Hybrid Philosophy of Adult Education - An "Aha" Moment

I have been contemplating how all of the philosophies of adult ed overlap and play off one another.  For example, it is actually impossible not to use some form of behaviorism in your training, teaching or facilitation.  The same can be said of liberalism's Socratic method or discovery through questioning or focusing solely on the idea.  The idea without application is meaningless.  And application comes into play in progressivism.  And anytime you lay your hands on a view and steer it a certain direction, you are engaging in radicalism.  Which is also unavoidable.  So the discussion isn't so much which you use, it is which you use at which times.  And there is your natural inclination and your purposeful use of the philosophies.  In a sense, when you use a particular philosophy to achieve a specific goal, you are once again using the behaviorist philosophy. 

I wonder why instead of focusing so much time on the definitions and roots of these philosophies, we aren't instead focusing on the proper use.  For example, use behaviorism for classroom structure, training plans, objectives and tests.  Use liberalism for small group and group discussion and for brainstorming and critical thinking.  Use Progressivism for practical examples, labs, exercises and small group projects.  Focus on the practical application of the idea.  Use Humanism for independent study outside of the classroom to promote learning outside of the learning environment.  Use Radicalism to discussion social and political ideas, critical thinking in a macro-sense and call to actions.

Had the topic been introduced and broken down into the application of these philosophies instead of the learning about these philosophies, I certainly would have been hooked from the beginning.