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PHILOSOPHIES OF EDUCATION TEACHING BEHAVIOR (STATE WHAT
THE TEACHER SAID, TAUGHT OR DID)
1. Essentialism- teach mastery
of the basics; curriculum is I saw that as a teacher of purposive
prescribed; subject matter- communication she focused more on
centered are universal, the basics (e.g., punctuation marks
objective values; inculcate and proper diction) before going to
values. complicated lessons such as writing
speeches and public speaking.
2. Perennialism- teach those
that last, the classics; there are She is also a perennial. This is
universal values; inculcate the manifested in her lessons for
universal, objective values example in the models of
communication she taught the
3. Progressivism- very child- students the very foundation of
centered; teach those that them and why are they relevant
interest the child; one learns by until now.
experience; learners learn by
doing so teacher teaching is She is also a progressivist. This is
experiential; values are evident on the activities given to the
subjective; no inculcation of students. She believes that the only
values are subjective; instead way for them to really understand
teachers help student clarify the lessons is for them to experience
their values. them first hand. For example, after
teaching the students what is public
communication, she gave them an
activity where they are tasked to
create a speech and recite it.
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