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Republic of the Philippines
UNIVERSITY OF RIZAL SYSTEM
Graduate School Morong, Campus
I. Course Title: Philosophical Foundation of Education
II. Course Code: EDUC 201 III. Contact Hours: 54 Hours IV. Course Units: 3 Units V. Pre-requisite/Co-requisite: None VI. Course Description: The course is designed to provide the graduate students analysis of the philosophical and ethical principles, theories and concepts as they relate and applied to education. This also includes presentation, analysis and application of the philosophical thoughts that are considered to have influenced the present educational system. VII. Course Outcomes: 1. Discuss the conceptual definition of philosophy, ethics and education and identify their relationship. 2. Formulate an operational meaning of philosophy of education 3. Explain the role and significance of philosophy of education 4. Distinguish and analyze the different philosophical thoughts in education 5. Explain the contributions of prominent foreign and local education thinkers in relation to the current educational practices 6. Imbibe the value of philosophies in shaping educational practices and express one’s personal educational philosophy. VIII. Course Outline: I. Introduction to Philosophy A. Nature and Meaning of Philosophy B. Relationship between Philosophy and Education C. Branches of Philosophy II. Philosophical Movements of Education (Aims, Methods, Curriculum and Role of Teachers) A. Medieval Philosophy of Education 1. Christian Education 2. Monasticism 3. Scholasticism B. The Philosophy of Renaissance Period 1. Humanism (child-centered) 2. Disciplinism 3. Realism 4. Naturalism 5. Pragmatism C. Modern Philosophies of Education 1. Perennialism (teacher-centered) 2. Essentialism (teacher-centered) 3. Progressivism (child-centered) 4. Existentialism (CHILD-CENTERED) 5. Reconstructionism/Critical Theory (child-centered) 6. Cognitivism/Constructivism (child-centered) 7. Information Processing Theory 8. Behaviorism (teacher-centered) 9. Eclectism III. Educational Philosophies of Frontier Thinkers in Education 1. Socrates 2. Plato 3. Aristotle 4. John Locke 5. Jean Jacques Rousseau 6. John Amos Comenius 7. Johann Friedrich Herbart 8. Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel 9. John Dewey 10. Maria Montessori
IV. Philosophical Orientation of the Philippine Educational System
1. Spanish Era 2. American Era 3. Japanese Occupation 4. Philippine Independence 5. The 1987 Constitution 6. Education For All
V. Filipino Educators and Their Philisophies
1. Dr. Jose P. Rizal 2. Andres Bonifacio 3. Apolinario Mabini 4. Manuel L. Quezon 5. Teodoro M. Kalaw 6. Camilo Osias 7. Conrado Benitez 8. Rafael Palma 9. Jorge Bocobo 10. Francisco Benitez 11. Dr. Lourdes Quisumbing
VI. Educational Philosophies of the Philippine Presidents
VII. The Emerging Trend in Basic Education 1. Inquiry – based Learning 2. Creative Teaching 3. Building/Creating Safe Learning Environment VIII. Emerging Trends in Higher Education Pedagogy IX. Emerging Trends in TESDA 1. Online Distance Learning (ODL) X. Writing Your Teaching Philosophy