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  1. Progressivism: This philosophy is all about learning by doing. Think of it as learning to swim by actually jumping in the water. These educators focus on hands-on experiences and making lessons relevant to real-life situations. Reconstructionism: This type of philosophy looks at education as a way to improve society.

  2. Mar 5, 2021 · In educational psychology, 2 social justice education, 3 adult education, 4 school leadership studies, 5 higher education, 6 and philosophy of education, 7 researchers have pointed to the transformative potential lying within the educational environment. Unlocking this potential is a fundamental aim of teaching and learning, proponents of transformative education have argued, and it is the ...

    • Douglas Yacek, Severin Sales Rödel, Martin Karcher
    • 2020
  3. Jun 2, 2008 · Philosophy of Education. Philosophy of education is the branch of applied or practical philosophy concerned with the nature and aims of education and the philosophical problems arising from educational theory and practice. Because that practice is ubiquitous in and across human societies, its social and individual manifestations so varied, and ...

    • Harvey Siegel, D.C. Phillips, Eamonn Callan
    • 1997
  4. Feb 1, 2024 · John Dewey (1859—1952) was a psychologist, philosopher, and educator who made contributions to numerous topics in philosophy and psychology. His work continues to inform modern philosophy and educational practice today. Dewey was an influential pragmatist, a movement that rejected most philosophy at the time in favor of the belief that things ...

  5. Teaching Philosophy. A philosophy grounds or guides practice in the study of existence and knowledge while developing an ontology (the study of being) on what it means for something or someone to be—or exist. Educational philosophy, then, provides a foundation that constructs and guides the ways knowledge is generated and passed on to others.

  6. Oct 30, 2009 · For much of the history of Western philosophy, philosophical questions concerning education were high on the philosophical agenda. From Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle to twentieth‐century figures such as Bertrand Russell, John Dewey, R. S. Peters, and Israel Scheffler, general philosophers (i.e., contemporary philosophers working in departments of philosophy and publishing in mainstream ...

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  8. Education Department. SUNY Oneonta via LumenLearning. A philosophy grounds or guides practice in the study of existence and knowledge while developing an ontology (the study of being) on what it means for something or someone to be—or exist. Educational philosophy, then, provides a foundation which constructs and guides the ways knowledge is ...