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BECOMING A TEACHER, 7e
Chapter 3Developing a Teaching Philosophy
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What is an Educational Philosophy?
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What Determines Your Educational Philosophy?
Teachers must ask several vital questions about their work
Teachers’ behavior is strongly connected to personal beliefs about: 1. 2. 3. 4.
3.1 What Determines Your Educational Philosophy?
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Educational Philosophies Video Identify similarities/differences in educational
philosophies of… Joyce Madsen’s Leonia Townsend’s Lynda Hootman’s Trent Eaton’s
Explain how the educational philosophies impact what happens in the classroom.
Explain the importance of having a philosophy of education and describe their own.
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What Are the Branches of Philosophy?
Metaphysics Concerned with explaining the nature of
_______
Important because the school curriculum is based on what we know about reality.
Go to this website for examples: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/metaphysics/examples.html
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What Are the Branches of Philosophy?
Epistemology This focuses on ___________ There are 5 ways of knowing about the
world: 1. Knowing based on ____________ 2. Knowing based on _____________ 3. Knowing based on _______________ 4. Knowing based on ___________and
______________ 5. Knowing based on _________________
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What Are the Branches of Philosophy?
Axiology Study of __________ Teachers have an interest not only in the
__________ of knowledge but the __________ that becomes possible because of that knowledge What values should teachers encourage students to
adopt? What values does a truly educated person hold?
For examples: http://www.resultsuk.co.uk/axiologywhatisit.htm
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What Are the Branches of Philosophy?
Ethics Focuses on what is good and evil,
_________, just and unjust.
Knowledge of ethics can help the teacher solve ethical dilemmas in the classroom. (See P. 85)
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What Are the Branches of Philosophy?
Aesthetics This is the branch concerned with values
related to _________
Is teaching an art or a science?
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What Are the Branches of Philosophy?
Logic Concerned with the process of ________;
identifies rules that enable the thinker to reach valid conclusions
______ thinking – requires the thinker to move from a general principle to a specific conclusion.
______ thinking – requires the thinker to move from the specific to the general. Known as discovery teaching.
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What are Five Modern Philosophical Orientations to Teaching?
Perennialism Stresses students’ intellectual growth in the ______
and __________.
Essentialism Students must be taught a common core of
knowledge taught in a systematic, ___________ way
Progressivism Education should be ______-centered rather than
focused on the teacher or the content area
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What are Five Modern Philosophical Orientations to Teaching?
Existentialism Focuses on the experiences of the _______
Social Reconstructionism Believes that schools should take the lead in
________ or __________ society
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What Psychological Orientations Have Influenced Teaching Philosophies?
Humanistic Psychology Emphasizes __________ _________, choice, awareness, and personal
responsibility Behaviorism
Based on the principle that desirable human behavior can be the product of _______ rather than accident
Constructivism Focuses on processes of learning rather than on learning behavior. Students
________ knowledge rather than receiving knowledge
“Children have real understanding only of that which they invent themselves, and each time that we try to teach them something too quickly, we keep them from reinventing it themselves.” _________
Check out these links: http://www.piaget.org/aboutPiaget.html http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/piaget.html
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How Can You Develop Your Educational Philosophy?
Most teachers develop an eclectic philosophy of education A unique ______ of two or more philosophies
Teachers need to identify their beliefs and values about the following: 1. 2. 3.