My Educational Philosophy: The Different Types Of Education

As we’ve studied the different types of educational philosophies in class, I’ve been able to see which category my beliefs fall into and where that puts me in the teaching world. Throughout my educational career, my family and teachers have shaped my philosophy into a combination of both romanticism and progressivism. As a teacher I want to be able to help a student strive for self-fulfillment while focusing on individual student’s learning processes. Based on my ideals, I want for my classroom to be a place where my students can go to learn in a way that suits their personality, and in a non-pressured environment. I want to be able to engage my students and challenge them to learn based on their interests. Through many personal experiences …show more content…
While researching the different types of philosophies to determine which one I considered to match my beliefs closest, I came to the conclusion that both progressivism and romanticism both have different aspects that I agree with. In the book, its stated that romantics believe that “the purpose of education is self fulfillment-that is, education must help the students develop physically, intellectually, socially and morally”. I agree with this to the fullest. For a student to really learn something, it has to be of interest to them, and they have to want to learn about it. When curiosity and interest drive the learning, you achieve the most. This aspect of romanticism I agree with. While reading more about this philosophy though, I did not agree with the fact that most romantics believe that there should not be a set curriculum for students to follow. I think that while people are young, there is a certain curriculum that should be followed and once that is learned then it is okay to branch out and only study what interests you. That is why I also agree with the ideals of progressivism. Progressivists believe that each students motivation to solve problems is the key to this educational model and to help motivate students, problems should be based around the students interests. As I mentioned before, I know from firsthand experience that when …show more content…
To this day, I remember my kindergarten teacher Ms.Karagarto. Even though I was obviously very young when she taught me, I still remember how great of both a teacher and person she was. When I left Kindergarten, I knew that I wanted to be a teacher because of her and to this day I haven’t changed my mind about it. Whenever I go home to Houston and am in the area, I always make it a priority to go by her classroom and visit her. Since I was young, I have spent both my school years and summers babysitting and nannying, and both of these things have shown me that I absolutely love spending my time with and interacting with children. It fills my life with a certain joy that is unexplainable, and I cannot find this joy anywhere else. I love the satisfaction that comes along with teaching a child to do something, or seeing that you have really made a difference in a kid’s life. Once I realized how important this feeling was to me, I knew that I wanted to spend the rest of my life