PHILOSOPHY MATRIX
Complete the empty white cells in the chart below. Your responses in each column should reflect the beliefs about that category according to the specific philosophy for that section.
This will help you in comparing the various philosophies. Ensure that the major principles of each philosophy are clarified. You must Remember that aspects of these philosophies should be integrated into your final philosophy paper
• Metaphysics = What is reality/truth?
• Epistemology = Is it possible to know reality/truth? If so, how?
• Axiology = What values should be developed in education?
• Learner's Nature = What is the human condition? Good? Bad? Neutral? What learner factors should be considered in education?
• Teacher's Role = What is the most effective approach the teacher should take?
• Curricular Focus = What content is most important?
• Methodology = What pedagogical strategies are most effective?
• Criticisms = What do opponents of this philosophy/theory say
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Traditional Philosophies
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Idealism (Plato)
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Metaphysics
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Epistemology
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Axiology
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Learner's Nature
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Teacher's Role
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Curricular Focus
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Methodology
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Criticisms
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Neo-Scholasticism (Aquinas)
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Metaphysics
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Epistemology
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Axiology
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Learner's Nature
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Teacher's Role
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Curricular Focus
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Methodology
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Criticisms
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Modern Philosophies
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Pragmatism (Dewey)
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Metaphysics
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Epistemology
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Axiology
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Learner's Nature
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Teacher's Role
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Methodology
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Criticisms
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Existentialism/Humanism (Kierkegaard, Sartre, etc.)
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Metaphysics
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Epistemology
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Axiology
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Learner's Nature
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Teacher's Role
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Criticisms
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Contemporary Educational Theories for Transmission
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Perennialism (Adler, Hutchins, etc)
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Metaphysics
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Epistemology
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Axiology
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Learner's Nature
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Essentialism (E.D. Hirsch)
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Metaphysics
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Epistemology
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Axiology
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Learner's Nature
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Behaviorism (Skinner)
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Metaphysics
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Epistemology
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Axiology
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Learner's Nature
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Contemporary Educational Theories for Transformation
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Reconstructionism (Counts)
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Metaphysics
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Epistemology
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Axiology
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Learner's Nature
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Critical Pedagogy (Friere, Giroux, Noddings, etc)
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Metaphysics
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Epistemology
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Axiology
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Learner's Nature
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