5 PHILOSOPHIES

By Antonio C. Hernandez

Essentialism

Math class ( Teacher focus on the speed and accuracy of getting an answer for factoring equations)

Teacher is the academic and moral role model

Students become culturally literature individuals

Educational leaders: William Bagley, E.D. Hirsch, Jr., William Bennett

Pros Cons

Students are shown how act morally and academically

Does not cover every set of skill

Students won’t follow bad role leaders

Only focuses on certain skills

Perennialism

Finding the hidden meaning in a Shakespeare play

Teacher: scholarly role model; helps students find the truth themselves

Students: increasing their intellectual powers and appreciate learning

Educational leader: Robert Hutchins, Mortimer Adler

Pros Cons

Helps students learning old lessons from Great Books

The hidden lesson won’t be easy to find

Students grow wiser

See it as lessons that don’t apply to modern times

Progressivism

Students do a Science fair project (Each has to be unique)

Teacher: Guide students through the learning activities

Student: To become intelligent problem solvers, who are socially aware

ED leaders: John Dewey, Nel NoddingsPros Cons

Helps students explore their creativity

Students will get lost in progress

Students learn from experience

May get overwhelmed in experiences

Social Reconstruction

Students write letters to Staff members thanking them for teaching them

Teacher: Provides authentic learning activities that both instruct students and help improve society

Student: Become intelligent problem solvers that help reshape the world

ED leaders: George S. Counts, John Brameld, Jane Roland Martin

Pros Cons

Students learn how to help society

Students might try to fix something that is already fixed

Students help reshape society

Might make things worse

Existentialism

Students work together to solve a problem Teacher: seeks to relate to each student

honestly Student: to accept personal responsibility; to

be comfortable with one’s self ED leaders: A.S. Neill, Maxine Greene

Pros Cons

Allows student to go at their own pace

Pace of student may be to slow and could affect performance

Students find it easier to get involved in school

Students could disagree on how to work together.

My Own Philosophy(Existentialism)

It helps students devolve at their own pace (Everyone is different)

Students find it easier to interact in a classroom using their medium

They learn to take personal responsibility; to be self-confident

Works Cited

Teacher, Schools, and Society A Brief Introduction to Education by David Miller Sadker & Karen R. Zittleman