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CHAPTER 6:
PHILOSOPHY AND AIMS OF
EDUCATION

Developing the Curriculum
Eighth Edition

Peter F. Oliva
William R. Gordon II

, AFTER STUDYING THIS CHAPTER YOU
SHOULD BE ABLE TO:

• Explain how aims of education are derived.
• Cite commonly voiced statements of the aims of
education.
• Write statements of the aims of education.
• Outline major beliefs of four well-known schools of
philosophy.
• Draft a school philosophy that could be submitted
to a school faculty for discussion.



Oliva/Gordon Developing the Curriculum, 8e. 6-2
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, AIMS OF EDUCATION

• The educational literature uses a proliferation of
terms, rather loosely and often interchangeably, to
signify terminal expectations of education.


• Educators speak of “outcomes,” “aims,” “ends,”
“purposes,” “functions,” “goals,” and “objectives.”
“Aims” are equated with “ends,” “purposes,”
“functions,” and “universal goals.”




Oliva/Gordon Developing the Curriculum, 8e. 6-3

© 2012, 2009, 2005, 2001, 1997 by Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved