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TTP module 8
Science, Technology, and Society (GE6)
The Teaching Profession
Module 8
CONTENTS (title of the subsection)
1. Which will you give? advice
For the essentialist group – Students are not interested in the lesson.
For the perennialist group – Students want to specialize and belittles general education
subjects.
For the progressivist group – Parents question students’ community immersion for it poses
certain risks.
For the behaviorist group – Teacher tells students from deprived homes: “If there’s a will, there’s
a way.” Poverty is not a hindrance to success.
For the existentialist group – A colleague asks you to make the decision for her fear that she
may make the wrong decision.
For the constructivist group – Teacher does not accept meanings of lesson derived by students;
teacher’s meaning and understanding are the only ones acceptable.
For the linguistic philosopher – Students are not made to talk; they just listen with teacher doing
all the talking.
2. Understanding the Philosophies. Answer each with a YES or NO. If your answer is NO,
explain your answer in a sentence.
- Essentialism
NO Do essentialists aim to teach students to reconstruct society? 1.
NO 2. Is the model citizen of the essentialist the citizen who contributes to the re-building of
society?
NO 3. Do the essentialist teachers give up teaching the basics if the students are not
interested?
NO 4. Do the essentialist teachers frown on long academic calendar and core requirements?
NO 1. Do the progressivist teachers look at education as a preparation for adult life?