Philosophy_Of_Adult_Education

Philosophy Of Adult Education My Philosophy of Adult Education For the ancient Greeks, philosophy was “the search for what is truly real in a world of appearances (Elias and Merriam 2).” Another definition offered by Elias and Merriam is, “Philosophy is interested in the general principles of any phenonmenon, object, process, or subject matter (3).” If this is true of philosophy in general, than the philosoper of adult education would be interested in the underlying principles and overall process of education. Philosophy of adult education is different from traditional education because the needs and interests of adult learners are different from traditional students. And with any philosophy, if results are wanted, it must be accompanied with action. The reason that I am writing this paper today is to discuss what my philosophy of education is after reviewing Elias and Merriam’s six phiolosopies of adult education. Of the philosophies; liberal, progressive, behaviorist, humanistic, radical, and analyitic, I believe that my personal choice would be a combination of the behaviorist and humanistic philosophies. Just as any ideas that have been around for so many years, good points and qualities can be found in all of the adult educational philosophies. For example, philosophy, education, adult, behaviorism, different, philosophies, good, elias, very, part, merriam, behaviorist, because, underlying, traditional, teacher, school, same, results, radical, progressive, process, principles, practices, personal, people, out, one, new, needs, must, measurable, means, matter, make