REALISM

By: Md.Masum Billah

Roll: 11-136I.E.R University of

Dhaka

believes in the world as it is. It is based on the view that reality is what we observe. It believes that truth is what we sense and observe and that goodness is found in the order of the laws of nature.

REALISM

1.

Continues……

(1)Realism is derived from the Greek word “res” which means ‘real’.

(2)It is an attempt to portray life as it is.

(3)It means the world is real and material

the realist says… Matter is real.

Objects exist whether or not there is human mind to perceive them.

“A tree can exist even without matter, but there can be no matter without form.”

CLASSICAL REALISMARISTOTLE(382-322 BC)

“God created matter out of nothing and God is the Unmoved Mover who gives meaning and purpose to the universe.”

THOMAS AQUINAS(384-322 BC)

Does matter matters?

Matter is cyclical.

Matter had an intelligent creator

who designed it for some specific

purpose.

“Knowledge is power. Through the acquisition of knowledge we could more effectively deal with the problems and forces that beset us on every side.”

MODERN REALISMFRANCIS BACON

(1561-1626)

“We are born with our mind as a blank sheet on which ideas are imprinted.”

JOHN LOCKE

(1632-1704)

“The important things to be learned are ideas, but the ideas need to be connected with experiences.”

CONTEMPORARY REALISMALFRED NORTH

WHITEHEAD(1861-1947)

BERTRAND RUSSELL“He believed philosophy

should be analytical and based on science.”(1872-1970)

REALISM AND EDUCATIONAims of Education

To teach truth rather than beauty, to understand the present practical life.To provide the students with essential knowledge he will need to survive in the natural world.

REALISM AND THE TEACHER A teacher should be such that he

himself be educated and well versed with the customs of beliefs and rights and duties of people, and the trends of all ages and places.

He must have full mastery of the knowledge of present life.

He must guide the students towards the hard realities of life.

He must be able to expose children to the problems of life and the world around.

REALISM AND THE CHILD The child is a real unit which has real

existence. Child has to be given as much

freedom as possible. The child is to be enabled to proceed

on the basis of facts. The child can learn only when he

follows the laws of learning. The child is to be understood as a

creature of the real world.

“THANKS A LOT