I will become an Early Childhood Education teacher one day. The type of teacher I will be is dependent on my type of philosophy. My philosophy will help me determine crucial aspects like how I want my classroom set up, the different ways I will teach my students, what kinds of goals and decisions I will make, and ultimately what I want my students to take out of my class when the end of the year comes. To some degree, I am a combination of all the types of philosophies: essentialist, perennialist, progressivist, existentialist, and behaviorist. However, I have one type of philosophy that stands out most: progressivist. Progressivism stresses explaining real-life problems and working towards the complete development of an individual (Eggen & Kauchak, 2011). I understand progressivism as wanting to move forward and finding new, innovative ways of doing so. Knowing what being a progressivist means, I can begin to understand the teacher I will become.
As a progressivist teacher, I believe that I am teaching my students to prepare them for life, not just for the next grade in their education. The way I construct my classroom should resemble real-life like the type of area they live in, the places they go, and how they fit into the big scheme of the world; almost like smaller …show more content…
I realize there is an endless amount of opportunities and lessons that I could teach my students to create interactions between one another and interactions with their community outside of school. I want to continually enhance the development of my students in all domains because they all intertwine to create a unique and complete individual. My future as a progressivist teacher is bright because I will continue to look for new lessons and innovative ways of teaching to enhance the learning in my
As a progressivist teacher, I believe that I am teaching my students to prepare them for life, not just for the next grade in their education. The way I construct my classroom should resemble real-life like the type of area they live in, the places they go, and how they fit into the big scheme of the world; almost like smaller …show more content…
I realize there is an endless amount of opportunities and lessons that I could teach my students to create interactions between one another and interactions with their community outside of school. I want to continually enhance the development of my students in all domains because they all intertwine to create a unique and complete individual. My future as a progressivist teacher is bright because I will continue to look for new lessons and innovative ways of teaching to enhance the learning in my