Teachin Philosophies

            There are many ideas as to what constitutes an ideal education. A number of factors come together to make an ideal education. Parents have to be concerned with the education of their children. Teachers must be completely devoted to their students' educations. Students must have faith in their teachers and the education which they are receiving. Students, parents and teachers are the key elements in a model education. A good relationship among the three parties is essential to a good education.
             Education is a very important subject in our world today. For centuries there have been many philosophies as to, how to teach a human being. Many thrive off of the five traditional philosophies of education idealism, realism, pragmatism naturalism and existentialism. .
             Throughout the world some teachers may choose to use the existentialist way of teaching. In the existentialist classroom, subject matter takes second place to helping the students understand and appreciate themselves as unique individuals who accept complete responsibility for their thoughts, feelings, and actions. The teacher's role is to help students define their own essence by exposing them to various paths they may take in life and creating an environment in which they may freely choose their own preferred way. Since feeling is not divorced from reason in decision making, the existentialist demands the education of the whole person, not just the mind. .
             Although many existentialist educators provide some curricular structure, existentialism, more than other educational philosophies, affords students great latitude in their choice of subject matter. In an existentialist curriculum, students are given a wide variety of options from which to choose. To an existentialist people come first then ideas. A teacher with this idea emphasizes individualality.
             Another idea of teaching is the pragmatism perspective of teaching. Pragmatism is a philosophical movement, which holds that both the meaning and the truth of any idea is a function of its practical outcome.