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    PRAGMATISM

    Philosophical Foundations in Education

    MARIVER C. MANGULABNAN
    MAED-Educational Management
    Meaning
    Derived from the Greek word “pragma”
    which means work, practice, or activity
    It is the philosophy of practical experience
    Proponents of
    Pragmatism
    Peirce on
    Pragmatism
    Charles Sander Peirce (1839-1914)
    known as the Father of Pragmatism
    Peirce on
    Pragmatism
    C.S. Peirce, who coined the term
    Pragmatism, saw it as more a
    technique to help us find solutions
    than a philosophy or solution to
    problems.
    William James
    on Pragmatism
    William James (1842-1910)
    American philosopher, psychologist
    and the first educator to offer a
    psychology course in the U.S.
    Father of American Psychology
    William James
    on Pragmatism
    William James is the one who made Pragmatism
    famous. For James, Pragmatism was about
    value and morality; the purpose of philosophy
    was to understand what had value to us and
    why. The ideas and beliefs have value to us only
    when they work.
    John Dewey
    on Pragmatism
    John Dewey 1859-1952)
    A famous American philosopher,
    psychologist and educational reformer
    The founder of functional psychology
    and earliest developers of Pragmatism
    John Dewey
    on Pragmatism
    “Instrumentalism”
    Dewey attempted to combine both
    Peirce’s and James’ philosophies of
    Pragmatism.
    John Dewey
    on Pragmatism
    Educative experiences depend upon
    two things (Thought and Action)
    Thought is subordinate to action.
    (Emphasis on action than on thought. It is made
    instrument to find suitable means for action)
    Pragmatism
    Pragmatism is an American philosophy from
    the early 20th century. According to
    Pragmatism, the truth or meaning of an idea or
    a proposition lies in its observable practical
    consequences rather than anything
    metaphysical. It can be summarized by the
    phrase “whatever works, is likely true”
    because reality changes, “whatever works” will
    also change – thus, truth must also be
    changeable and no one can claim to possess
    any final or ultimate truth.
    Things are constantly changing. It is based on
    the view that reality is what you experience. It
    believes that truth is what works right now and
    that goodness comes from group decisions

    As the result, schools exist to discover and


    expand the society we live in. Students study
    social experiences and solve problems.
    Pragmatism
    A philosophical position which considers
    that values have no prior existence, they
    are created by a process of successful
    experimentation and emerged as problems
    were solved
    Pragmatism
    Gives importance to action and experience
    Believes in change (no belief in permanent values)
    Pragmatists believe on present
    Believe that growth and development takes place
    on interaction and environment
    Deep faint on democracy
    Pragmatism vs. Idealism

    Idealism – knowledge or idea leads to practice


    Pragmatism – ideas are constricted from experience
    Pragmatism vs. Realism
    Realism believes in truth (If an object-
    considered hard – it should be hard to all)
    In Pragmatism, If hard to one – should
    experimentally want to improve
    Forms of
    Pragmatism
    Biological Pragmatism
    Humanistic Pragmatism
    Experimental Pragmatism
    Biological
    Pragmatism
    According to this, the capacity of human
    being is valuable and important which
    enables him to adjust with the environment
    or makes him able to change his
    environment according to his needs and
    requirements.
    Humanistic
    Pragmatism
    According to this, “whatever fulfils one’s
    purpose, satisfies one’s desires, develops
    one’s life and is true”.
    It maintains what satisfies the human
    nature is only true and real
    Experimental
    Pragmatism
    According to this, can be experimentally
    verified what is true.
    Pragmatism in
    Education
    Pragmatism insist
    Education – practical and utilitarian
    Education – according to needs
    Education – solve own problems
    Activities should lie at center of all
    educative process
    Pragmatism in
    Education
    “Education is living through a continuous
    reconstruction of experiences. It is the
    development of all those capacities in the
    individual which will enable him to control his
    emotion and fulfill his possibilities”
    -John Dewey
    Aims of
    Education
    Education becomes the
    laboratory of life
    (activities and experience)
    Curriculum
    Life-centered (principle of
    utility, interest, and
    integration)
    Method of
    Teaching
    Gives importance to child than books or
    teachers
    Avoids outdated and rigid method of
    learning
    Discipline and the
    Teacher
    Gives lot of freedom to children, which
    the teacher creates a real life situation,
    and keeps the students as discoverer
    The School
    Miniature society of real experience
    Thank
    you! 

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