By By: Michael Akam Abang Phd
Dr. Martha Edu Akanimoh
Wilfred C. Chiwetalu
Udoh, Attah Archibong
Abstract
The problem of epistemology: nature of knowledge and what should be taught in schools is not a recent issue. For it has been agreed by many philosophers of education that what should be taught in the school should be based on truth. Again, there is controversy on what constitute truth based on many philosophies and theories of truth in line with schools of philosophical thoughts of education. Thus, there is need to understand the various teaching philosophy to guide scholar on how knowledge or truth should be taught in the school in order to build good individuals and society. There is also need to learn the nature of truth, types and theories of truth. This paper, therefore, discusses the meaning of teaching philosophy and the major teaching philosophy or philosophical schools of educational aims and their relationship to truth and knowledge acquired by the learners. The work looks at perennialism, essentialism, progressivism and reconstructivism and what they hold in the teaching-learning process. The paper also eppraised the nature of truth, types of truth and theories of truth. On the types of truth, the work considers the objective truth, subjective truth and normative truth. On the theory of truth among many, the work considers correspondence theory, coherence theory and pragmatic theory and analysed their influences on the teaching philosophies.
