Dynamic Philosophy Of Education

Running head: Dynamic Philosophy Of Education
DYNAMIC PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

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Dynamic Philosophy Of Education
Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Overview of philosophy..................................................................................................................3
Aim and objectives of education.....................................................................................................3
Teaching methods............................................................................................................................4
Theory of education.........................................................................................................................5
Behaviourism...............................................................................................................................5
Constructivism.............................................................................................................................5
Teacher’s role..................................................................................................................................5
Role of the learners..........................................................................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
Reference list...................................................................................................................................8

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Dynamic Philosophy Of Education
Introduction
Education is the basis of all learning and thus the teaching learning process need to be
based on one or multiple philosophy of education as its underlined guidelines. So, this study has
focused on one such philosophy of education as prepared by myself for the context of teaching
learners of secondary standard. Some well-known educational philosophies have been mentioned
in this study that has been my inspiration on my educational philosophy. Moreover, the study has
illuminated the overview of my personal educational philosophy apart from discussing the aim,
methods, roles of teachers and learners as per the philosophy recommended and prepared by me.
Overview of philosophy
In my educational philosophy, I tend to follow mainly the constructivist or behaviourist
educational philosophy. In this regard, I can add that I have enriched my personal educational
philosophy with the Hindu Worldview. So, learning has been perceived as the reflection of
individual experiences as per my understanding (Bada & Olusegun, 2015). This is because I
believe that each and every learner constructs their own meaning of the world where they live.
According to Constructivist philosophy of education, learning is the process of modifying the
mental models through which learners generate their meaning if the world. This modification is
supposed to be done through conditioning the behaviours of the learners using different kinds of
reinforcements.
On the other hand; education can be seen as the training session for the learners so that
the learners can learn essential skills in order to survive in this world. I borrowed this
philosophical perspective from the Hindu perspective on education or Shiksha. In this regard, the
mention of Sri Aurobindo is relevant who said that the education needs to be upgraded every
now and then so that it can mitigate the demands of the contemporary life (Bai et al. 2015). So,
my personal educational philosophy is driven by the fact that education is a process of delivering
the equipments for physical, psychological, moral and spiritual development of the learners.