Informative Speech: Pragmatism Outline - Oral Communication, 2019

This document presents a speech outline on pragmatism, a significant philosophy in education, contrasting materialism and idealism. The outline covers the educational implications of pragmatism, viewing education as life, growth, a social process, and the state's responsibility. It also discusses various forms of pragmatism, including humanistic, experimental, nominalist, and biological forms, emphasizing principles like pluralism, change, and utilitarianism. The speech concludes by summarizing these key points, highlighting pragmatism's focus on action and experience in shaping knowledge and social impact, noting its special place in the philosophy of education. The work includes source of knowledge for life, to help in growth, developing social process, continuously restructuring experience and it being the state’s responsibility.

BRIEF INFORMATIVE SPEECH TEMPLATE:
PRE-INTRODUCTION:
Topic: Pragmatism
Narrowed Topic: Individual Growth
General Purpose: To inform
Specific Purpose: To understand the pragmatism philosophy in light of education.
INTRODUCTION:
I. Attention Getter: You Live and You Learn
II. Purpose Statement: Pragmatism is gained through life and life knowledge.
III. Credibility Shusterman, R. (2016). Practicing philosophy: Pragmatism and the philosophical life.
Routledge.
IV. Significance: It happens in your own life. In your own growth.
III. Preview: Pragmatism, its implications, its types and its principles are discussed in the work.
(transition)
BODY:
I. Educational implications of Pragmatism.
Pragmatism is one among the most essential philosophy schools in education
A. (First subpoint) It stands between materialism and idealism
B. (Second subpoint) It is focused on the social aspects of learning.
(transition) Next let me talk about the forms of pragmatism.
II. (Second main point) pragmatism takes education as growth
A. (First subpoint) Education is considered helpful if it provides the development and growth
B. (Second subpoint) education has a social impact on people
(transition that leads into conclusion) To conclude let me sum up the key points of the topic.
CONCLUSION:
I. We have seen that the principles of pragmatism are pluralism, change, changing values and
aims, utilitarianism, individualism and emphasis on social aspects. The forms of pragmatism
include humanistic, experimental, nominalist and biological forms. Pragmatism considers
education to have wide implication on the life of people. This involves source of knowledge
for life, to help in growth, developing social process, continuously restructuring experience
and it being the state’s responsibility. The term relates more to activity than thoughts.

II. It was found that when it comes to the philosophy of education, pragmatism has a special place.
The various aspects of pragmatic learning that help to form a strong learning framework for
students have been effectively identified.