Education Philosophy: Perennialism and Essentialism

Running head: EDUCATION PHILOSOPHY
Education philosophy
Name
ID
Course
Unit
Lecturer
Philosophy Aim of
Education
Key Points Teaching
Strategies
Teacher
Roles
Metaphor
1. Perennialis
m
-to come up
with thoughts
that lead to
discussion of
various topics
by students
according to
Gilbert, (2018).
-to teach
-The main
source of the
idea was
philosopher
Aristotle and
Plato.
-Teaching all
the students in
the class the
When the
teacher has a
topic for
discussion, he
or she
initiates the
discussion in
the beginning
of the lesson.
-Initiate a
discussion.
-control
how the
discussion
is
conducted.
-responds to
the concerns
-Teach
everlasting
idea.

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EDUCATION PHILOSOPHY
principal as
compared to
teaching facts.
-widen the
minds of the
students to be
able to reason
scientifically.
same concept
and for the
same topic,
the teacher
should be the
same to
enable the
students to
question the
ideas of the
teacher.
-Using the
theory, the
student should
be in a
position to
discussion
many topics
from the
question they
have and
compare the
facts they get
The student
should listen
as the teacher
explain the
idea and how
the discussion
should move
on in class.
For example,
if is a topic on
reproduction,
the teacher
initiates the
discussion to
the learner,
however, after
grasping ideas
from the
teacher, the
students are
free to ask
their
questions.
of the
student to
assist them
understand
the topic of
discussion.

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from the
topic.
-The
philosophy
provides the
student the
ability to have
an open-
minded
discussion
through the
facts that he
or she collects
from the
discussion.
Asking
questions
where the
students has
some doubts
enable them
to have facts
and principals
about the
specific topic.
2. Essentialism -to teach the
students moral
values that will
assist them to
become
responsible
citizens in the
society
The
philosophy
started with
the Greek
Philosophers
and have
expanded
throughout
-the teacher
cooperates
with the
administration
to get the
topics the that
the student
need for
-deciding
the topics
for the
students.
-rating the
students
according to
their
-Back to
the basic.