EDUCATION 200

ADVANCED PHILOSOPHICAL & ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION

ACTIVITY 1. Answer the following items based from your research (Cite your references.):
1. Discuss the role of philosophy in education.
2. Give the difference between educational goals and educational objectives.
3. Explain why philosophy is important in formulating the goals and objectives of education.
4. Discuss the three major fields of philosophy and explain each.
5. Give your perception of philosophy as a discipline.

ACTIVITY II. Research on the topics below and answer the following questions:
1. The Educational Philosophies of the World’s Greatest Philosophers
2. Classical and Contemporary Philosophies
3. Philosophy and Morality
4. Philosophies of Education
5. Assumptions of Ethics
6. Approaches and Theories of Ethics
7. Special Fields of Ethics

Questions:
1. According to Socrates, knowledge is wisdom which, in effect, means virtue. Explain this
statement.
2. For Pestalozzi, education is a social process of organized growth and development.
Explain this further.
3. According to Rosseau, “Man is by nature good and virtuous. Do you agree? Justify your
answer.
4. According to John Dewey, learning by doing is effective. Explain this educational
philosophy further.
5. In what respect does realism disagree with idealism?
6. Discuss the basic principle of each classical and contemporary philosophy.
7. How does Plato regard idealism as a philosophical doctrine? Explain your answer.
8. For some philosophical thinkers, pragmatism is more inclined to attitude and method,
rather than to a philosophical doctrine. Comment on this.
9. Compare progressivism and perennialism. Try to identify features of our educational
system which are progressivist and or perennialist in orientation.
10. In your own words, discuss the two assumptions of Ethics. Explain the importance of the
assumptions of ethics in setting moral responsibility. Provide specific examples in your
explanation.

Send your answer at: chinguntalan@gmail.com until August 3, 2020.

Prepared by:

CONSUELO MAGCAMIT - UNTALAN

Associate Professor III