Essentialism: Essentialism is one of the 5 philosophies that is teacher based rather than student based. Like the name states the purpose of essentialism is to teach students the basics and essentials of learning. It hangs onto the traditional subjects such as math, science, English, and history; which is referred to as the core curriculum (Sadker and Zittleman 251). As a teacher centered philosophy, the teacher's role is to decide what’s important for students to learn and they focus less on what students are interested in. Due to it being teacher based and focused less on the student's interests, the students don’t have much of a role. What the students are in charge of is learning basic skills and collecting knowledge, while
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Essentialism and Perennialism are extremely similar in the aspects that they are both not very flexible in the curriculum, have rigorous standards, and want to sharpen students intellectual abilities (Sadker and Zittleman 252). However, perennialism focuses more on literature, ideas, themes, and questions. The classroom spends a lot of time mastering the three “Rs”: reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmatic (Sadker and Zittleman 252). A teacher's role in this classroom is to be a role model and help students seek the truth for themselves. A teacher must teach values and character through the reading of …show more content…
In this philosophy students are expected to find their meaning in life and guide their own learning (Sadker and Zittleman 257). Students are meant to learn to accept responsibility and celebrate their individuality. A teacher's role in this philosophy would be to create an open environment where they could help guide and shape a student's path in life (Sadker and Zittleman 262). A teacher will relate to his or her students and understand every student is their own individual. A student's role in the existentialism philosophy is bigger than any of the others. Students get to shape their own curriculum to fit their needs and aspirations. They get freedom and a chance to explore themselves instead of being told this is what they must learn and this is how they must learn it. As an educator I will try to incorporate some freedom for my students. I realize that students learn differently and I will want to be flexible in helping all my students get their best learning
Essentialism and Perennialism are extremely similar in the aspects that they are both not very flexible in the curriculum, have rigorous standards, and want to sharpen students intellectual abilities (Sadker and Zittleman 252). However, perennialism focuses more on literature, ideas, themes, and questions. The classroom spends a lot of time mastering the three “Rs”: reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmatic (Sadker and Zittleman 252). A teacher's role in this classroom is to be a role model and help students seek the truth for themselves. A teacher must teach values and character through the reading of …show more content…
In this philosophy students are expected to find their meaning in life and guide their own learning (Sadker and Zittleman 257). Students are meant to learn to accept responsibility and celebrate their individuality. A teacher's role in this philosophy would be to create an open environment where they could help guide and shape a student's path in life (Sadker and Zittleman 262). A teacher will relate to his or her students and understand every student is their own individual. A student's role in the existentialism philosophy is bigger than any of the others. Students get to shape their own curriculum to fit their needs and aspirations. They get freedom and a chance to explore themselves instead of being told this is what they must learn and this is how they must learn it. As an educator I will try to incorporate some freedom for my students. I realize that students learn differently and I will want to be flexible in helping all my students get their best learning