Educational Psychology / Unit 1 EDP 0019 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Pragmatism and Existentialism
Captions available
The idea
Pragmatism, from Charles Sanders Peirce, applies thought to action on real problems; existentialism, from Sartre, holds that individuals create their own meaning.
In practice
Pragmatist classrooms favor hands-on projects; existentialist classrooms let students choose and defend their own positions.
Where people slip
Dewey built progressive education on pragmatism, and existentialists resist measuring and standardizing students.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Something wrong in this lesson? Flag it · Sources for Educational Psychology