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REALISM
the type of education in which natural phenomena
and social institutions rather than languages and
literature are made the chief subjects of study
considered as an educational philosophy which
advocates that education should be concerned with
the actualities of life and prepare for its concrete
duties.
presumably arose as a reaction opposing narrow
humanism and religious formalism that held education
captive for nearly three centuries
History of
Realism
Ancient
History of Realism
(Ancient)
PLATO
he defined reality as the pure ideas of
mind
he believed that ideas and concepts
are innate or inherited in a form
History of Realism
(Ancient)
ARISTOTLE
defined reality as the relationship found in
nature and the physical environment
the source of knowledge is the physical
environment and learning occurs through
contact with that environment
History of Realism
(Ancient)
St. Thomas
Aquinas
he believed in reality matters
matter was created by God as a primary
substance from which the different kinds of
things and different individual objects
comprising the universe were made
Humanistic
Realism
wished to secure a knowledge
of human society and its
institutions and of nature and
mans reactions to nature
John Milton
(1608-1674)
Francois Rabelais
(1483-1553)
Francois Rabelais
(1483-1553)
a university scholar and a satirist
advocated that all forms of studies
should be made pleasant, and that
games and sports should be utilized
towards the physical development for
the child and for their practical
application in his duties later in life
SOCIAL
REALISM
emphasized the study of modern
foreign languages and gave
stress to the importance of
travelling so as to have contacts
and intercourse with men from all
walks of life
Michael de
Montaigne
(1533-1592)
Michael de Montaigne
(1533-1592)
a well-known social realist who authored
Pedantry and The Education of Children
a lawyer and a public official
he believed that education is to prepare
the individual for the practical affairs of real
life, and that bookish learning is not enough
to attain this education end
SENSE
REALISM
knowledge comes primarily
through the senses and
education was to be founded on
the training of the sense
perception rather on pure
memory activities
John Amos
Comenius
(1592-1670)
Francis Bacon
(1561-1626)
Richard Mulcaster
(1531-1611)
Richard Mulcaster
(1531-1611).
He was the school head of Merchant Taylors
school and St. Pauls school, two of the most
famous and excellent humanistic schools in
England
He authored Elementaries and positions
where he insisted that education should be in
accordance with nature and that its aim was to
secure the expression and development of childish
tendencies and not to suppress them.
Wolfgang Ratke
(1571-1633)
Thank you
and God
bless!