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FND 502 FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION

Summer 2022-2023
Course Facilitator: Dr. Eleanor Jamero

TASK 2
INVENTORY OF EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY
(WESTERN)

Directions: Read the following statements and views about schools and teaching. Using
the scale, check your response.
5 – Strongly Agree; 4 – Agree; 3 – Neutral; 2 – Disagree; and 1 – Strongly Disagree

Item Statements 5 4 3 2 1
1 A school curriculum includes the essentials that the
students should know.
2 A school curriculum deals with time-tested ideas.
3 Field trips, internships, and practicum connect
classroom theories to the real world.
4 Schools should develop among the students the ability
to solve social problems.
5 The students should decide what they want to learn
and when to learn it.
6 The students could be promoted to the higher level
only when they have mastered the key competencies.
7 Schools should develop students’ ability to think,
analyze, and reason out.
8 Teachers must emphasize to the students the relation
of their learning to the real world.
9 Schools should teach students how to recognize
problems in the society and work for the solutions to
alleviate them.
10 Students who do not want to study should not be
forced to do so.
11 Teachers should require students to work hard and
master academic lessons taught to merit grades.
12 Learning should be appreciated for its own sake. It is
not about solving problems and memorizing facts.
13 The experiences and needs of the students should be
considered in preparing the curriculum.
14 Schools should develop among the students respect
for ethnic and racial groups.
15 The purpose of school is to help students understand
themselves and find their own place in the world.
16 To be able to compete in the global village, schools
must raise standards for academic requirements to
produce competent graduates.
17 Teachers must prescribe the use of Great Books
because they contain insights related to the issues at
present.
18 Schools should include opportunities for social
interaction in the curriculum.
19 Schools should develop political literacy among the
students so they can use it to improve the quality of
life.
20 The primary function of the school is to provide
students options and choices to decide for
themselves.
21 Schools must encourage students to memorize basic
facts about people and events that shaped history.
22 The teacher’s main objective is to help students
unlock the insights gained over time, so they can
learn from the great thinkers of the past.
23 Students should be active participants in the learning
process.
24 Teaching means preparing students to create a better
society for themselves and the future generation.
25 Teachers should assist the students in discovering
themselves and developing their own personal values,
even when those values conflict with other values.

Interpreting your Response:


To get the results for each Philosophy, get the sum of scores by adding the corresponding
item numbers. Reflect on the results. Does the result, align or contradict your initial
understanding of these philosophies?

Philosophy (items) Scores


Essentialism (1, 6, 11, 16, 21)
Perennialism (2, 7, 12, 17, 22)
Progressivism (3, 8, 13, 18, 23)
Social Reconstructionism (4, 9, 14, 19, 24)
Existentialism (5, 10, 15, 20, 25)
WRITE YOUR REFLECTION HERE!

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