY OF PHILOSOPHY IS NOT THAT WE MAY KNOW WHAT MEN HAVE THOUGHT, BUT WHAT THE TRUTH OF THINGS IS.” -AQUINAS WORKS AND PHILOSOPHIES WERE HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY ARISTOTLE. -ACCORDING TO HIM THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO AQUIRE KNOWLEDGE: THROUGH DISCOVERY AND THROUGH INSTRUCTION. -HE COMPILED THE ARISTOTELIAN METAPHYSICS AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY TOGETHER AND COMPLETED SCHOLASTICISM OF THE MIDDLE AGES. -FOR HIM, EVERYTHING IS COMPOSED OF UNIFIED MATTER THAT HAVE BEEN FIXED BY THE CREATOR. -THERE ARE REAL SUBSTANCE WITH REAL QUALITIES SOREN AABYE KIERKEGAARD “THE THING IS TO FIND A TRUTH WHICH IS TRUE FOR ME, TO FIND THE IDEA FOR WHICH I CAN LIVE AND DIE.” -KIERKEGAARD IS KNOWN AS THE FOUNDER OF EXISTENTIALISM, THOUGH HE DID NOT DIRECTLY USED THE TERM. -HE BELIEVED THAT THE ONLY THING WORTH KNOWING IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONES’ COGNITIVE PROCESSESS. -ACCORDING TO HIM THE TRUTH IS SUBJECTIVE. -HIS PHILOSOPHY FOCUSES MORE OF INDIVIDUALS CHOICES AND DECISIONS, HID FREEWILL AND INDEPENDENCY JOHN DEWEY “GIVE THE PUPILS SOMETHING TO DO, NOT SOMETHING TO LEARN; AND THE DOING IS OF SUCH A NATURE AS TO DEMAND THINKING; LEARNING NATURALLY RESULTS.” -DEWEY CREATED THE PRAGMATISM IN EDUCATION BUT HE REFFERED IT AS INSTRUMENTALISM. -HE IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AMERICAN PHILOSOPHER. -HE REGARDS KNOWLEDGE AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR CARRYING OUT SUCCESSFUL ACTION IN LIFE. -DEWEY DIRECTS HIS STUDENTS BY THEIR OWN CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES. -ACCORDING TO HIM, EXPERIMENTATION IS THE BEST APPROACH FOR EDUCATING YOUNG MINDS. -DEWEY AGREES THAT STUDENTS MUST LEARN HOW TO DO THINGS PRACTICALLY AND MUST BENEFIT THEM THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE. 2.2 TRACE AND EXPLORE THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION OF MCC MABALACAT CITY COLLEGE WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 2008. THROUGH THE YEARS IT SHAPED AND CONTINUE TO SHAPE ITS EDUCATION SYSTEM TO COPE WITH THE NEEDS OF THEIR LEARNERS. NUMBERS OF INFLUENCERS IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN CREDITED FOR THE SCHOOLS METHOD OF TEACHING AND THE EFFECTIVENESS IS SEEN THROUGH ASSESSMENTS. THE SCHOOL APPLIES DIFFERENT FOUNDATION FOR THEIR EDUCATION. ONE OF THESE IS THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION OF EDUCATION PHILOSOPHICAL EDUCATION GIVES IMPORTANCE TO THE MIND, BODY, AND SOUL OF EVERY LEARNERS. IT FOCUSES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL PHYSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY. IN RELATION TO THE SCHOOLS PERSPECTIVE IT TRAINS STUDENTS TO ENHANCE THEIR OWN CAPABILITIES IN FINDING OUT THE TRUTH BY USING LOGICS AND REASONINGS. THERE IS ONE THING IN COMMON THAT EVERY INSTITUTE HAS IN MCC - IT IS LEARNING THROUGH APPLICATION. THE SCHOOL IS MAKING SURE THAT ITS STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO RELATE WHAT THEY’VE LEARN INSIDE TO THEIR OWN SOCIETY OR COMMUNITY. IT GUIDES ITS LEARNERS TO BE MORE PRACTICAL IN A WAY THAT IT STILL CAN BENEFIT THEM IN THEIR GROWTH. BECAUSE OF THIS PHILOSOPHY, STUDENTS REFERENCES IN LIFE WILL NOT ONLY BE BASED ON BOOKS AND INTERNET BUT ALSO FROM THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES. 2.3 CONCEPTUALIZE THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION OF MCC THROUGH FIVE CORE VALUES, AND THE FOUR HALLMARKS IN REALIZING THE MISSION AND VISION OF THE COLLEGE THE ROLE OF SCHOOL’S EDUCATION IS TO FACILITATE ITS LEARNERS AND TEACHERS IN BRINGING OUT THEIR RATIONAL THINKING ABILITIES THROUGH DIFFERENT WAYS OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SUCH AS PRACTICAL REASONING, LOGICAL THINGKING AND EXPERIMENTING WITH A TEAM. IT IS THE WORK OF SCHOOL TO GIVE THE RIGHT STANDARD OF CONDUCT TO ITS PUPILS AND MENTORS TO HELP THEM COPE WITH THEIR SOCIAL AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES. 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