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Homework: Teaching tool for philosophy
Overview
There are multiple educational philosophies that have shaped teaching and learning in various school settings in the past. Several of these philosophies and concomitant theories continue to influence educational practices today.It is important to explore educational philosophy to equip educators with understanding for future experience in a school setting and to discern how educational philosophy aligns with a biblical worldview for practical application.
By constructing a teaching tool for philosophy, based on examination of an assigned educational philosophy, you will discover educational aims aswell as theoretical assumptions that are nestledwithin an educational philosophy. Furthermore, you will critically comprehend how viewpoints related to metaphysics, epistemology, axiology, and logic guide application of the philosophy in particular school settings. Finally, theteaching tool will assist you to analyze correspondence between personal beliefs and values and the assigned educational philosophy.
Instructions
You will choose a specific educational philosophy and become familiar with it. You must choose one of the seven designated educational philosophies listed below.
• Behaviorism
• Essentialism
• Existentialism
• Perennialism
• Progressivism
• Reconstructionism
• Scholasticism
Before creating your teaching tool for philosophy, become familiar with your chosen educational philosophy by:
1. Reading your textbook
2. Visiting several websites on the topic
3. Checking sources from the library
Suggestions for teaching tools:
1. Create a handout
2. Create a newsletter
3. Create an outline
4. Develop a glossary
5. Develop a mnemonic device
6. Develop a PowerPoint presentation
The teaching tool should consist of the following information:
4. The name of your choseneducational philosophy.
5. Provide a succinct definition of the choseneducational philosophy.
6. Include a brief history related to the educational philosophy.
7. Mention key individual/s associatedwith the educational philosophy.
8. Analyze elements related to the educational philosophy (i.e. metaphysics, epistemology, axiology, andlogic)
9. Compare and contrast the educational philosophy with a biblical worldview based on the Judeo-Christian Bible.
10. Include at least three citations from three different scholarly sources in addition to the Bible in the teaching tool. Note that Wikipedia is not considered a scholarly source.
11. Include an APA title page and reference page with the submission.