Educational Philosophies
Growing up, I never thought I would decide to become a teacher. When my school would hold career day I would always “dress up” like a lawyer. Even going into college I saw myself going to law school and becoming a lawyer, but the more I took law classes, I found out that as much as I love law I didn’t want to go to law school. While at Florida International University I studied psychology thinking it was going to help me with criminal law but in reality it showed me that I loved taking the classes that pertained to child psychology not legal psychology. After graduating from FIU, I found myself in a predicament, go to law school and pursue something I kind of liked or do something with children that I loved. I choose …show more content…
In social reconstructionism, they encourage students and teachers to focus their efforts on reconstructing society into a new and better order. One of biggest pioneers for social reconstructionism was George Counts. He wrote a book called Dare the Schools Build a New Social Order in which he showed a more radical approach to education. (Sadker & Zittleman, 2016) Considering that part of my philosophy is reconstructionism, in my classroom, I would make my lessons not only to follow the common core standards, but I would also make sure to pertain them to the real world and have the children share their thoughts on the idea and figure out what they would keep and what they would like to change and how they would change …show more content…
The most influential philosopher for progressivism was John Dewey. Dewey was a reformer who taught the idea that people learn their best from social interactions. He believed in the idea of social learning and that students should master scientific method (Sadker & Zittleman, 2016). As a result of my progressivist philosophies, in my classroom, there are many things that would follow this ideology. Firstly, I would have my children work in small groups as much as possible. Secondly, I would have centers within my classroom that not only align with the curriculum I am teaching but also interest my children beyond the curriculum. These centers would include books and other materials that would help peak my children’s
Growing up, I never thought I would decide to become a teacher. When my school would hold career day I would always “dress up” like a lawyer. Even going into college I saw myself going to law school and becoming a lawyer, but the more I took law classes, I found out that as much as I love law I didn’t want to go to law school. While at Florida International University I studied psychology thinking it was going to help me with criminal law but in reality it showed me that I loved taking the classes that pertained to child psychology not legal psychology. After graduating from FIU, I found myself in a predicament, go to law school and pursue something I kind of liked or do something with children that I loved. I choose …show more content…
In social reconstructionism, they encourage students and teachers to focus their efforts on reconstructing society into a new and better order. One of biggest pioneers for social reconstructionism was George Counts. He wrote a book called Dare the Schools Build a New Social Order in which he showed a more radical approach to education. (Sadker & Zittleman, 2016) Considering that part of my philosophy is reconstructionism, in my classroom, I would make my lessons not only to follow the common core standards, but I would also make sure to pertain them to the real world and have the children share their thoughts on the idea and figure out what they would keep and what they would like to change and how they would change …show more content…
The most influential philosopher for progressivism was John Dewey. Dewey was a reformer who taught the idea that people learn their best from social interactions. He believed in the idea of social learning and that students should master scientific method (Sadker & Zittleman, 2016). As a result of my progressivist philosophies, in my classroom, there are many things that would follow this ideology. Firstly, I would have my children work in small groups as much as possible. Secondly, I would have centers within my classroom that not only align with the curriculum I am teaching but also interest my children beyond the curriculum. These centers would include books and other materials that would help peak my children’s