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Realism in Education
Realism is also an outlook of looking at the phenomenon of the universe. It puts more value on the independent existence of a thing.
Realism means ‘about a thing’ or ‘concerning some object’. Hence, it is a perspective according to which, things as we see and perceive are realities. Realists firmly hold that only knowledge acquired through senses is true. Hence, what we perceive and see using our senses is real in nature and the only true entity of the world.
In today’s world, religious faiths do not cause conflicts, though to a certain extent they breed racial and communal rivalries. Today’s world is a victim of rival political faiths, and nations endeavour to secure not the victory of any religious faith, but that of ...
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