1. Copyright © 2007 Allyn and Bacon BECOMING A TEACHER, 7e Chapter 3 Developing a Teaching Philosophy

2. Copyright © 2007 Allyn and Bacon What is an Educational Philosophy?

3. Copyright © 2007 Allyn and Bacon 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.

4. 3.1 What Determines Your Educational Philosophy? Copyright © 2007 Allyn and Bacon

5. 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.

6. Copyright © 2007 Allyn and Bacon 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 http://www.spiritus- temporis.com/metaphysics/examples.html

7. Copyright © 2007 Allyn and Bacon 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 _________________

8. Copyright © 2007 Allyn and Bacon 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 http://www.resultsuk.co.uk/axiologywhatisit.htm

9. Copyright © 2007 Allyn and Bacon 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)

10. Copyright © 2007 Allyn and Bacon What Are the Branches of Philosophy? Aesthetics This is the branch concerned with values related to _________ Is teaching an art or a science?

11. Copyright © 2007 Allyn and Bacon 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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13. 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

14. Copyright © 2007 Allyn and Bacon 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

15. Copyright © 2007 Allyn and Bacon 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.htmlhttp://www.piaget.org/aboutPiaget.html http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/piaget.html Page 286 in our textbook

16. Copyright © 2007 Allyn and Bacon 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.