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Module 1.2 - Idealism Intended Learning Outcomes

Idealism is a philosophy that views the human spirit or mind as the most important element of reality. It believes that education should develop students' minds and encourage them to focus on things of lasting value like truth and character development. The school has an obligation to present students with ideal models for development and teach moral values. The idealist teacher encourages students to better their thinking and lives through reflection, acting as an exemplary role model. Subject matter in the curriculum should teach students to think and include cognitive but value-laden subjects like mathematics, history, and literature. Idealism is critiqued for its high cognitive level of education, concern for morality and character development, and view of the teacher as central to education.

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Module 1.2 - Idealism Intended Learning Outcomes

Idealism is a philosophy that views the human spirit or mind as the most important element of reality. It believes that education should develop students' minds and encourage them to focus on things of lasting value like truth and character development. The school has an obligation to present students with ideal models for development and teach moral values. The idealist teacher encourages students to better their thinking and lives through reflection, acting as an exemplary role model. Subject matter in the curriculum should teach students to think and include cognitive but value-laden subjects like mathematics, history, and literature. Idealism is critiqued for its high cognitive level of education, concern for morality and character development, and view of the teacher as central to education.

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Module 1.

2 – Idealism

Intended Learning Outcomes

 Discuss the meaning of idealism, its aims of education, role of the


school, role of the teacher, role of the students, methods of
education and its curriculum.
 Identify the proponents of idealism.
 Evaluate the relevance of idealism to the present educational system
of the Philippines
 Give some significant contributions of the school of thought on the
present situation of the Philippine educational system.
 Critic the strengths and weaknesses of idealism

Abstraction/Generalization

Idealism is a philosophy that proclaims the spiritual nature of men and


the universe. Its basic viewpoint stresses the human spirit, soul or mind as the
most important element of life. It holds that the good, true, and beautiful are
permanently part of the structure of a related coherent, orderly, and unchanging
universe. In idealism, all of reality is reducible to one fundamental substance-
spirit. Matter is not real. It is only the mind that is real.

Aims of Education
Idealists generally agree that education should not only stress
development of the mind but also encourage students to focus on all thins of
lasting value. Along with Plato, they believe that the aim of education should be
directed toward the search for true ideas. Another important idealist aim is
character development because the search for truth demands personal discipline
and steadfast character. This aim is prevalent in the writing of Kant, Harris,
Horne, Gentile, and others. What they want in society is not just the literate,
knowledgeable person, but the good person.

Role of the School


The school has an obligation to present students with ideal models for
development, and they would agree with Plato that religious ideas should be
presented in ways students can use for guidance. It is the school that should
develop the moral values of a person.

Role of the Teacher


The teacher whom idealists favor is philosophically oriented, can assist
students in choosing important material, and infuses them with a desire to
improve their thinking in the deepest possible way. Perhaps the best way to
understand this is by looking at Socrates as a prototype of the teacher the
idealists would like to have. Socrates spent much time analyzing and discussing
ideas with others, and he was deeply committed to action based on reflection.
The idealist oriented teacher would encourage students to better their thinking
and their lives on the basis of such thinking. Idealists are, in general, greatly
concerned with character development, “which they believe should be one of the
foremost goals of a good education.
The teacher is in a unique and important position. The teacher’s duty is to
encourage students to ask questions and to provide a suitable environment for
learning. The teacher exercises judgment about the kinds of materials that are
most important and encourages diligent study of material that is of more
ultimate worth. In this view, teaching is a high moral calling, and teachers
should serve as exemplary models- persons after whom students can pattern
their lives.

Role of the Students


The students are immature and are seeking the perspective into his own
personality.

Methods of Education
Methods to be used in instruction should encourage accumulation of
knowledge and thinking and must apply criteria for moral evaluation. Although
learning is a product of the learner’s own activity, the learning process is made
more efficient by the stimulation which comes from the teacher and school
environment. The idealist teacher should be conversant with a variety of methods
and should use the particular method that is most effective in securing the
desired results. Suggested methods are questioning and discussion, lecture and,
of course, the project, whether done singly or in group.

Curriculum
Idealists stress that the most important factor in education at any level is
to teach students to think. Subject matter should be made constant for all.
Mathematics, history, and literature rank high in relevance since they are not
only cognitive but value-laden.

Critique of Idealism In Education


 The high cognitive level of education that idealists promote.
 Their concern for safeguarding and promoting cultural learning.
 Their great concern for morality and character development.
 Their view of the teacher as a revered person central to the
educational process.
 Their stress on the importance of self-realization.
 Their stress on the human and personal side of life.
 Their comprehensive, systematic, and holistic approach.

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