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QUESTIONS 1-4 ARE COMPULSORY FOR ALL
- Examine four types of problems addressed in Philosophy of education (8 Marks)
- Discuss the relevance of philosophy of education to educators.(6 Marks)
- Examine the implication of Naturalism in a classroom situation( 8Marks)
- Discuss the Implications of Idealism in Education ( 8 Marks)
QUESTIONS 5-7 ARE TO BE DONE BY THOSE WHO DID NOT DO THE RESPONDUS LOCKDOWN EXAM
- Examine five methods applied in the study of technical philosophy (10 marks)
- What is the significance of aims of education? ( 10 marks)
- Examine the basic criteria for national philosophy of education ( 10 marks)
Question 1
Ethical problems/problems of good and evil
Education builds and develops one personal character, and moral value, Philosophy of education addresses the issues of instilling common fundamental principles and values in students and the education system. Moral views and regulations are a related community.
Problems of human knowledge and perception
Philosophy of education critically examins the complex issues that involve philosophical questions about the goals and legitimate means of education and the nature of the human mind and understanding of the concept. With this knowledge, the teacher will guide the learners to understand the content of teaching.
Problems of existence
Teachers should know and understand that they are dealing with human beings, the leaners, and every learner from a different background and has a distinct personality. There is a need to understand the learners so that they can guide their development to the ultimate extent
Conceptual problems
These include problems with the definition of education as a whole, often teaching is confused with instructional. Philosophy aims to clarify the difference between the terms used in education without confusing by giving sharp boundaries.
Question 2
It helps teachers gain and when they desire to understand the philosophical field of education and find a way through the frequently debated views within that area.
Philosophy of education equips the teacher with philosophical methods of critical thinking that sharpen s their personal critical and creative thinking
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It helps the educators to have an open mind on subjects and topics they teach and give room for improvement.
The teacher develops the art of correct reasoning and the ability to identify and avoid fallacies in teaching and education arguments in general.
It enhances the teacher the ability to interpret understand education policies and give recommendations of improvement where education police have failed.
It offers a personal intellectual education to the teacher whose task is to stimulate the learners’ academic disciplines’ scholarly interest.
Question 3
In Naturalism, there is no space for classrooms, textbooks, time-table, formal lectures because all the learning in the natural way of education. There’s no scope for the ‘chalk and talk’ method, as nature alone is the source of knowledge for the students
The teacher does not have to play any significant role in teaching the learners; his/her role is to observe the learner without any interference, so external discipline has no place in the naturalistic educational system.
Educational Naturalism means pursuing nature in school. The teacher uses the learner center method meaning schooling is full compliance with the child’s existence only . the learner has total independence in the learning process. Without interruption. The leaner explorer and discoverer and observe.
Naturalism emphasizes free and spontaneous self-expression and self-preservation of the learner. Therefore the whole learning of the child must come from his own experiences and their inevitable consequences. All his education should be in line with human development’s fundamental laws and that each learner is different.
It emphasizes the value of the concrete object in the teaching and learning process and the use of play and games in the teaching methods.
In the educational process, the child is the central position and essential in the process of learning. Learners should be in the frontline in the educational picture rather than the educator, the school book, or the subjects of study, without Unnecessary interference on the part of parents or teachers.
Question 4
Idealism puts a greater focus on moral ideals. Education should allow the human race to enter more and more fully into the spiritual importance of man and his mind and expand the boundaries of the spiritual realm.
Every human being is fundamentally a spiritual being, and therefore it is essential to foster the spiritual, intellectual, and esthetic dimensions of the learner’s personality. Through this will lead to the most significant spiritual knowledge and highest moral behavior.
The method provides clear and direct guidelines for the aims of education. The curriculum should offer every kind of good mental experience to the learner, and Therefore, cognition, affecting feeling, and striving should be part of the curriculum. The teacher’s role and the methods of teaching are exact.
Idealism regards the teacher as essential and the learner’s spiritual guide. The teacher sets the atmosphere where schooling occurs, and he /she leads the student towards excellence in academic and spiritual life.
Education idealism grows entirely on one ‘s mind. It develops it, making a person realize his morals and principle of life and preparing the entire man for manhood and not for any part of humanity.