Implications of schools of philosophy for classroom teachers

3.4 Implications of schools of philosophy for classroom teachers

Teachers are mentors and play an active role in inculcating independent thinking in students. However, to do that as a teacher, you must have a teaching philosophy of your own. Students always look up to their teacher and therefore, it becomes necessary for you to have thoughts to inspire them. Here are specific reasons why you should Study Philosophy of Education if you are a teacher.
Helps to decipher the path of learning
Teaching philosophy has been defined as the map, which provides directions to move ahead. One may feel lost without a map. In the same way, you are going to be missed while teaching if a specific path is not decided. Hence, a map is always needed to make informed movements. It is not possible to make students learn something until the teacher knows why and how he/she wants to teach. Once you know your path, you will be helping your students to plan to reach their destinations.
Affects the Society
Teachers are termed as the future makers of the community. People like you are the ones who help students choose different professions and identities. A teacher can leave a profound impact on students and help them make independent decisions in the near future. The core values that your students learn from you today are going to be applied and used in the society as they grow up. A solid philosophical background will help ensure that these values are all positive. If you believe in breaking stereotypes, there are high chances your students will follow the same philosophical path. If your philosophy is accepting the already existing theories, rather than questioning them, your students might follow your path.
Understanding the philosophy of education will teach them the need to know the whys. Along with the intellectual development of the students, it will also improve the standards of our society and make us more rational.
To Be in Their Shoes
By learning philosophy, a teacher would be able to view and analyze from the perspective of their students. Apart from understanding why students are behaving in a particular way, teachers would also be able to know how students perceive their actions. This helps them adapt better teaching strategies and guidance, eventually resulting in improved results.
 Best of all, a teacher would be able to analyze his/her actions and understand the positives and negatives of their methods. Just as if it helps students, it helps them as well. In other words, the educational curriculum consisting of philosophy contributes to discovering the mind of the learner (student), thus aid him/her in offering experiences and opportunities for cultivating his/her potential abilities.

To avoid being judgmental

Philosophy of education also teaches a teacher the concept of not prejudicing the personality of each student. Remember that you need to consider all students equal. But, this should not affect the unique potential and capabilities of each student. As educators, you are required to teach creativity, autonomy, and curiosity to all students without compromising with their intellectual levels. The idea is to avoid giving up on a pupil, who is a low-level learner. Philosophy teaches you that ideology, where you train with an unbiased attitude.

To teach the concept of unification

Philosophy also teaches about unifying each pupil and the teacher as one body to ensure harmony. The idea is to work together to create a better citizen, who diligently serves his community and keeps check on his/her morality. Through the philosophy of education, teachers can understand how to deal with the students and unite them as one. Even the students will then be able to confidently speak to the teacher as if he/she is their friend.

The Verdict

Through philosophy, you can ensure that your student not only retains his academic knowledge from all his completed grades but also develop a sense of humane values and ethics. These personal values provide a better upbringing for them to cope in the later years of their life. Thus, studying it is beneficial and significant for teaching students to learn autonomously.

Contribution of philosophies in Education

Idealism
Naturalism
Realism
Pragmatism

Stress on religious education for character building
Development of education of educative process according to student capacities interests and readiness
By the use of reward, love and caring, making students disciplined rather than punishment
Development of a scientific educational system

Education for the transformation system
Recognition and importance of child in the education process
Emphasis of inductive, experimental, co-relating methods of teaching
Focus on new innovation, free activities in education

The concept of ultimate virtue or truth
Development of self-activity in education
Development the concept of school is a joyful palace, fear free zone.
Development of Learning by doing method

Teacher-centered educational system
Development and application of inductive method in education
Efforts for making education behavioral and life problem oriented
Objectives should be fixed according to the learner and the social process

Development of education for the perfection of individual
Development of pleasurable educative process
Emphasis on development and use of applied knowledge in education
Teacher should be laborious, experienced, qualified and careful

Emphasis on human relation in the teaching process
Development of aesthetic values in education
Taking in consider of present needs and developing technical and vocational education
Education should be purposeful, emphasis on social norms and values.

Ideal- orented education
Development of natural discipline
Development the concept of education as the social process
Development of utility in education

Emphasis on truth, goodness and beauty
Nature-centered education
Establishing the social norms, values and culture on the basis of science and starting the moralistic concept in education system
Truth is changeable, which is effected by learner experiences and activities.