Realism, unlike idealism, focuses on using scientific
discovery and sensation of the physical world as a way to determine universal
laws of reality and universe. Realists believe that information is able to
change through time, and occur through the representation of logic. In terms of
education, realistic believe that a teacher should be all knowing of specific
content, content should be understood through experimentation, and students
should think critically and rationally about subjects.
Pragmatism is the belief that information of our universe is
ever changing there are no sets of ideas or beliefs. Once something is
understood, the universe and the learner are changed. In terms of education, school
should be interdisciplinary and students are taught to question the state of
things as they are now through problem solving and reflective thinking.
Existentialism is the belief that nothing we know is
absolute and we as humans lead insignificant lives that will end. Knowledge is
about choices, and choice is essential to this school of philosophy. Teachers
should help students understand themselves and shouldn’t be measured with
standardization and bureaucracy of education because it takes away from the
individual quest of oneself.
As a future teacher, I think of myself more as a pragmatist
and a realist not only because that makes sense to who I am as a person, but
what my concentration of social studies requires. I believe that there needs to
be some form of organization to education in order for students to receive a
quality education. I like the notion that there are universal laws of reason
that hold the universe together. However, I also agree with pragmatism in the
sense that knowledge is ever changing. Teaching students to think critically of
the world around them is one of my main goals as a teacher, and I think it will
be most easily accomplished through problem solving and reflective thinking,
two mechanisms used in pragmatism.
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