Chelly S, Celedio
1 BSED-math A
LESSON 1
Activity: Determine Your Philosophical Educational Philosophy
Find out to which philosophy you adhere. To what extent does each statement apply to
you? Rate yourself 4 if you agree with the statement always, 3 if you agree but not
always, 2 if you agree sometimes, and 1 if you don’t agree at all.
Statement
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1. There is no substitute for -----------------------------------------------------------------------concrete experience in learning.
2. The focus of education should be ----------------------------------------------------------the ideas that are relevant today as when
they were first conceived.
3. Teachers must not force their -------------------------------------students to learn the subject matter if it
does not interest them.
4. Schools must develop students’ capacity -------------------------------------------------to reason by stressing on the humanities.
5. In the classroom, students must be---------------------------------------------------------encouraged to interact with one another to
develop social virtues such as cooperation
and respect.
6. Students should read and analyze the ------------------------------------------------------Great Books, the creative works of history’s
finest thinkers and writers.
7. Help students expand their knowledge -----------------------------------------------------
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by helping them apply their previous experiences
in solving new problems.
Statement
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8. Our course of study should be general, -----------------------------------------------------not specialized; liberal, not vocational;
humanistic, not technical.
9. There is no universal, inborn human nature. -------------------------------------------------We are born and exist and then we ourselves
freely determine our essence.
10. Human beings are shaped by their ----------------------------------------------------------environment.
11. Schools should stress on the teaching------------------------------------------------------of basic skills.
12. Change of environment can change ---------------------------------------------------------a person.
13. Curriculum should emphasize on the -------------------------------------------------------traditional disciplines such as math, natural
science, history, grammar, literature.
14. Something beautiful for one, may not be --------------------------------------------------beautiful for you.
15. Schools should help individuals accept----------------------------------------------------themselves as unique individuals and accept
responsibility from their thoughts,
feelings and actions.
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Statement
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16. A scientifically developed code is-----------------------------------------------------------preferred over one that is derived from the
history and culture of particular groups.
17. For the learner to acquire the basic --------------------------------------------------------skills, s/he must go through the rigor and
discipline of serious study.
18. The teacher and the school head must ----------------------------------------------------prescribe what is most important
for the students to learn.
19. An individual is what s/he chooses to-------------------------------------------------------become not dictated by his/her
environment.
20. A learner must be allowed to ----------------------------------------------------------------learn at his own pace.
Interpreting your Scores: If you have two answers of 4 in numbers:
1, 3, 5, 7_______ you are more of progressivist
2, 4, 6, 8 _______ you are more of a perennialist
9,15,19,20 ____ you are more of an existentialist
10,12,14,16 ___ you are more of a behaviorist
11, 13, 17, 18 __ you are more of an essentialist
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If you have two scores of 4 in several of the 5 clusters, you have an electic philosophy
which means you put the 5 philosophies together. If your scores are less than 4, this
means that you are not very definite in your philosophy. Or if your scores are less than 3
in most of the items, this means your philosophy is quite vague.
Analysis:
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What are your aims for teaching?
What has pushed me to study harder and be more to
become a great educator in the future is the; nowadays
youth. Only a few of them can be the hope of our
country because others have vices and are engaged in
doing unpleasant activities.
As a future educator, I want to be a great influencer and
motivator to make students enthusiastic about learning.
I want to teach to empower students with skills of their
own, with knowledge of their own. My aim for teaching
is to conserve individuals. I believe that I teach in order
to help people and to help communities.
To create students who are academically competent
and have moral excellence; is impossible to achieve.
However, if they have enthusiasm for learning, they are willing to undergo stages that
can help them shape as a person in the future. In addition, I want my students to love
learning.
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What do you hope to accomplish
when you teach?
What I expect to happen when I teach
is someone will ask questions. This; I
will know that they are interested in
what I teach and; they are interested in
learning. I want my students to learn
something from what I teach: that is why,
when I teach, I want to interact with my
students because that is how learning happens. For example, if I ask questions to my
students about what they have understood in the discussion- my strategy in teaching:
they respond; I give feedback. Learning takes place. Otherwise, effective learning is
what I want to achieve.
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Does your subject matter affect your beliefs about teaching or learning? If so
explain how.
Yes. My subject matter affects my beliefs about teaching. When I teach, it should be
appropriate for it and on the capacity of my students to learn. My teaching methods
depend on how is the subject matter. Is it difficult? Disturbing? Anyway, to have
effective teaching on my students, I need to have enthusiasm in my subject. My
profession is not something I do. It is something I am. To be an effective teacher, I must
learn my subject and be very interested in it. I have to be a good communicator on my
subject so that my students can be enthusiastic about it.
Application:
TEST YOUR MASTERY. Direction: You may need to research further in order to gain
mastery. To which PHILOSOPHY does each theory of man belong?
Behaviorism 1. Is a product of his environment.
Existentialism 2. Has no universal nature.
Existentialism 3. Can choose what he/she can become.
Behaviorism 4. Has no free will.
Perennialism 5. Has the same essential nature with others.
Constructivism 6. Is a constructor of knowledge.
Existentialism 7. First exists then defines himself/herself.
Linguistic Philosophy 8. Is a communicating being.
Constructivism 9. Is a maker of meaning.
Behaviorism 10. Is a complex combination of matter that responds to physical stimuli.