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CHAPTER 1 YOU, THE TEACHER, AS A PERSON IN SOCIETY

LESSON 1: Your Philosophical Heritage

An Exercise to Determine Your Philosophical Philosophy

Find out to which philosophy you adhere. To what extent does each statement apply to you?
Rate yourself to 4 if you agree with the statement always, 3 if you agree but not always, 2 if you agree
sometime, and 1 if you dont agree at all.

Statement 1 2 3 4

1. There is no substitute for concrete


experience in learning. ______ ______ _____ ____

2. The focus of education should be the


ideas that are as relevant today as when
they where first conceived. ______ ______ _____ ____

3. Teachers must not force their students


to learn the subject matter if it does not
interest them. ______ ______ _____ ____

4. School must develop students capacity


to reason by stressing on the humanities. ______ ______ ____ _____

5. In the classroom, students must be


encouraged to interact with one another
to develop social virtues such as
cooperation and respect. ______ ______ _____ ____

6. Students should read and analyze the


Great Books, the creative works of
historys finest thinkers and writers. ______ ______ _____ ____

7. Teachers must help students expand their


knowledge by helping them apply their
previous experiences in solving new
problems. ______ ______ _____ ____

8. Our course of study should be general,


not specialized; liberal, not vocational;
humanistic, not technical. ______ ______ ____ _____

9. There is no universal, inborn human


nature. We are born and exist and
then we ourselves freely determine our
essence. ______ ______ ____ _____

10. Human beings are shaped by their


environment. ______ ______ ____ _____

11. Schools should stress on the teaching of


basic skills. ______ ______ ____ _____

12. Change of environment can change a


person. ______ ______ ____ _____

13. Curriculum should emphasize on the


traditional disciplines such as math, natural
science, history, grammar, literature. ______ ______ _____ ____

14. Teacher cannot impose meaning; students


make meaning of what they are taught. ______ ______ ____ _____
15. Schools should help
individuals accept themselves
as unique individuals and
accept responsibility for their
thoughts, feelings and actions. ______ ______ _____ ____

16. Learners produce knowledge


based on their experiences. ______ ______ _____ ____

17. For the learner to acquire


the basic skills, s/he must
go through the rigor and
discipline of serious study. ______ ______ ____ _____

18. The teacher and the school


head must prescribe what
is most important for the
students to learn. ______ ______ _____ ____

19. The truth shines in an


atmosphere of genuine
dialogue. ______ ______ _____ ____

20. A learner must be allowed to


learn at his/her own pace. ______ ______ _____ ____

21. The learner is not a blank slate


but brings past experiences and
cultural factors to the learning
situation. ______ ______ _____ ____

22. The classroom is not a place


where teachers pour knowledge
into empty minds of students. ______ ______ ____ _____

23. The learner must be taught how


to communicate his ideas and
feelings. ______ ______ _____ ____

24. To understand the message


from his/her students, the
teacher must listen not only to
what his/her students are saying
but also to what they are not
saying. ______ ______ _____ ____

25. An individual is what


he/she chooses to become
not dictated by his/her
environment. ______ ______ _____ ____

Interpreting your Scores: If you have 2 answers of 2/4 in numbers:


1,3,5,7 you are more of progressivist
2,4,6,8 you are more of perennialist
9,15,20,25 you are more of an existentialist
10,12, you are more of behaviorist
11,13,17,18 you are more of an essentialist
14,16,21,22 you are more of a constructivist
19,23,24 you are more of a linguistic philosopher
My Scores:
3 = 9 : Existentialist
4 = 16 : Constructivist

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