The Importance Of Schooling And Education
The Schooling Environment Having a longer school day with later hours would allow teachers to spend more time on topics where they feel students are not grasping the material as presented.. Mary B. Walker and …show more content…
Using an essentialist philosophy would be employed when testing knowledge-base curricula and would measure students’ IQ; standardized tests would guarantee that every student is learning the same concepts (Webb, D.L. el al., 2013). Using the postmodern approach would allow students to express themselves more creatively, as this second philosophy encourages the use of personal narratives, journals, and media portfolios (Webb, D.L. el al., 2013). A postmodern approach offers a more efficient measure when testing for morality or creativity and would allow every student to be inclusive. The essentialist philosophy offers many logical solutions to our education problems; however, measuring students’ understanding of facts stops short of allowing them to think beyond the information learned in order to relate to their personal learning. One solution is mixing this with a postmodern philosophy. By doing so, educators stand to be more successful with