Select and explain one of the major schools of thought in philosophy. Include a description of a "typical" lesson for your chosen school of thought
What will be an ideal response?
a . idealism: a major school of thought in educational philosophy, of which the underlying principle is that reality is mostly spiritual. It is the belief that physical things exist only in the mind.
b. realism: a major school of thought in Educational Philosophy that is the notion that the world exists "because it does."
c. pragmatism: a major school of thought in Educational Philosophy, which concludes that our ideas serve a purpose and that we seek out that purpose by solving problems and considering what the consequences may be.
d. experimentalism: a conjecture that the earth is still in process and is still becoming, so that there is no absolute truth.
e. postmodernism: a major school of thought in Educational Philosophy that describes the cultural changes to philosophy that are caused by present-day information such as from contemporary literature, feminism, and art.
f. existentialism: the philosophy that accentuates attentive personal consideration about one's character, beliefs, and choices. The primary question existentialists ask is whether they want to define who they are themselves, or whether they want society to define them.
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A) 50. B) 60. C) 70. D) 80.
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