Teacher Education Philosophies

It is important for every teacher to have a personaleducation and defines the role of a teacher and his
philosophy of teacher education based on a set ofrelationship with the learner, in the unique perspective
values and principles. It should reflect the person'sof particular philosophical contexts. The liberal
ideologies and philosophies of teaching and the overallphilosophy aims at developing intellectual powers,
development of the children. It becomes a crucialwhile the behavioral ideologies focus on the survival
element in guiding the children towards a successfulskills of a human being and the role of education in
life.teaching them. The Progressive philosophy motivates
The most famous and important people whocultural development of an individual in order to bring
contributed to the development of the world hadabout societal change, whereas the Humanistic trends
personal, deeply insightful educational philosophies onlook at the overall development of the personality
their own. Albert Einstein, Paul Freire and Rudolfand characteristics of an individual. And the radical
Steiner were some people who wrote and followedphilosophers are interested in beneficial changes that
powerful educational philosophies in their careers.should happen in a society from time to time, and
John Dewey, one of the most prominent educationalthe role of education in bringing about political, social
philosophers, in his book 'Democracy and Education',and economical changes.
even devoted an entire chapter on teacher educationTeacher education philosophy is now used as a major
philosophy and talks about various aspects that playmarketing strategy by teachers and has become an
a formative role in the education of children.essential component of a teacher's resume. This has
Philosophies of teacher education can be classified asevolved to become part of the teacher's personal
Liberal, Behaviorist, Progressive, Humanistic andprofile, which outlines all of his essential skill sets and
Radical. Each of these has specific purposes inunique qualities, and highlights his specialties.