Topic 3 : Philosophical Foundation of Curriculum
Learning outcomes : 1. Identify Psychological Foundation of Curriculum
2. Identify the Types of Major Philosophies
3. Identify the types of educational philosophies
For this topic, I have learn about the meaning of philosophy, the major philosophies, and the types of educational philosophies.
Philosophy is the combination of the Greek word "Philos" (Love) and "Sophia" (Wisdom) - "Love of Wisdom". Philosophers is the people who seek after wisdom and curious about what other have put forward. They also proposing the new philosophies. Therefore, philosophy of education is the collective works of other philosophers. It is also the academic exploration of various question. The Philosophy of education recognizes that the development of a civil society depends on the education of the young as responsible, thoughtful, and enterprising citizens which is challenging task requiring deep understanding of ethical principles, moral values, practical theory, aesthetics and economic. The most prominent philosophers in education is Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau, Dewey, Adler, Confucius, Al Farabi, Tagore, and Howard Gardner. They provided powerful critical perspectives revealing the problems in education. The philosophy and curriculum is the beginning point in curriculum decision making and is the basis of all subsequent decision regarding curriculum.
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The next things that I learn from this topic is the major philosophies. There are four major philosophies which is Idealism, Realism, Pragmatism, and Existentialism.
Other than that, from these topic, I also learn about the educational philosophies. This educational philosophies also consist of four types of educational philosophies. There are perennialism, essentialism, progressivism, and reconstructionism.
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Hi Hena, I cannot understand about the major philosophies. It's because there no explanation. But I try to add the explanation. The Idealism is aim search for truth and values, Realism is people can come to know the world through their senses and reason, Pragmatism is practical referred to as experimentalism, based on change process, and relativity. The fourth major philosophies is Existentialism is about individualism and personal self-fulfillment.
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