Which philosophy of education condemns enforced discipline and advocates social discipline based on child’s interests?

Educational philosophy is a definite set of principles that formulates the objectives of education.

• It outlines the type of education imparted in a particular way to find solutions to educational problems.

• There are different kinds of philosophies in education and 'Pragmatism' is one of them.

Key Points

• The pragmatism philosophy of education was first founded by 'Charles Sanders Perice' and was later described worldwide in detail by 'William James' and 'John Dewey'.

Pragmatism is an approach that:

• condemns enforced discipline and advocates social discipline based on the child's interest.

• advocates that learning by doing ensures the development of cognition, self-learning skills, emotional growth, etc.

• emphasizes that reality must be experienced and students must interact with their environment in order to adapt and learn.

Hence it could be concluded that 'pragmatism philosophy of education' condemns enforced discipline and advocates social discipline based on the child's interest.