Essentialism and perennialism
- 2. concept of universal education; the belief that there is essential knowledge that everyone in a given culture must have in order to be a knowledgeable and fully participating member of that culture.
- 3. It is the school’s responsibility to provide that knowledge.
- 4. It states that the students should be provided with the basic education so that it develops their knowledge as well as helps in character building.
- 5. instill all students with the most essential or basic academic knowledge and skills and character development.
- 6. William C. Bagley founder of essentialist educational theory Emphasizes rigorous teacher-centered education vs. child-centered learning
- 7. Essentialists believe…… students should learn from established fundamentals of education
- 8. students should study the sensible and wise subjects like literature, philosophy, s cience and other subjects related to the great works
- 9. there is a common core of knowledge that needs to be transmitted to students in a systematic, disciplined way
- 10. The child is a learner to be shaped and developed Education is a preparation for life, it is not an imitation of life
- 11. Curriculum…. • essential knowledge and skills and academic rigor • based on traditional disciplines such as math, natural science, history, language, and literature
- 12. Teacher’s Role Student’s Role • As an expert •Listen and learn • Impart essential knowledge •Trust that the teacher knows best •Direct focused tasks
- 13. Perennialism
- 14. Perennialism means that one should teach the things that one deems to be of “everlasting’’ importance to all people everywhere. - it says that one should teach principles, not facts.
- 15. • a strategy that teaches scientific reasoning, not facts, this gives the students a human side to the science, and shows the reasoning in action
- 16. •focuses first on personal development.
- 18. Perennialists believe…. that they should teach the things of universal importance to the humankind that the focus of education should be the ideas that have lasted over centuries.
- 19. the ideas are as relevant and meaningful today as when they were written
- 20. Curriculum…. •is universal and is based on their view that all human beings possess the same essential nature.
- 21. • focuses on attaining cultural literacy, stressing students' growth in enduring disciplines.
- 22. Perennialists disapprove of teachers requiring students to absorb massive amounts of disconnected information
- 23. recommend that schools spend more time teaching about concepts and explaining they are meaningful to students
- 24. Thank You!