EDFE 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Character Education, Philosophical Perspectives, Gestalt Psychology
18 Feb 2020
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Reading (section iii, parts 1, 2, 3, 4): cohen, l. (1999). Part 1: when you examine a philosophy different from your own, it helps you to "wrestle" with your own thinking. Sometimes this means you may change your mind. Other times, it may strengthen your viewpoint; or, you may be eclectic, selecting what seems best from different philosophies. But in eclecticism, there is a danger of sloppy and inconsistent thinking, especially if you borrow a bit of one philosophy and stir in some of another. If serious thought has gone into selection of strategies, theories, or philosophies, this is less problematic. For example, you may determine that you have to vary your approach depending on the particular learning needs and styles of a given student. At various time periods, one philosophical framework may become favored over another. Progressive movement led to quite different approaches in education in the 1930s. But there is always danger in one "best or only" philosophy.
