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EDUC1001: FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION
ORAL PRESENTATION TOPICS
SEMESTER 1: 2022-2023 30% 1. What do you understand by the Foundations of Education? How has the Foundations of Education course contributed towards your preparation for the teaching profession?
2. Choose one philosophical perspective you have been exposed to in this
course. How relevant is this perspective to contemporary schooling in Trinidad and Tobago?
3. ‘Education for Democracy’ according to Dewey provides children
with free and intelligent choices to become intelligent citizens. Show how these ideas can be reflected in your classroom teaching.
4. Which philosophical position/s best describe/s the educational
practices that you have observed in the educational system of Trinidad and Tobago? Discuss using evidence to support your decision.
5. Globalization implies a shift in some of the main values that have
shaped our education system. Identify two values that have become urgent and important in our times and explain how you would teach them.
6. “Teachers in Trinidad and Tobago are engaged in Quiet Quitting.”
Outline some of the important issues faced by professional educators an explain how teacher professionalism and well-being can be improved.
7. Justify the need for a value-oriented education in Trinidad & Tobago.