Realism was started by Aristotle. He was a student of Plato. His ideas were different than Plato in the sense that Aristotle’s ideas were to find out about the world through real life experiences. Aristotle’s work went beyond the concrete and talked about how these things are still there in existence even if a person is not there with them. Another important concept of Realism is the balance of things in life. Aristotle believed that learning happened best through this balance and life experiences.
There are many examples of Aristotle and his beliefs in modern day education. Many subjects taught in school have examples of this. Science in particular is one that was affected by this. Students are encouraged to explore what they are studying in many ways. One example of this could be planting seeds to monitor and observe how they grow and the parts of a plant. Aristotle’s Realism added other important things to science as well. Including the scientific method and the beginning of Darwin’s theory on evolution.
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