WHAT IS YOUR PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION?

(Based on Sadker & Sadker, 2nd Ed. Bilbao, 2014)

What is your philosophy of education? To find out, read each of the following statements about the nature of education. Decide
whether you agree or disagree with each statement. Use the following numbers to express your response:

Legend: 4 Agree 2 Disagree

3 Agree 1 Disagree strongly

1. The student learning should be centered around 3Rs only.

2. The school subjects should focuses on the great thinkers of the past.
3. May students learn best by engaging in real-world activities than reading.
4. The student should be permitted to determine their own curriculum.
5. Subject matter taught effectively when it is broken down into small parts.
6. The school subjects should include only essential for all students to know.
7. Schools above all, should develop students’ abilities to think deeply, analytically, and creativity than develop social skill
or acquire body of knowledge.
8. Teaching should prepared students for analyzing and solving the types of problems they will face outside the classroom.
9. Reality determined by each individual’s perceptions. There is no objective and universal reality.
10. People shaped much more by their environment than by the exercise of their free will.
11. Students should not be promoted to the next grade until they have read and mastered certain key material.
12. An effective education is not aimed at the immediate needs of the students or society.
13. The curriculum of the school should be built around the personal experiences and need of the students.
14. Students who do not want to study much should not be required to do so.
15. Programmed learning is an effective method of teaching information.
16. Academic rigor is an essential component of education.
17. All students, regardless of ability, should study more or less the same curriculum.
18. Art classes should focus primarily on individual expression and creativity.
19. Effective learning is unstructured and informal.
20. Students learn best through reinforcement.
21. Effective school assign a substantial amount of homework.
22. Education should focus on timeless question such as ‘’what is beauty?’’ or “What is truth?”.
23. Since students learn effectively through social interaction, school should plan for more social gathering in their
curricula.
24. The purpose of school is to help students understand themselves and find the meaning of their existence.
25. Frequent objective testing is the best way to determine what students know.
26. Countries must become more competitive economically, hence schools must bolster their academic requirements for
more competition.
27. Students must be taught to appropriate learning primarily for its own sake, rather than to help them into their careers.
28. Schools must place more emphasis on teaching about the concerns of minorities and women.
29. Each person has free will to develop as he or she fit.
30. Rewards students well for learning so they will remember and be able to apply what they learned, even if they were
not able to understand why the information is worth knowing.
31. Philippines school should attempt to instill traditional Filipino values in students.
32. Teacher-guided discovery of profound truths is a key method of teaching students.
33. Students should be active participants in the learning process.
34. There are no external standards of beauty. Beauty is what an individual decides it to be.
35. We can place a lot of faith in our schools and teachers to determine which student’s behaviors are acceptable and
which not.
36. Schools must provide students with a firm grasp of basic facts regarding the books people and events.
37. Philosophy is ultimately a practical subject to study like computer science.
38. Teachers must stress to the students the relevance of what they are learning to their lives outside and inside the
classroom.
39. It is more important for a student to develop a positive self-concept than to learn specific concepts.
40. Learning is more effective when students are given frequent test to determine what they have learned.
Activity 3 Interview of the School Teacher

Visit the school in the community which you surveyed. Interview a teacher.

Question:

1. What school activities do you conduct that allow the participation of the people in the
barangay?

2. Are there community activities that you, as teachers join? Please name. Do your
learners join also these activities?

3. What learning do your pupils/students gain from the participation?

4. What does the community benefit from joining in your school activities?

5. As per your observation, are the lessons that you taught in the school transferred to
the homes or the community?

Record the answer and make a narrative report of your observations.

Activity 4 How is the Teacher Viewed by the Community

1. Randomly select 10 community members for a survey. Use the survey

Instrument below:

Community View of the Teachers

For Community Members:

Elected Official: Community member:

1. Do you ask teachers advice for a solution of a problem?

2. Do you cooperate when teachers request you to do something in schools?

3. Do you consider the teacher as a respected person by community members?

4. Do teachers help in the improvement of your community?

5. Do teachers serve as models in their behavior in the community?

6. How best will you describe all teachers in the school?

2. Consolidate the answer of ten respondents and include the report as an entry in your
portfolio.