PRAGMATISM

RATHI K N

Research Scholar

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of education, Coimbatore

American Philosophy

‘Paragmatigos’ – means ‘utility’

Man determines utility of the universe.

Midway between Idealism and Naturalism

Down to earth philosophy

FOUNDER

Charles Sanders Pierce

(1839-1914)

William James ( 1842-1910)

CHIEF EXPONENT

EXPONENTS

John Locke

John Dewey

Comte

William Heard Kilpatrick

FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF

PRAGMATISM

The theory that works are true.

Man is a supreme creation in the world.

Man is highly social in character

There is no eternal knowledge, values or reality.

Universe is composed of laws and relation.

Man only judges what is useful for him.

Man is not a fixed entity , he is the measure of all

things.

Pragmatists are pluralists.

Life is laboratory, all individual is experimenting.

Values are not real existents.

Values change according to difference in time and space

Man creates values by modifying environment

The ultimate knowledge is the knowledge that works

No Spiritual or Ultimate value

EDUCATIONAL AIMS OF IDEALISM

No single aim in Pragmatism

Aim of education change

according to the personal and

social needs

Pragmatic education is

Progressive education

CURRICULUM

•Activity Centered

curriculum

•Principle of curriculum

construction is Practical

utility

DISCIPLINE

Discipline developed

by self experience

ROLE OF TEACHER

TEACHING METHODS