MARTIN BUBER

MAXINE
GREENE
E X I S T E N T I A L I S T S
Presented by:
Joseph Argel G. Galang, LPT
MARTIN BUBER
Austrian-born Jewish
Philosopher
Philosophy of dialogue,
"man with man"
I And Thou - best-known
book
Philosophy on Education
supports Teacher/Student
relationship
Promoted the need for
mutual respect and dignity
among all humans.
I AND THOU (ICH UND DU)

Human existence
existence as
encounter
consciousness,
interaction, and being
through engagement
There are two modes:
A. I It
B. I - Thou
I IT (ICH ES)

Experience, the familiar

mode
man collects data, analyzes it,
classifies it, and theorizes
about it
Quantity and quality
individual treats other things,
people, etc., as objects to be
used and experienced
Iis an objective observer
rather than an active
participant
I THOU/YOU (ICH DU)

Encounter
we participate in
something with that
object
Mutuality and exchange
a relationship that
stresses the mutual,
holistic existence of two
beings
With man the
phenomena of encounter
is best described as love
I YOU: THE SOLUTION
Encounter is solution to
man's woes, because
experience gives us worries
In every human encounter
that we undergo, we feel that
there could be something
more, something more
lasting and more fulfilling.
This "more" is encounter with
God, or absolute relation
The goal is be willing to say
You to the whole world
Buber: Existentialism in Education

Criticizes values as absolutes and

objective knowledge
Supports arts and literature
Teachers must:
motivate students to self-learning and self-
perfection.
be formative, disciplinary and highly
purposeful
engage existentially with his students.
MAXINE GREENE

American educational
philosopher, author, social
activist, and teacher.
Influenced modern
existentialism in education
Existence = Freedom
valued experiential learning
in its "entirety using arts
Promoted Openness to
possibilities, wide-
awakeness and
reasonableness.
Existential Concept of Freedom

individuals always define their freedom in

relation with others.
Humankind exists and defines itself
through ones subjectivity while wandering
between choice and freedom.
Individualism, self-creation, self-definition
GREENE: EXISTENTIALISM IN EDUCATION

Student must be:

able to express oneself in a number of
different "languages" -- including imagery,
music, dance.
awakenthemtotheirownquestions(They
dontreallylearnunlesstheyask)
Imaginative, to become aware of
posibilities
GREENE: EXISTENTIALISM IN EDUCATION

She said in Dialectic of Freedom, The

world should be filled with meaning of
students existential experience and not of
their teachers. Our role as educators is to
encourage and provoke students to speak
in their own voice in a world where other
voices define the mainstream.